Uh-oh…

Legal job hunting in Texas is tough.

Now the most valuable Beanie Babies ever…

According to the ABA Journal, Ty, the manufacturer of Beanie Babies, has decided to retire the “Sasha” and “Malia” dolls.  Hurry up collectors–this will be the ultimate political collectable!

And you thought that your old Beanie Babies were worth something...

I have previously blogged about the challenges the White House will have trying to take formal or informal action to protect the intellectual property rights (if there are any) of President Obama and his family.  Perhaps no legal action will be necessary if all it takes to cut off a product is a statement by the Obamas and some bad media coverage.

Is this guy for really, realsy real?!??

Chesley Sullenberger III, courtesy of CBS -- You've gotta be kiddin' me!

As if being a decorated airline pilot, accident investigator, and airline hero wasn’t enough, this from the AP (via a California CBS station:

When the US Airways pilot’s plane ended up at the bottom of the Hudson River on Jan. 15, so did a book he had checked out from the library at California State University, Fresno, through his local library near Danville.

Sullenberger contacted library officials and asked for an extension and waiver of overdue fees because the book was in the airliner’s cargo hold.

Fresno State library officials said they were struck by Sullenberger’s sense of responsibility and did him one better: they’re waiving all fees, even lost book fees, and placing a template in the replacement book dedicating it to him.

The book’s subject? Professional ethics.

I mean come on–the guy checked out an ethics book, had it with him on the plane, and then called the library to ask for an extension because the book was in the plane that the guy miraculously landed in the Hudson river after the engines were hit by a flock of geese? Not even our folk heroes or iconographic fathers of America had this  much integrity. One wonders whether Mr. Sullenberger has a deep, dark secret that he’s just terrified will come out (and now is even more likely to come out because investigative reporters simply cannot believe that this man can be so perfect), or whether he’d just like to be left alone and thought, well, it’d be pretty ironic if I let a book go overdue on professional ethics. I, a flawed individual, salute you, Mr. Sullenberger, and while I still sit here in amazement of your near-perfection, I will not attempt to “sully” your reputation.