Jim Dale Recites a Poem for the BPP

Filed under: Video

Jim Dale has had as distinguished a career as a thespian could hope for. In addition to a 1980 Tony win, he's won two Grammys for his voice work on the audiobooks of the Harry Potter series. Dale is also the holder of two Guinness World Records: one for having created and recorded 147 different character voices for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and one for occupying the first six places in the Top Ten Audio Books of America and Canada in 2005. Queen Elizabeth recently awarded him the status of membership in the british empire, and now he's the narrator on ABC's Emmy-nominated series, Pushing Daisies.

He also did the voicework for a new book by author Tom Flynn on 9/11. At the recording session for that project, he treated us to a poem.

Enjoy!

Win Rosenfeld

4:32 PM ET | 03-31-2008 | permalink | comments (1) | e-mail post

 

Tuesday's Rundown

Filed under: Tomorrow's BPP

Tuesday's Rundown is here:

Elsa Butler

3:37 PM ET | 03-31-2008 | permalink | comments (1) | e-mail post

 

LIGHTS, CAMERA - READ!

Filed under: Video

Ever wonder who the voice is on the other end of that audiobook that kept you company during that long cross country drive? Or what it takes to put one of those things together? Do they do it in one take or do the narrators mess up a lot? Do they talk with their hands when they're recording these books? Do they ever get dry mouth? And who are these people anyway? BPP Producer Win Rosenfeld sought answers to these questions by going to witness the process. Recently we paid a visit to a Manhattan audio studio where famed audio book narrator Jim Dale (voice behind all the Harry Potter books) was recording a new book called The Bikeman by Tom Flynn. It's the story of how Flynn survived the Trade Tower attacks on 9/11 and it's told in the form of an epic poem. It was interesting to watch the process -- you can check it out for yourselves here!

Rachel Martin

1:51 PM ET | 03-31-2008 | permalink | comments (8) | e-mail post

 

The Best Song in the World Today

Filed under: Video

Steve Goodman died of leukemia at age 36. But before he passed away he penned The Best Song in the World Today, "A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request."

Today is the real opening day of the baseball season, and this opening day in particular people are talking a lot about my team, the Chicago Cubs.

That's because this season marks one hundred years since the Cubs last won the World Series. Now there are a lot of ways to illustrate just how long ago that was, but here's my favorite: The last time the Cubs won the World Series was nine years before the Bolshevik Revolution. Communism rose and fell, and the Cubs didn't win a World Series.

Continue reading "The Best Song in the World Today" »

Dan Pashman

8:38 AM ET | 03-31-2008 | permalink | comments (6) | e-mail post

 

Linkfest: The 16 Worst Places to Stash Your Stuff

Filed under: Links From the Show

Your stuff -- and where you keep it -- is a key to good health, according to Prevention magazine. For example, toothbrushes stored on the sink are prone to "aerosolized toilet funk," so you're better off stashing yours in a medicine cabinet.

The 16 worst places to stash your stuff / Cops bust high school root beer kegger / Fun With Videos: The New Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Commercial / Police arrest anti-war protestor, 80, at mall / Camels line up for Gulf beauty contest

Laura Silver

8:03 AM ET | 03-31-2008 | permalink | comments (3) | e-mail post

 

I Got Injured. Injured Bad.

Filed under: Sports

In November, I ran the New York Marathon in 2:42. That was good enough to get me into Boston, and I signed up quick. Then, life and a new job here got in the way. I've hardly run since moving to New York in December, and sometime in January I gave up on Boston.

But then, last week, friend of the BPP Amby Burfoot reminded me that this year's Boston is the 40th anniversary of the year he won the race, and he invited me to join his pack. The chance is too good to miss, even if I won't be able to walk the next day. Amby's planning a leisurely pace, so I think I can make it, but I'm not sure.

So, with just over three weeks till the race, I started training on Saturday. I went out for my longest run of the year, a twelve-miler through Brooklyn. Lungs felt okay, but apparently I forgot how to run. I told girlfriend Nora I fell off a cliff on a trail but really I tripped over my own feet on a Brooklyn sidewalk. Evidence above.

Is this a sign I maybe shouldn't be doing this? How dumb is training for a marathon in three weeks? I'll keep you posted.

