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President Barack Obama watches a performance during a visit to the Globe Theatre in London to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with actors after watching part of Shakespeare’s Hamlet
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Benedict Cumberbatch and his wife Sophie Hunter look at the picture he took of President Obama
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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to graduates at the 2016 commencement at historically black Jackson State University
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President Barack Obama and Prime Minster David Cameron play golf at The Grove in Watford
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The Obama Diary 
Hello TODVille!
Congrats on 1st, NCLB!
Great photos!
She is back in US already?
I think they must ride on the wind or something!
NW, you done real good compiling all of this coverage, thank you!
Thanks, GGail!
Fashion designer Ozwald Boeteng, left, and actress Holly Valance, right, in the audience too. Boeteng, makes the best-tailored men’s suits in the world (In my opinion) located on Savile Row (is Idris Elba’s personal tailor…along with a lot Hollywood & European athletes) Luis Vuitton president made him Creative Director of Givenchy at a young age. Check out this doc on him (A bucket list item for me is to get a tailored suit from him)
Annie Lennox was also sitting in the crowd to see the president on his visit
I swear I’m gone now……
Great post, NW!
Oooo, I’ve been a Boeteng fan for a while. His work is like buttah!
Hello NCLB! It’s quiet around here today. I wonder where everyone is?
Thank you Nerdy! Another gorgeous, epic summation of the day!
Thank you for all of your extra work on behalf of TOD these days.
Awww…thanks so much, MadameSoph!
are murkans eligible for knighthood?
if not, how about kenyans?
Kenyans definitely!
Americans who are not also citizens of a country of which the Queen is head if state may receive honorary British knighthoods and damehoods. This entitles them to append the honor to their name, but not to use the title Sir or Dame. For example, Bill Gates can describe himself as Bill Gates KBE but not as Sir Bill.Sep 24, 2015
But if you can’t say “Sir Barack Obama” what good is it? 🙂
dratz… you get the ‘picture’.
The “picture” is slayed out all over my computer screen! What was I supposed to get from that exercise again?
it’s a new wrist exercise I invented just for you.
As is Angelina.
One of my Dad’s best friends from Ahmedabad since 6th grade was knighted by her Majesty the Queen…
Click to access 5._gautam_bodiwala.pdf
transient properties make me a Sir….which I will be referred to by you from now on!
Uber is slow as hell tonight………Pacers game causing all kind of wait times to get to the club 😦
typical fricken gujju. always freeloading on someone else’s work.
now, go fix the pic above.
look who is trying to freeload now….deal with it! …..my ride is finally her MF
MEDIA REMINDER:
SNL IS DOING A PRINCE TRIBUTE TONIGHT.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SINGS PURPLE RAIN TRIBUTE
https://www.periscope.tv/w/1PlKQozwQEMJE
Loved it!
Wow. And I’m crying again…. Rest in Power Prince
“Rest in Power” – that’s perfect!!! 😀 😀 😀
I don’t even know how to describe what I just witnessed.
OH, MY. GOD.
OH. MY. GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, Beyoncé
Nerdy, Thanks for tweets/reminder. Thankfully, they are looping all night on HBO Zone… I’ll catch it after Saturday night live…
🙂
OKAY!!!! MY DVR IS SET!!! Seriously sad I didn’t have time tonight….. was relentless teased with the GODDESSAWE during the Silicon Valley marathon….. 18 hours until GoT!!! I am such a TV whore.
Beautiful thread, NW. Thanks much.
I love Barack and Michelle Obama.
🙂
Those who know, know.
The blackness of the album is so beautiful.
So, I took a trip to that Weird World tweet TL that Amk always frequents and *discovered* 😉
…. the REAL Reason Your Jeans Have That Tiny Pocket With Tiny Buttons
By Abby Heugel
I think it’s safe to assume that most people own at least one pair of jeans. And while wearing that pair of jeans, you’ve tried to put something in your pocket only to have it get caught in that tiny stupid little pocket inside the intended pocket.
According to the Levi Strauss & Co blog, that tiny little pocket was actually originally intended for men who wore pocket watches.
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http://twentytwowords.com/this-is-the-real-reason-your-jeans-have-that-tiny-pocket-with-tiny-buttons/3/?utm_source=showerthoughts&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=this-is-the-real-reason-your-jeans-have-that-tiny-pocket-with-tiny-buttons
how do ya know it’s not mine? … I mean the tweet handle, not the jeans.
#discovered. pshaw.
from the disclaimers?
