Next stop, PBA!

By Michael J.W. Stickings

Last month, in response to the publication of testosterone-fueled photos of Vladimir Putin fishing in Siberia, I suggested that the Russian autocrat could be the next Bond, or perhaps an older Jason Bourne in a future entry in that series (and let's hope there are more entries, given how good the first three have been). Well, now I'm not so sure. Here he is bowling at the Russian Pacific Fleet submarine base at Vilyuchinsk, a closed town in Kamchatka Krai, way out east

Hardly impressive -- and certainly worthy enough to be our Amusing Photo of the Day.

Then again, maybe he's bowling a perfect game. Or maybe, given his autocracy, all his games are perfect. Surely his minions can see to it that the right pins fall over at the right time, all the time.

(Photo from the Globe.)