After an extensively slow news week and a caped internet connection it’s nice to come back to the vine with news that’s so saucy that it’ll cause extensive dribbling (for all the nerds out there at least).

President-elect Barack Obama is a Mac according to the telegraph.co.uk’s 50 facts you might not know article. Now the reason this is interesting is that this whole “mac” this is becoming quite a phenomenon; all that product placing in the movies is really having a significant effect. It’s starting to seem that if you wona be down with the kids and connect with them then you gota have a mac. Something that has become abundantly clear over the years, remember Algores usage of a mac in an inconvenient truth (and look at the impact that has had- kids actually listened). So what I’m getting at is  that if you’re not down with the kids and want to get some new friends- then get a mac.

YAWN.

And to everyone who tune out at “Obama is a Mac” (like me) then listen up. The article also specifies some other interesting information including:
• 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 
• 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 
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars 
• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia 
• He can speak Spanish 
• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead 
• His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea 
• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia 
• He can bench press an impressive 90.718474 kilograms
• He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name 
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 
• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 
• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck 
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee. 
• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees 
• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date 
• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker


Basket ball playing, Harry Potter reading, Spanish speaking US president? – I like this guy.


Read the whole list here.