Ian Chillag

7:57 AM ET | 03-31-2008 | permalink | comments (11) | e-mail post

 

Linkfest: Muslims Now More Populous Than Catholics

Filed under: Links From the Show

According to the Vatican, Islam has surpassed Roman Catholicism as the world's largest religion.

Monsignor Vittorio Formenti, who compiles the Vatican's yearbook, told the Vatican newspaper that Catholics account for 17.4 percent of the world population, with Muslims at 19.2 percent.

"For the first time in history, we are no longer at the top: Muslims have overtaken us," he said.

South Korean president gives salary to poor / Upstate sock fight! / Anti-emo riots in Mexico

Laura Silver

7:14 AM ET | 03-31-2008 | permalink | comments (5) | e-mail post

 

How Slow Can You Go?

Filed under: Stuff We Love

Ed Gillespie told us about his low-carbon, slow travel tour de monde. I'm relieved to know I'm not the only one who feels like flying can be, well...overindulgent and wasteful.

A few years ago, I was hopping a plane every chance I got: Weekends in Colorado, Ireland and a quick jaunt to northern Vermont. Then I took a long flight and stayed put: Three months in rural Senegal. Not a lot of quick transportation options there...I got around in shared taxis (seating room tight; windows optional), horse-drawn carts and plain-old walking, like the locals.

I looked like a tourist, but I didn't feel like one...until I headed to the airport to come home.

Here's what Ed Gillespie had to say in an interview with Rachel Martin.

How do you like to hit the road -- fast, slow, somewhere in between?

Laura Silver

2:25 PM ET | 03-28-2008 | permalink | comments (2) | e-mail post

 

Monday's Rundown

Filed under: Video

Monday's Rundown is here:

Will Hoffman

2:02 PM ET | 03-28-2008 | permalink | comments (11) | e-mail post

 

Give the BPP the New York Post Treatment

Filed under: Media

Dear BPP Faithful,

We had a former managing editor of the New York Post on our show today to talk about some of the greatest Post covers of all time, including the legendary "Headless Body in Topless Bar."

That got us thinking: what if we gave today's BPP stories the ol' tabloid treatment? What clever headlines could we come up with? So I challenge you to take today's show and give it a little tabloid flair.

Here's the lineup from today's show:

The nation's airplanes are just about ready for liftoff again. Delta and American Airlines expect to be back in business today after grounding hundreds of flights this week for voluntary inspections. Late last night Delta and American Airlines apologized to customers who were inconvenienced.

In our series, "Meet the Firsts" -- we have the story of an 18-year-old high school senior Anmaar Habib. In 2002, she was the first female skier to represent Pakistan in any international ski event and she now has her sights set on an even bigger goal: to represent at the 2010 winter Olympic Games.

NPR's Alison Aubrey reports on why kids curse.

On his way back to Istanbul, NPR correspondent Ivan Watson dropped by the BPP to offer a reporters notebook and let us turn the tables on him.

All three presidential candidates gave major speeches this week on the economy. And while they all touched on similar themes, they drew pretty different conclusions. NPR's Economics Correspondent Adam Davidson helps us make heads or tails of it all.

The new movie "Stop Loss" dramatizes the controversial military policy of the same name. We'll learn about the policy itself from Ann Scott Tyson, military reporter for the Washington Post.

Now you supply the headlines in the comments!

Tricia McKinney

12:58 PM ET | 03-28-2008 | permalink | comments (4) | e-mail post

 

Emergency Krulwich Deployed!

Filed under: Stuff We Don't Love

A guest fell out at the last minute today, so we had to employ an "Emergency Krulwich."

The head coach of the Rutgers women's basketball team, C. Vivian Stringer, was supposed to be on to talk about her new book, "Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph." Well, she didn't quite make it to the phone -- she may have been busy, you know, coaching her team in the NCAA tournament.

Whatever her excuse for not being able to talk with us, we had it covered.

Click here to listen to how it all went down this morning.

Matt Martinez

12:23 PM ET | 03-28-2008 | permalink | comments (2) | e-mail post

 

Thanks Arthur!

Filed under: Links From the Show

We cannot stop watching this.

Matt Martinez

12:19 PM ET | 03-28-2008 | permalink | comments (6) | e-mail post

 

How's the View?

Filed under: Inside The BPP

Dan Pashman

8:31 AM ET | 03-28-2008 | permalink | comments (6) | e-mail post

 

Linkfest: Brain's 'Sixth Sense' for Calories

Filed under: Links From the Show

Scientist Ivan de Araujo and his colleagues recently published a study that shows the brain can sense the calories in food, independent of how things taste. This "sixth sense" machinery could ultimately help researchers understand what causes obesity.

