Boomer's Buzz: Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Posted March 26, 2008, 5:01 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Wednesday, March 26, 2008. There are 280 days left in the year and 222 days left until Election Day.


Race For the White House:
Obama Puts 7 Years of Tax Returns on Web -- Challenges Clintons to Do the Same (Boston Globe)
Hillary Criticizes Obama Pastor's Inflammatory Remarks (Boston Globe)
Bill, Chelsea Clinton Campaign in Indiana (CBS News)
McCain Addresses Economy (Washington Post)

Developing News:
D.B. Cooper's Parachute Possibly Found (AP)
Space Shuttle Aims for Landing This Evening (AP)
Western Antartic Ice Shelf Collapses (AP)
Highschool Cheerleader, Star Student Dies After Breast Implant Surgery (MSNBC)

Latest Health News:
Top 10 Reasons to Have Sex Tonight (CBS News)

By the Numbers:
Top 10 Blatant Examples of Product Placement in Movies (List Universe)
50 Celebrities' Real Names (Glamorati)

Pic of the Day:
The Space Shuttle, The International Space Station and the Earth

Video of The Day: Superhero Movie opens Friday. It's a spoof of superhero films in which an average dork is bitten by a genetically altered dragon fly and takens on super powers. In this clip
an actor does a dead-on take on Tom Cruise.




Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB member bobb! Click on his name to send him a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Conductor Pierre Boulez is 83. Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is 78. Actor Leonard Nimoy ("Star Trek") is 77. Actor James Caan is 68. Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is 68. Journalist Bob Woodward is 65. Singer Diana Ross is 64. Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler is 60. Singer and actress Vicki Lawrence is 59. R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass is 58. Comedian Martin Short is 58. TV personality Leeza Gibbons is 51. Actress Jennifer Grey ("Dirty Dancing") is 48. Basketball player John Stockton is 46.

On This Date:
In 1827: Composer Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna, Austria, at age 56.

In 1874: Poet Robert Frost is born in San Francisco.

In 1964: The musical ''Funny Girl,'' starring Barbra Streisand, opens on Broadway.

In 1976: Queen Elizabeth II joins the new age and sends out the first royal e-mail from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment.

In 1979: The Camp David peace treaty is signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the White House.

Today's Thought:
"First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits or they will conquer you."
-- Rob Gilbert



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