A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

GUESS WE KNOW WHO LAUREN CONRAD IS VOTING FOR IN 2012: Now, I don't want to get into any of the political issues associated with President Obama's speech to schools tomorrow, but in looking at the text, one remark seemed worthy of noting here:

I know that sometimes, you get the sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work -- that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star.

This sentence may well mark the first time that the President of the United States has discussed "rapping" and is almost certainly the first time that the "occupation" of "reality TV star" has been referenced by a President. And really, someone in the White House speechwriting office apparently watches (or is at least aware of) reality TV? Gabba gabba one of us!