Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Bedtime Stories


It's Receptionists Day.

During launch on Monday the space shuttle Atlantis' heat shield was apparently hit by a piece of debris. NASA thinks it's a minor nick.

Sarah Palin's book will be out in Spring 2010. She'll write about growing up in Alaska and her time in politics -- including the 2008 presidential race.

The Queen of England's birthday card outfit hasn't changed for years. And a 109-year-old woman who gets those cards from the Queen each year noticed and wrote her a letter. The Queen's grandson, Prince Williams, showed up at her nursing home to apologize.

We have a new word: "weisure". It's the ever-increasing mix of work and leisure, thanks in part to smartphones and other technology that allows us to work while spending time with family.

A suspect in a jewelery heist was being held in a Bosnian prison but escaped. He simply strolled to freedom after guards forget to lock his cell.

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