Who IS that German Woman?

This morning I had the ever-reliable NY1 News on the boob-tube while I got ready for work. At one point, I heard this sultry voice, like Marlene Dietrich in Blue Angel. So I went out to investigate. Turns out, Pope Benedict sounds a lot like Marlene Dietrich.

Now, it has been implied in the comments section of this here site that I hate the Pope because he prefers Yankee Stadium. Hell, I prefer Yankee Stadium, just not the team that plays there.

The truth is I have very little opinion of the new Pope. Pope John Paul II was the only Pope I knew until he passed away, and even though I disagreed with him about several issues, I thought he was an impressive man.

I'm not a Catholic, and this is a new Pope, and there could very well be all sorts of perfectly understandable reasons for my feelings here, but I just don't see people as connected with this Pope as the last. Maybe he just needs time. But he somehow lacks that certain something I got used to seeing with JP2.

A colleague of mine put it best, perhaps, when during our discussion, she quipped, "He's like a rebound Pope."