A time-lapse video of a man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours has become an Internet sensation after surveillance camera footage emerged after nearly a decade. "After a certain period of time, I knew that I was in pretty big trouble because it was the weekend," Nicholas White said today on Good Morning America. The ordeal happened in 1999, but White says he understands why the video has captured people's attention: So many have wondered what they would do if it happened to them.
Of course, my wife isn't crazy like Tricia Walsh-Smith, who has taken to YouTube to spill the secrets of her marriage in an apparent effort to gain leverage and humiliate the other side.
If watching her YouTube video isn't enough, check out this interview with ABC News.
In tomorrow's print edition, I offer a take on the battle for the Democratic nomination. But it's nothing like a poll released this weekend that says Hillary Clinton is "favored by more hunters, bowlers and gun-owners than Barack Obama" in tomorrow's Pennsylvania primary.
But apparently, they're tied among beer drinkers.
I've seen polls break down voters by race and gender. But not social activity. I wonder who leads with people who live on streets named after trees but have no letter "M" in their last name.
When I was a kid, the business at 3606 Lower Greenville Ave. was known as the Fast and Cool Club. And the coolest thing about said club, in this kid's view, was the large mural of James Brown on the wall facing the Snuffer's parking lot.
I assumed this mural had been whitewashed years ago as 3606 became many other things, most notably the Red Jacket. But I was wrong. Construction is underway to turn this location into something called the National Sports Lounge, and the work has revealed that the mural has been there all this time.
When I stopped by this afternoon to snap a picture of it, club promoter Reza Dibaje assured me we'll be seeing the entire mural again soon. "I was going to put a window there," he said, "until I saw that painting."
In other Simpsons news, Homer and his family are irking people in several South American countries, according to this story in today's Dallas Morning News.
Look out Jackie Chan -- Claude, an Asiatic black bear living in a Japanese zoo, has got some serious kung fu skills. He's drawn crowds by twirling sticks like a ninja -- back and forth, around his neck, etc. for hours at a time. Or maybe he's just practicing for the zoo's drill team.
One of my favorite sites is Dial B for Blog, a visually intensive blog dedicated to the history of comic books. It updates every Friday, and this week's edition is dedicated to The Simpsons.
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