Thursday's Buzz: February 21, 2008

Posted February 21, 2008, 3:41 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Thursday, February 21, 2008. There are 314 days left in the year and 257 days left until Election Day.


A-Block
Direct Hit: Navy Shoots Down Crippled Satellite (ABC News)
Obama, Clinton Trade Punches Ahead of Tonight's Debate (Houston Chronicle)
Strokes Among Middle-Aged Women Triple (AP)

B-Block
Daredevil's Super Skydive Attempt (The Sun)
All Hollywood Studios Now Lined Up Behind Blu-Ray (Reuters)

C-Block (By The Numbers)
The 10 Weirdest Facts About American Presidents (Polizine)

D-Block (Pic of the Day)
Lunar Eclipse

Video of The Day:
(I made this big and green because I wanted to make sure you saw it)
Lets just say this is one random video. Coldplay's Chris Martin performing live outside. Cool. Here's where it gets weird. On the stage are a 25-year-old man in a thong dancing with his unbelievably flexible 84-year-old dance partner. Don't be afraid. It's neither pornographic nor obscene. It's just amazing. Amazingly weird. And inspiring. And bizarre. I must watch it again.

Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members SherAlex and Winstonmccay! Click on their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actress Rue McClanahan ("The Golden Girls") is 74. Actor Gary Lockwood is 71. Politician John Lewis is 68. Actress Tyne Daly ("Judging Amy") is 62. Actor William Petersen ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation") is 55. Actor Kelsey Grammer ("Fraiser") is 53. Actor Jack Coleman is 50. Actress Martha Hackett is 47.

On This Date:
In 1842: John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine.

In 1925: The New Yorker publishes its first issue.

In 1947: Edwin H. Land publicly demonstrates his Polaroid Land camera, which can produce a black-and-white photograph in 60 seconds.

In 1948: NASCAR, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, is incorporated. Click here to listen to GB Radio's interview with three-time NASCAR champion Darrell Waltrip!

In 1965: Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City. As many as 30,000 will later come to his public viewing.

In 1975: Former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to two and a half years to eight years in prison for their roles in the Watergate Scandal.

Today's Thought:
"Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means."
-- Albert Einstein



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