Tuesday, November 11, 2008

OK - Obama just became even cooler

Obama Collects Comics? 50 Things You Might Not Know About The President-Elect

• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics

• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball

• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili

• His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini

• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father

• He is left-handed -- the sixth post-war president to be left-handed

• He has read every Harry Potter book

• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali

• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream


(Huffington Post)
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Spiderman AND Conan?! I think he just officially became the coolest president of all time!

Now THIS is someone who I would want to have a drink with! Smart AND a comic collector?!