Questions raised by the discovery of the brain's calorie-sensing system "are extremely important to understanding the pathogenesis and sociology of human obesity," wrote Zane Andrews and Tamas Horvath in a preview of the Araujo's study.

It's the BPP's Ramble.

Brain's 'sixth sense' for calories/ Trump's $200,000 a month penthouse/ Pharmacy chain markets DNA paternity tests / Barista donates kidney to save customer's life

Will Hoffman

6:36 AM ET | 03-28-2008 | permalink | comments (0) | e-mail post

 

Linkfest: Man Scammed by Craigslist Ad

Filed under: Links From the Show

A pair of hoax ads on Craigslist cost Robert Salisbury much of what he owned. The ads appeared Saturday afternoon, saying that Salisbury, the owner of a Jacksonville home, had to leave the area suddenly and that his belongings, which included a horse, were free for the taking, said Jackson County sheriff's Detective Sgt. Colin Fagan.

Driving home, Salisbury stopped a truck that was packed with his work ladders, lawn mower and weed eater. "I informed them I was the owner, but they refused to give the stuff back," Salisbury said. "They showed me the Craigslist printout and told me they had the right to do what they did."

Detectives have contacted Craigslist's legal team in hopes to figure out who posted the ad.

It's the BPP's Most.

Man scammed by Craigslist ad/ A scientific look at the runner's high/ Legs manual wins odd title prize / High technology Speedo

Will Hoffman

6:27 AM ET | 03-28-2008 | permalink | comments (1) | e-mail post

 

Friday's Rundown

Filed under: Tomorrow's BPP, Video

Friday's Rundown is here:

Will Hoffman

1:53 PM ET | 03-27-2008 | permalink | comments (2) | e-mail post

 

What I Made for Dinner 3/27

Filed under: What I Made for Dinner

It was one of those bad nights when you look in the fridge and there isn't a whole lot of edible going on. So I went the stir-fry route. Here's what I used:

2 onions, peeled and cut into big chunks
2 cloves of garlic
A handful or two of baby carrots cut lengthwise
Some fresh green beans with a little snap still left in them
A bag of faux chicken bits (a brand called Quorn -- it's actually made of a kind of fungus! Well, they say "mycoprotein" but you know what that means -- Yummy!)
A tomato cut into big chunks
A mango, peeled (badly) and cut into big chunks
A bottle of Thai peanut marinade/stir-fry sauce
Basmati rice

Here's what I didn't use:
mushrooms (too slimy)
peppers (kind of liquid)
broccoli (in an out-of-date bag and I'm scared since that whole bagged-salad business went down)
other broccoli (was that fuzz growing out of the top?)

Here's how I did it:
Threw the rice in a rice cooker
Threw everything else in a frying pan (in order as listed above) with some wok oil
Turned on the burner

Family reaction: mixed. Husband liked it very much. Daughter ate the rice and some of the "chicken" and carrots. Honestly, I was "meh" about it. I didn't like the peanut sauce. I also would have liked some mushrooms.

Tricia McKinney

1:11 PM ET | 03-27-2008 | permalink | comments (3) | e-mail post

 

Our Segment Runneth Over

Filed under: Inside The BPP

Bob Powers, the man behind the story-a-day Girls Are Pretty blog, stopped by to read a couple stories on our show today. Sadly we ran out of time and had to cut him off before he could finish his second piece. He was kind enough to stick around and record it for us in full. Enjoy.

Ian Chillag

11:09 AM ET | 03-27-2008 | permalink | comments (3) | e-mail post

 

Local Sports Director Takes Highlights to Eleven

Filed under: Video

When an NCAA basketball tournament game ends, a lot of people like to watch the highlights. Not breaking any news there. And in a place like North Carolina, home to perennial powerhouses Duke and UNC, the desire for highlights is even stronger.

But arcane NCAA rules prohibit stations from showing highlights of some completed games if certain other games are still in progress. Recently that rule presented an interesting dilemma for Penn Holderness, sports director at NBC 17 in Raleigh, whose viewers want their highlights. So Penn did what any clever sportscaster does: He recreated the game with his daughter's dolls. Check it out:

What stuffed animals and/or dolls would you pick to represent various public figures?

