Grabbed your morning coffee/tea yet? Well chew on this and have something other than mindless small talk to chat about this morning, It’s go time!
♦ Vice President Joe Biden after a stop in Pittsburgh with President Obama to talk about the importance of expanding job-training programs took his first selfie with non other than President Obama. Only way to top that now will be a selfie with grumpy cat and boo the dog really.
♦ SPORTS: (Baseball) The Chicago Cubs lost 0-3 to the NY Yankees; (Basketball) Chicago Bulls lost in overtime to Charlotte Bobcats 86-91.
♦ FOUND IT! In what seems like a scene from the TV show “24” an evacuation order has been lifted after a piece of potentially explosive “military ordnance” was deemed safe in the Santa Barbara county area.
♦ A rapper was taken to Cedars Sinai after being found unresponsive. He was found to have cut off his penis before jumping from his second floor apartment balcony in what is being considered a suicide attempt. Speaking of penises, there’s a picture floating on the net of a well known Chicago pastor in the nude. The picture is rumored to have been leaked by a former employee (maybe) lover of said pastor.
♦ $58 million! That’s the amount Yahoo’s (former) chief operating officer Henrique De Castro got in severance pay when he was let go back in January. I mean, some of us would be lucky to leave with our favorite stapler or package of post it.
♦ Metromile has an app it says can help you avoid getting tickets in the future by using GPS to alert you when your car is parked in a street scheduled for street sweeping the next day, DNA Info has the details on what they are giving away for free on April 23 [DNA Info]
♦ More earnings news. Financial firm Morgan Stanley 49 percent rise in first-quarter earnings.
♦ The View” co-host and Chicago native Jenny McCarthy announced that her boyfriend Donnie Wahlberg proposed to her with a yellow sapphire ring. The 90s wedding we never dreamt would ever become reality.
♦ What are the 5 hottest bars in Chicago right now? Chicago magazine has the list [Chicago Magazine]
♦ The Cannes 2014 Official Selection Lineup was unveiled at a press conference with ‘Grace of Monaco’ scheduled to open the fest’s 67th annual edition [Variety]
“The daily practice of gratitude is one of the conduits by which your wealth will come to you.”
Say thank you, say it often and mean it.
