Happy Birthday, Bo!
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So This Happened of the Day: Whoever mans the official White House Twitter feed (President Obama?) just replied to a random person’s tweet with a RickRoll.
White House? More like Y U MAD House, amirite?
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So This Happened of the Day: Whoever mans the official White House Twitter feed (President Obama?) just replied to a random person’s tweet with a RickRoll.
White House? More like Y U MAD House, amirite?
[tnw.]
(Source: thedailywhat)
Since 2010, Jon Rafman has been digitally reimagining objects and settings in the styles of famous artists for a tumblr blog called Brand New Paint Job. (See the Edward Hopper Buick Station Wagon and theFranz Kline Starbucks).
(via think4yourself)
Here, he gives the Oval Office a new paint job in the style of Jasper Johns, borrowing heavily from“Three Flags.”
The inside scoop on what all of those vehicles are in The Presidential Motorcade (click through for a larger image).
Marc Ambinder takes an exclusive look into the inner workings of the Secret Service.
via inothernews:theatlantic:
(Inspired by the mustache? Pitch in here, for the kids, at: http://firstgiving.com/jacquesarsenault)
My Mustache for Kids took some inspiration from this portrait of President Grover Cleveland, at the White House last night!
You can chip in by donating to Children’s Hospital at: http://firstgiving.com/jacquesarsenault (or spreading the word). 5 days from the Thursday deadline, we’ve raised almost $25,000 of our $55,555 goal!
Thanks!
Mustache is spruced up and ready for its (and my) first trip to the White House!
M4K running total: $3,200 and counting
Christmas Comes to the White House
View from the Grand Foyer
The tree stands in the Blue Room, and the large stone urns are filled with birch, beech and crystal branches.
Time via brooklynmutt:
Despite being in DC for 13+ years, I’ve never been to the White House for Christmas (or any other time). Yet…
(via apsies)
Congrats to our neighbor and Liz’s student, Mark Svensson
From community college to Georgetown, to a White House summit (via Georgetown):
TweetWhen Mark Svensson (C’12) received his invitation to the first-ever White House Summit on Community Colleges, he already knew that investing in education could pay off.
The summit organizers had a special reason to invite Svensson, whose academic and co-curricular success at SUNY-Rocklands allowed him to transfer into Georgetown University this fall. Svensson explained, “I learned that I was nominated by the head of Phi Theta Kappa, which is the largest international honor society, and deals specifically with two-year colleges. The executive director, Ron Risley, nominated me to the White House along with a few other students, and I was one of the few selected.” Chaired by Dr. Jill Biden, the event on October 5 highlighted the social value and continued challenges of community colleges in bolstering national education goals.
Svensson’s perspective on the state of the nation’s community colleges owes a great deal to his success during his tenure there. Although he admits he rarely spent time on academics in high school, at SUNY-Rocklands Svensson became a star student. For his academic drive, he was chosen out of 1,500 nominees to be one of 20 students featured in USA Today as part of the All-USA Community College Academic Team. Svensson explained of his efforts, “I really worked hard to get my grades up and get a direction out of what I wanted to do as far as major, so I could transfer to somewhere like Georgetown.” Although he found it an honor to be invited to the summit, he hoped his experience would highlight how greater encouragement from administrators and educators might inspire more community college students to succeed as he has.
