Revenge, and more

Good week for:

Revenge, after Main Line Animal Rescue, a Philadelphia animal-rescue group, promised to donate five bags of dog food to a shelter every time Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, a convicted dogfighter, is tackled during an upcoming game.

Dish, after former presidential speechwriter Matt Latimer reports in a new book that George W. Bush once said of Barack Obama, “This cat isn’t remotely qualified,” mocked Hillary Clinton’s “fat a--,” and warned that Sarah Palin “is not even remotely prepared” for national office.

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Really green energy, after researchers at the University of Washington developed an electrical device that can be plugged into any tree for power.

Bad week for:

Ambition, after 16-year-old Jessica Watson of Australia crashed her yacht into a bulk freighter, less than 24 hours after she launched her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop, and unassisted around the world.

Serena Williams, who lost her semifinal tennis match at the U.S. Open when she reacted to a lineswoman’s call of a foot fault by charging her, yelling, “I’m f---ing going to take this f---ing ball and shove it down your f---ing throat.”

French kissing, after many businesses, schools, and government agencies in France banned the traditional cheek kiss—la bise—in an effort to curb the spread of swine flu. Rather than greeting each other with a kiss, officials recommended that people keep a “3-foot buffer zone.”