Boomer's Buzz: Friday, March 21, 2008

Posted March 21, 2008, 3:49 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Friday, March 21, 2008. There are 285 days left in the year and 227 days left until Election Day.
Two Fired Over Obama Passport Breach (MSNBC)
Bill Richardson to Endorse Obama (CNN)
No Revote for Michigan Dems (Mercury News)
McCain Campaign Suspends Staffer for Race Video (Reuters)

Developing News:
Dollar Rallies -- Gold Falls to Biggest Weekly Drop Since 1990 (Bloomberg)
The Gender Divide Starts Over Dinner (Washington Post)
Vatican Security Worries Over bin Laden Tape (NY Times)

Latest Health News:
Woman Goes In For Leg Operation, Gets New Anus Instead (FOX News)
Happy Marriage, Happy Heart (Washington Post)

By the Numbers:
5 Traits You'll Need On Your Way to Becoming a Leader (dumblittleman)

Pic of the Day:
If Homer Simpson Was Real (b2p)

Video of The Day: Mongolian Folk Rock



Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members Osamu.N, Jackie and Nene! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor Al Freeman Jr. is 74. Actress Kathleen Widdoes ("As the World Turns") is 69. Singer Solomon Burke is 68. Rock musician Rose Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 63. Actor Timothy Dalton is 62. Rock musician Conrad Lozano is 57. Actor Gary Oldman is 50. Talk show host Rosie O'Donnell is 46. Actor Matthew Broderick is 46.

On This Date:
In 1913: The Great Dayton Flood in Ohio kills more than 360 and destroys 20,000 homes.

In 1952: Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.

In 1964: The Beatles keep their hits rolling. They replace one Billboard chart topper with another when "She Loves You" takes over from "I Want To Hold Your Hand."

In 1965: The Rev. Marin Luther King Jr. leads more than 3,000 civil rights demonstrators on their march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

In 1980: On the season finale of the soap opera "Dallas," the infamous character J.R. Ewing is shot by an unseen assailant, leading to the catchphrase "Who Shot JR?"

In 1984: Yoko Ono opens Strawberry Fields, an area in New York's Central Park dedicated to the memory of her late husband, John Lennon.

Today's Thought:
"Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."
-- Henry David Thoreau



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