Dan Pashman

8:56 AM ET | 03-27-2008 | permalink | comments (6) | e-mail post

 

Linkfest: Glasses Aren't Geeky

Filed under: Links From the Show

Researchers in Melbourne, Australia, have disproven the stereotype that people who wear glasses are more nerdy or geeky than those who do not.

In fact, the opposite was true, said Professor Paul Baird from the University of Melbourne's Center for Eye Research Australia.

"We have literally busted the myth that people who wear glasses are introverted or have particular personality characteristics," he says.

It's the BPP's Ramble.

Glasses aren't geeky/ How to eat well with rising food prices/ Group starts unprecedented bid to recall New Jersey governor Corzine/ Scientists training fish to catch themselves

Will Hoffman

6:30 AM ET | 03-27-2008 | permalink | comments (0) | e-mail post

 

Linkfest: Tune Recorded Before Edison

Filed under: Links From the Show

For over a century, Thomas Edison has been considered the father of recorded sound. But in a new discovery, researchers say they have found a recording of the human voice, made by a little-known Frenchman named douard-Lon Scott de Martinville, that predates Edison's invention of the phonograph by almost twenty years.

"This is a historic find, the earliest known recording of sound," says Samuel Brylawski, the former head of the recorded-sound division of the Library of Congress.

It's the BPP's Most.

Tune recorded before Edison/ Egg McMuffin inventor dies at 89 / Lovesick swan to be reunited with her paddleboat/ U.S. Abusing Law to Get Species Off Protected List?/ Notorious bear ends up in museum

Will Hoffman

6:25 AM ET | 03-27-2008 | permalink | comments (4) | e-mail post

 

The Writing on the Wall

Filed under: Slideshow

Steve Featherstone was headed to Afghanistan to do a story on a new army unit when he found himself stranded at an airbase in Kuwait for a week. For lack of anything better to do, he started reading the graffiti on the latrine walls.

In the graffiti, soldiers expressed their growing fatigue and anger-mostly with each other. When they weren't scribbling Chuck Norris jokes or questioning the fighting ability of other units, they were slamming soldiers who dared give voice to their dissatisfaction.

Featherstone began photographing the graffiti when he realized it would soon be erased by the cleaning crews who regularly swabbed the walls. He visited every latrine trailer on base and took more photographs at his next stop Bagram Airfied in Kabul, Afghanistan.

We spoke to Featherstone on the show today, and you can read an essay he wrote to accompany his photographs in The Walrus.

Caitlin Kenney

5:43 PM ET | 03-26-2008 | permalink | comments (1) | e-mail post

 

Thursday's Rundown

Filed under: Video

Thursday's Rundown is here:

Will Hoffman

4:05 PM ET | 03-26-2008 | permalink | comments (0) | e-mail post

 

The Original Cover of 'Billie Jean'

Filed under: Video

Today on "The Most" searched Google terms was "Chris Cornell Billie Jean". An American Idol contestant did a fine job recreating Cornell's cover of the Michael Jackson classic. If you are curious, below is the former Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman's version. And for fans like me -- hold on -- a Cornell solo album is due in the spring.

Alison Stewart

1:03 PM ET | 03-26-2008 | permalink | comments (3) | e-mail post

 

Best Song in the World Today: Fascination

Filed under: The Best Song In The World Today

Every once in a while someone here at the BPP latches on to a song and just can't let go.

It could be the melody, the lyrics. It could be the memories the song evokes. It could be old or new. It could sound bad but mean something good. It could be almost anything, but one thing that it surely is: The Best Song in the World Today.

My best song today is "Fascination" by Alphabeat. Before you click through to a link for the song, a little back story. I first heard this song on BBC's Radio 1 -- I listen to it a lot, I record the morning show -- or breakfast show as they say -- and listen to it on the iPod after work. And I listen in the evening on Sirius. I did a little digging and found out a bit about Alphabeat: They're Danish, they speak great English, their song "Fascination" was a huge hit in Denmark last summer and their record was just released in the UK.

Radio 1 started playing this song a couple of weeks ago. When I first heard it I was immediately transported to my childhood home. Specifically I get that after school feeling -- coming home, having a snack, watching MTV -- or whatever cartoon was on. And I couldn't figure out why exactly it was taking me to this place until I was listening to the Radio 1 morning show and they started to talk about how the beginning of the song sounded an awful lot like this one:

Yup, the theme song to Duck Tales. And I was, like, "Huh, it kind of does sound like that."

