In a phone call from the Capitol immediately after the State of the Union address last night, President Obama informs John Buchanan that his daughter Jessica, a kidnapped aid worker, was rescued by U.S. Special Operations Forces in Somalia earlier that evening.
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
Badass-in-chief. Things are looking up for this guy.
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"But I’m someone who would rather return to a city that he’s visited many times before than visit a new city. I don’t know many people who are like that; I like going back to the same place over and over, for years. Because it yields a different experience. If I were the sort of person who went all over the world and only visited each city once, that would be a different sort of experience. I find to really get into a city, I have to go back again and again, and get deeper and deeper into the history and texture of the place."
William Gibson, from an interview in The Verge
I am this way as well. I’m obsessed with NYC, Barcelona, Austin / the Hill Country, and the Gulf Coast in general. I’d like to be able to add Berlin, London, and Tokyo to the mix. I am fascinated by those three.
SAINTS11: Things to do while trying to watch the championship games today.
—Rearrange your apartment. Move ALL THE BOOKS.
—When you get bored before halftime, switch to Food Network.
—In the third quarter of the 49ers/Giants game, take a nap.
—For a late lunch with a game on as background noise, drink a glass of wine with some good cheese and French bread.
—Read a…
“Maybe there’s not an idea in every bean, but for me there are many good ideas hiding in coffee.”
