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Sunday, April 12, 2009
The New First Dog is a Puppy Named Bo
He's named Bo.The identity of the first puppy -- the one that the Washington press corps has been yelping about for months, the one President Obama has seemed to delight in dropping hints about -- leaked out Saturday.Breaking news from The Washington Post.
The little guy is a six-month-old Portuguese water dog given to the Obama girls as a gift by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Malia and Sasha named it Bo.
Bo is six months old. His markings include a "white chest, white paws and a white goatee." He met the First Family in a top-secret meeting at the White House a few weeks ago.
The only unfortunate part of the whole affair is the tendency of breed owners to call the dogs "Porties." But ah, well.
Says The Post:
Malia and Sasha chose the name, because their cousins have a cat named Bo and because first lady Michelle Obama's father was nicknamed Diddley, a source said. (Get it? Bo ... Diddley?)
Labels: Barack Obama, Bo Diddley, Malia Obama, Michelle Obama, Sasha Obama, Ted Kennedy, The First Dog
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 5:17 AM 
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Monday, June 02, 2008
Obituary First Lines: Bo Diddley
Guitarist Bo Diddley has died of heart failure at age 79. Here's how some news outlets are summing up his life:"Bo Diddley, the pioneering electric guitarist who was playing rock'n'roll when white America was still calling it jungle music..." -The Independent
"Bo Diddley, the rhythm and blues musician whose distinctive choppy rhythm shaped rock'n'roll..." -The Guardian
"Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins remembers the late Bo Diddley as more than just a rock 'n' roll pioneer -- for the Hawk, Diddley was one of his biggest mentors when it came to the after-show ritual of picking up women." -The Canadian Press
"Bo Diddley, the rock 'n' roll originator with the rectangular guitar whose signature beat influenced musicians from Buddy Holly to the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Bruce Springsteen..." -The Vancouver Sun
"He burst into pop music in 1955 with a song named after himself and topped the R&B charts shortly afterward. A few years later, he built his own rectangular Gretsch, nicknamed 'The Twang Machine,' which he would use to play thousands of concerts across decades of rousing performance..." -Wired
Labels: Bo Diddley, Obituary First Lines
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