“You just knew it would never be the same again. It didn’t mean he couldn’t have a life in public service, but it wouldn’t be a charmed life. It was going to be different.”The Boston Globe is running an excellent multi-part series on Ted Kennedy, apparently prompted by Kennedy’s poor health.
Happy 150th birthday to Oregon, my home state.You were born on 14 February 1859 — in the same year as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Billy the Kid.
We don’t care who was born first. Happy 200th birthday, Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. You studs.
“Having just turned 10, a Sussex spaniel called Stump became the oldest best in show winner at the Westminster Kennel Club, ending his retirement last week and taking the big prize Tuesday night.”ABC News has the story.Isn’t that kind of like a 70-year-old winning the Miss America pageant?
Jennifer Aniston turns 40 today.And Brandy “Moesha” Norwood turns 30.And Sarah Palin turns, even if it’s not a round number, 45.
She’s the Israeli supermodel who’s been dating actor Leonardo DiCaprio since 2006.The issue is due out in a few days, but SI already has posted its online edition, including slightly comical video of Refaeli rolling in the surf.Last year’s cover model was Marisa Miller.
What to wear when you’re nine months pregnant and still performing at the Grammys? Rapper M.I.A. has two ideas.
Flight 1549 as experienced by the captain and the flight crew.
A sharp-eyed Who2 reader writes:
“As Aquarians, they should both be stubborn, visionary, tolerant, free-spirited, rebellious, genial but remote and detached — hmmm, so far, so good.”It’s true: Scientist Charles Darwin and President Abraham Lincoln were born on the exact same day: 12 February 1809.