Happy Opening Day! Be a sport and celebrate with the Yankees. Then, meet the famous face behind the National Geographic’s most popular cover, figure out how to beat the airlines, and read the most highlighted Kindle passage ever.
1. It’s Opening Day for the Yankees. Fans Flock to Yankee stadium despite the rain for the home opener against the Tigers. [DN]
U.S. Presidents on Opening Day. Washington has a mixed history with baseball. [Atlantic]
Has baseball’s moment passed? On opening day, gloomy studies suggest kids are losing interest. [WSJ]
2. Dave Sokol, the Chairman of several Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries, and a most likely pick as the successor to Warren Buffett, has resigned. It’s a shock to everyone, not least of all Buffett. [Berkshirehathaway]
3. The most celebrated National Geographic cover girl. Her eyes captivated the world since she appeared in 1985. For 17 years, no one knew the name of the famous “Afghan Girl.” Now, we do. Meet Sharbat Gula: [NationalGeographic]
4. Google is really into April Fools Day. Check out the jokes they’ve played through the years. [BI]
5. The Last Laugh. Eulogies. They’re getting funnier. [WSJ]
6. Outsmarting the airlines. Want to know how to score the best seat in coach? SeatGuru.com has seat layouts and ratings for 720 different airplanes by 100 different airlines, and has become the authoritative source for cabin information. [WSJ]
7. I love this post on 20 of NYC’s coolest business cards from cool cats, Emmett Shine and Kristian Laliberte. [Refinery29]
8. So where in Constitution does it say Congress has right to default on nation’s debts? Nowhere, says Geoghegan. [Politico]
9. Legoland imagines the royal wedding to celebrate it’s 15th birthday. Legoland paid great attention to detail on their replica of Buckingham Palace, complete with the Queen and even celebrity guests like the Beckhams, Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney. [Today]
The Palace prepares for the Royal Wedding. Including the chefs: [Today]
10. Behold, the “first manifesto on marijuana,” by Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. Paging GofG LA. [TheAtlantic] The orginal article from 1966: “The Great Marijuana Hoax. First Manifesto to End the Bringdown” found HERE [AM]
11. Elizabeth Spiers is hard at work making changes over at the Observer, starting with its tagline. “MONEY, POWER, AND THE CITY” has been replaced with “NOTHING SACRED BUT THE TRUTH.”
12. I’m really cracking up over these 50 unexplainable black & white photos, like this one at left. [BuzzFeed]
13. The all-time most highlighted passage by Amazon Kindle readers, as quoted by Abraham Verghese in his book, Cutting for Stone. [DavieMorin]
14. The FDA examines question of artificial food coloring and hyperactivity disorder in children. [LAT]
15. The most expensive known price for a single-family home in the U.S. Russian Billionaire investor Yuri Milner, just paid $100 million for a French chateau-style mansion in Silicon Valley. The house is 25,500 sq-ft. Milner’s Digital Sky Technologies holds investments in companies including Facebook, Groupon and Zynga. [WSJ]
16. Low levels of radiation found in American Mil in Spokane, Wash. [NYT]
17. Rachel Zoe decided it was just about time to tweet her new baby boy to the world. Meet Skyler Morrison: [@rachelzoe]
18. Kate and William continue to bend the rules. Prince William won’t be wearing a wedding ring once he’s married. [HowAboutWe]
19. Thom Yorke, the paperboy. The musician was spotted handing out copies of Radiohead-produced newspaper The Universal Sigh outside of Rough Trade Records in London. [BuzzFeed]
20. April Fools! Here are some high tech items for the perfect prank. [GofG]
21. An unintended consequence of the world’s amped up awareness about obesity: American’s have a “stigma against fat people.” A recent study found that in countries where larger bodies traditionally have been viewed as attractive, people are now more likely to view overweight people as lazy or at fault. [NYT]
22. I love this fairy-tale ball gown made out of children’s Golden Books: [Flavorwire]
23. I totally forgot to include this yesterday, but it’s pretty big news for certain circles I frequent in Nolita. The man responsible for Gawker.tv, Richard Blakeley, is saying his goodbyes. He’s (curiously) on to Thrillist. It’s too be determined how the lean hipster will fit in with the frat boys? [Blakeley]
24. Minnie Mortimer looks so chic on the cover of the latest issue of Matchbook. [TKOW]
25. In a new study reported by the Daily Mail, women feel “old” at age 29. Comparatively, men don’t feel old until 58. [Today]
26. The Top 10 most hated YouTube Videos. [Urlesque]
27. Courtney Love explains the best experience she’s had while sober on [VYou]
28. I’m sorry, Paul LaRosa, but Brooklyn will never be the “New Paris.” It will never be the old Paris for that matter. [HuffPo]
Speaking of Paris, did you guys catch this piece “A Paris Farewell” in this weekend’s [NYT] The photos are enough to send you salivating.
29. People are really getting into the Bronx Zoo’s missing Cobra. The reptile started it’s own Twitter feed chronicling it’s adventures around the island, and is currently at almost 200k followers (including mayor Bloomberg). [@BronZoosCobra] Twitter Patter [NYT]
30. Leaving you with the loneliest whale in the world. This story left me feeling beyond sad, but also appreciative for the incredible richness surrounding my life.
“In 2004, The New York Times wrote an article about the loneliest whale in the world. In 2004, The New York Times wrote an article about the loneliest whale in the world. Scientists have been tracking her since 1992 and they discovered the problem:
She isn’t like any other baleen whale. Unlike all other whales, she doesn’t have friends. She doesn’t have a family. She doesn’t belong to any tribe, pack or gang. She doesn’t have a lover. She never had one. Her songs come in groups of two to six calls, lasting for five to six seconds each. But her voice is unlike any other baleen whale. It is unique—while the rest of her kind communicate between 12 and 25hz, she sings at 52hz. You see, that’s precisely the problem. No other whales can hear her. Every one of her desperate calls to communicate remains unanswered. Each cry ignored. And, with every lonely song, she becomes sadder and more frustrated, her notes going deeper in despair as the years go by.
Just imagine that massive mammal, floating alone and singing—too big to connect with any of the beings it passes, feeling paradoxically small in the vast stretches of empty, open ocean.” [Erickimberlinbowley]
Well, that’s all for me today. Do you have something to include in tomorrow’s list? Email me: Rachelle@guestofaguest.com!