And then they pointed out that it sounded even more like the beginning of "Footloose":

And I flipped out when they played it, because it all clicked at that moment. The opening beat of "Fascination" is so reminiscent of these two songs -- songs that were ubiquitous in my elementary and junior high school days. That's why whenever I hear it I'm back in Superior, after school, three o'clock, on the couch in front of the TV with a bag of chips or cookies, or whatever junk I could find.

I'm still a bit amazed that a song so new can take me to such an old place. It was such a visceral reaction the first time -- and the great thing is that still happens every time I hear it, which is why it is my Best Song In the World Today.

After the jump -- hear "Fascination," by Alphabeat.

Continue reading "Best Song in the World Today: Fascination" »

Matt Martinez

12:25 PM ET | 03-26-2008 | permalink | comments (20) | e-mail post

 

The Latest 'Vogue' Cover: What Do You See?

Filed under: Sound Off

We got in on the conversation about the current cover of Vogue today.

Some people say it's a strikingly composed photo of hard bodied beauties LeBron James and Giselle Bunchen, others a new take on King Kong and Fay Wray.

What do you think -- does the image fortify racial sterotypes?

Alison Stewart

9:55 AM ET | 03-26-2008 | permalink | comments (21) | e-mail post

 

Scenes from a Cuban Exhibition, in New Jersey

Filed under: City Living, Slideshow

The latest cool thing to bring back from Cuba (if you can get there) isn't a cigar but a painting.

On today's show, Ben Rodriguez-Cubenas, a collector and co-founder of the Cuban Artists Fund, talks about the hot market for art from the island nation.

Meanwhile, the Hunterdon Museum of Art in Clinton, N.J., shares the images in the slideshow above. Its exhibit, "Cuba: Artists Experience Their Country," stays up through March 30.

Laura Conaway

9:50 AM ET | 03-26-2008 | permalink | comments (2) | e-mail post

 

Linkfest: Obama, Clinton Kin to Pitt, Jolie

Filed under: Links From the Show

They'll be setting some more places at Brad Pitt's family table. Genealogists say the actor is distantly related to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Vice President Dick Cheney -- and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is distantly related to Angelina Jolie.

It's the BPP's Most.

Barack Obama's related to Brad Pitt, Hillary Clinton to Angelina Jolie/ Dick Cheney's related to Brad Pitt/ Wolverine thriving near Tahoe/ Finn held over Easter Island ear/ Honduran president defends melons by eating one/ Chris Cornell does "Billie Jean" on American Idol

Laura Conaway

8:12 AM ET | 03-26-2008 | permalink | comments (2) | e-mail post

 

Linkfest: Naked Pic of Carla Bruni Goes to Auction

Filed under: Links From the Show

Years before she married that Sarkozy guy, Carla Bruni was in great demand as a model in France. Sometimes she showed off clothes. And at least once she showed off without clothes. An image from an au naturale shoot is set for auction next month in New York City, for an estimated price of $3,000.

It's the BPP's Ramble.

Paul Prudhomme grazed by bullet/ Miss Bimbo website for girls/ Cancer study funded by tobacco interests/ Auctioning a nude picture of France's first lady

Laura Conaway

8:01 AM ET | 03-26-2008 | permalink | comments (2) | e-mail post

 

Hillary Clinton Gets In on the Act

Filed under: Election 2008

No sooner did I ask the question of "What's Hillary Clinton going to offer?" than I got the e-mail answer. A chance to meet Elton John!

Here's the snippet from the e-mail, purportedly from the candidate herself:

I'm really looking forward to the solo concert my friend Elton John is throwing in New York to help our campaign -- and I would very much like the chance to meet you there.

We're sending two supporters, along with their guests, to New York with VIP tickets for this very special, one-night-only concert on April 9, and it could be you. We will have a chance to talk just you and I -- and you will get to meet Elton John at the party we're throwing afterwards. It's going to be a great night.

OK, Senator Clinton, that's "just you and ME" but I won't hold it against you.

Hmmm, what are Mike Gravel and Ron Paul offering?

Tricia McKinney

2:02 PM ET | 03-25-2008 | permalink | comments (0) | e-mail post

 

Wednesday's Rundown

Filed under: Tomorrow's BPP

Wednesday's Rundown is here:

Will Hoffman

2:01 PM ET | 03-25-2008 | permalink | comments (2) | e-mail post

 

Bus Ride with John McCain?