It could be mine. … well, it’s mine, mine, mine.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zUjKFzupKDI/UDqIK1BlrQI/AAAAAAAAAIA/Pmv_QzqnSVA/s1600/thumbnail.jp
#bungledit
#sigh #imhumanafterall
There is all kids of history for the original Levi 501s, all the way down to the rivets. Truly worth a read. History is all around us. There are TV stations in Scotland that broadcast in Gaelic after certain hours so the language doesn’t die. And there are the ISIL tools who are destroying their own heritage. So sad.
I saw your #Lemonade tweets after I refreshed the page. Thanks for this; I missed the debut.
It was fabulous, CEB. I definitely recommend catching it when it airs again.
Okay, I just saw #Lemonade. I am reacting on so many levels that I am almost incoherent.
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Serena Williams!! In “I ain’t sorry” is all sexiness and power.
You never know where you words of encouragement will lead…
WOW! Beautiful piece by my former Senator…
Turn on SNL… just do it and marvel at Prince’s brilliance!
Tribute from another who experienced, first hand, Prince’s commitment to humanity…
I’m still playing catch-up (just finished watching the complete presentation of Beyoncé’s visual album); thank God for the DVR.
Yeh I’m recording that now too! Great music night on TV! 😄
Beyoncé’s visual album, Lemonade, is worthy of the highest scholarly treatment. I can see it being analyzed and interpreted in Literature, History, Women’s Studies, and all kinds of Black Studies classes. Discussions on just the use of setting can fill up many pages.
Yes, Yes, YES!
These folks cannot stand our truth so they try to white wash it. We know who we are and we are the only ones qualified to tell our story. The line by Malcom X that basically speaks to the invisibility of the Black woman (and this is more so as we age), singed my brain, pierced my heart, and chilled my soul with its awful truth.
*CLAP CLAP CLAP*
The solar-powered aeroplane, Solar Impulse, has completed a three-day flight over the Pacific Ocean.
It flew over San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday evening as it prepared to land in California.
The plane took off from Hawaii on Thursday, where it underwent repairs for the past eight months after its batteries were damaged during the flight from Japan.
This is the ninth leg of its attempt to fly round the world.
“I crossed the bridge. I am officially in America,” said pilot Bertrand Piccard as he flew above San Francisco Bay.
Solar Impulse started the journey last March in Abu Dhabi. The trip has involved two different pilots flying separate legs.
Piccard will land the plane later on Saturday evening at Moffett Airfield, located in Mountain View in Silicon Valley.
The landing is being delayed until winds drop.
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Piccard and Borschberg have been working on the Solar Impulse project for more than a decade.
They first trialled a smaller plane, taking it on a trans-America crossing in 2013.
The version of the vehicle they currently fly is considerably bigger.
Its wingspan is wider than a 747 jumbo jet, and, yet, it weighs only 2.3 tonnes.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36122618
The last 4 days of great highs and lows have worn me out. Off to bed; until tomorrow (actually later today) TOD ohana.
Hmmm? 🤔🤔
I´ve been to the Globe theatre twice, once for a guided tour and once to watch “As you like it” with a group of students, and seeing these pictures and video clips I can´t help but thinking that he´d be having a riot if he could really watch a play there with all that goes with it. These people are such brilliant actors and the whole area before the stage (the so called Groundlings pit, because that used to be the cheap standing spots that even the poor could sometimes afford, and today it´s still just 5 British Pound apiece) is crowded with people. Hearing how much he longs to get out of “the bubble” sometimes, that would be such a treat for him I bet.
GA niliathiel.
Chips has opened a new thread for this morning (US time), but hope you see this and let us know of local Germany livestream / blogs (in English?) that we Obots can tune into during PBO’s visit to Germany.
During high school I acted as a volunteer usher at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, so I knew the seating arrangement there very well. That replica is shaded by eucalyptus trees in the middle of one of the largest urban parks in the US (Balboa Park, which also includes the San Diego Zoo).
Have to say that the two locations (England vs. San Diego) look quite a bit different, but am thrilled by PBO’s visit yesterday!
English live blogs might be difficult to get, but I´ll see what I can do 🙂
Thanks!
Livestreams in German are good, regardless of language, but German-language blogs are more problematic (fortunately for English-only speakers like myself, there’s Google Translate).
Forgot to post this tweet…
Endless thanks Nerdy, you’re a gem.
Morning
https://theobamadiary.com/2016/04/24/early-bird-chat-727/