"The saga of the liner Costa Concordia veered from tragedy to farce Wednesday when her cowardly captain explained that he never meant to abandon ship — he merely tripped and fell into a lifeboat."

Captain of Costa Concordia claims he fell into lifeboat during chaos

For those not currently in my room in downtown Nashville, this is my current obsession.  I can’t get enough of the drama that is the Costa Concordia.  For those equally obsessed, I recommend the international edition of CNN.