First Lady Keeps 'em Laughing; Bloggers Focus Internationally
Proof once again that many First Ladies tend to have more flair and depth than their male counterparts: First Lady Laura Bush jumped into the limelight over the weekend for her stand-up schtick at the White House correspondents' association dinner, where she included vice presidential wife Lynne Cheney in her routine.
Mrs. Cheney is today's burstiest person for agreeing to be the butt of a joke about "Desperate Housewives," and Mrs. Bush moved from nowhere into the No. 8 spot among key people.
But much of the blogosphere attention today is turned internationally (well, except among Macintosh users, who are veritably DROOLING over the new Tiger System X operating system. One word: YUM).
In the British Isles, voters are gearing up for Thursday's election for a new prime minister, and Tony Blair is on the hot seat.
A few British bloggers are keeping track of the polls, while others are monitoring news reports are suggesting the Blair had been told that an invasion of Iraq was illegal, but pursued it with President Bush anyway.
Also on the international front, bloggers are dissecting the U.S. military's report clearing American troops in the March shooting of a recently freed Italian hostage/journalist in Iraq.
Curious blog discoveries
Also hidden among the blog gems: instructioons on how make your own DVR from PC parts, an online game to test your skills at guessing Google search terms based on the images they produce, a Darth Vader blog (really)and the true story of a weekend's runaway bride by the name of Jennifer Willbanks.
BLOGPULSE TREND GRAPH OF THE DAY: Let's check in this week on the prices of gas and crude oil.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at May 2, 2005 09:14 AM
