2nd April 2009
Prince Philip. That is all.

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Prince Philip. That is all.
lookingup: gregbrown: Amazingly enough, there is already a Legoland version of the Barack Obama presidential inauguration. (via The Telegraph, which has a full gallery from the exhibit)
Love it.
Presidential Portrait of the Day: Obama’s official portrait, taken by White House photographer Pete Souza.
It is the first presidential portrait to be taken with a digital camera — a Canon EOS 5D Mark II to be exact.
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Just because.
apsies: Army Sgt. Derrick Brooks, standing in for President-elect Barack Obama and Navy Yeoman 1st Class LaSean McCray, standing in for Michelle Obama, walk the parade route on Pennsylvania Avenue towards the White House during a rehearsal for the Inauguration Ceremony.
You’re a little nervous about this, right?
The reason why the Obama’s can’t stay at The White House guest house: John Howard.
Bloomberg journalist Margaret Carlson revealed that when the White House turned down Obama’s request in early December, it had not yet even invited Howard to stay at the Blair House:I reported… on December 11 and 12 that there were no foreign dignitaries booked into Blair House during that period of time… I have the feeling they asked him [Howard] to come and stay so that there might be some plausible reason for not letting the Obamas stay there.
FRENCH FOR “COPYCAT” Workers placing an Obama-inspired poster of President Nicolas Sarkozy inside a Paris subway station (photo by Olivier Laban-Mattei, AFP / Getty Images, via Newsweek)
I can’t tell whether that’s pro or anti-Sarkozy, but I can tell you that it’s LAME LAME LAME.
Imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery.
will.i.am’s new single It’s A New Day, premiered on Oprah.
I hate to be a cynic, but, tipping point much?
2008 US election highlight reel/montage.
It’s a must-listen.