Filed under: Election 2008

So, yesterday I blogged about getting an e-mail offering a chance to have dinner with Barack Obama if I donate as little as $5 by March 31st. Today it's John McCain offering some face time.

I got an email purportedly from Senator McCain himself, saying:

My campaign has come up with an opportunity for a supporter to join me on the Straight Talk Express for a day of conversation and campaigning. As a token of my appreciation for your financial support, you will be entered to win this seat aboard the Straight Talk Express if you make a contribution before midnight on March 31st. I hope you'll consider joining me by making a donation today. If you can give $50 or more, not only will you be entered to win a ride on the Straight Talk Express, but you'll receive a commemorative Straight Talk Express ticket.

So there you go. What is the Hillary Clinton campaign going to offer?

Tricia McKinney

1:34 PM ET | 03-25-2008 | permalink | comments (1) | e-mail post

 

Old Music Tuesday: A Mash-up of Last Year's Top 25

Filed under: Music

If none of the sounds in today's new music segment appealed to you and you just want to go old school....all the way back to 2007, then just take a listen to this mash-up of the top 25 songs of the year we just left behind. Even if you didn't like one of these tunes individually, you have to admire the skill of DJ Earworm.

Alison Stewart

10:02 AM ET | 03-25-2008 | permalink | comments (2) | e-mail post

 

A "Most Watched" YouTube Clip Called 'Ian Walks!'

Filed under: Stuff We Love

Yes, we have to say the same things to get Ian Chillag to do his work. What a good boy!

Alison Stewart

9:29 AM ET | 03-25-2008 | permalink | comments (2) | e-mail post

 

Linkfest: Bamboo Engulfs Defenseless Yard

Filed under: Links From the Show

Randy Bothwell, a police detective in Chester, Pa., considered several ways to rid his yard of bamboo: salt, an exorcism, shooting it with his service revolver.

After one month and two broken shovels , Bothwell rented a Bobcat to excavate the small bamboo forest. He acquired 14 gallons of poison and bought 24 cubic yards of dirt to cover up the resulting hole. Total approximate cost: $1,500.

After all of Bothwell's hard work, bamboo shoots continued to appear. "It gave me ... the final salute." Mr. Bothwell says. "I was like, 'Mother of God.' "

For more on Mr. Bothwell's bamboo battle, check out the BPP's Most.

Bamboo engulfs defenseless yard/ McCartney fans hail 'Mills' song / Tiger's PGA Tour streak ends at Doral/ When the bully sits in the next cubicle

Will Hoffman

8:29 AM ET | 03-25-2008 | permalink | comments (0) | e-mail post

 

Linkfest: Re-Growing Organs

Filed under: Links From the Show

Three years ago, Lee Spievack sliced off the tip of his finger in the propeller of a hobby shop airplane.

What happened next, CBS correspondent Wyatt Andrews reports, launched him into the future of medicine. Spievack's brother, Alan, a medical research scientist, sent him a special powder and told him to sprinkle it on the wound.

"I powdered it on until it was covered," Spievack recalled. To his astonishment, his finger grew back.

It's the BPP's Ramble.

Re-growing organs/ Two-way GPS/ World's tallest man gets bike

Will Hoffman

8:18 AM ET | 03-25-2008 | permalink | comments (1) | e-mail post

 

Support Your Candidate -- YouTube for Another One

Filed under: Election 2008

Went looking for the goods on the McCain Girls and found this in the Washington Post. The paper's campaign blog says the McCain Girls music video, "It's Raining McCain," may come from the same pranksters who put out "Obama-sistible." As you can see from the clip above, "Obama-sistible" has all the charm of "We Built This City," with maybe half the calories.

Laura Conaway

7:39 AM ET | 03-25-2008 | permalink | comments (1) | e-mail post

 

Photo Evidence: Find That Typo

Filed under: City Living

NPR editor person and general pal Beth Novey sends this picture of a typo in Washington, D.C. I'm calling it "Unchecked Baggage."

More: Man travels country to fixe typo's.

Laura Conaway

7:24 AM ET | 03-25-2008 | permalink | comments (3) | e-mail post

 

'Star Wars' Merchandise You Cannot Buy

Filed under: Slideshow