Abe Lincoln’s Statue
I was in downtown Portland, Oregon today, and I took a couple of photos of this Abraham Lincoln statue that is in what the locals call “the Park blocks.”
Biographies
Kathryn Bigelow Wins Best Directress
The Onion has the story.
Oral Roberts and the 900-Foot Jesus
TV preacher Oral Roberts died one year ago today.
Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter Will Tag-Team a Computer on Jeopardy!
Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, two of Jeopardy!’s all-time great champs, will compete against an IBM computer named Watson on the show in February.Jennings and Rutter could win a million bucks. If Watson wins, he gets a soothing oil bath.
Noomi Rapace Doesn’t Look Like What We Thought Noomi Rapace Looked Like
You probably know Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander, the hard-case hacker heroine of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its two Swedish sequels.
Yogi Bear: Boo Boo Kills Yogi
Watch this moving clip that takes Yogi Bear and Boo Boo and puts them right into the Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck movie The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford:
Ja Rule Goes to Jail
Calling it a “minor setback for a major comeback,” rapper and sort-of actor Ja Rule reached a plea agreement with New York authorities that will have him spending at least 16 months in jail.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is 60!
Grab a bushel of corn and raise a toast: Tom Vilsack was born on this day in 1950. He has been America’s Secretary of Agriculture since January of 2009.
Memories of the Al Gore Administration
What if the Supreme Court had given the election to Al Gore instead of George W. Bush? New York magazine imagines.
Amelia Earhart’s Finger Bone
According to this story from Discovery.com, a bone fragment found on the uninhabited Pacific island of Nikumaroro may be part of Amelia Earhart’s finger.
Amelia Earhart and her finger disappeared 73 years ago while attempting an around-the-world flight with navigator Fred Noonan.