This & That:

Know This:

• The Fox & Friends producer behind the four-minute anti-Obama video had his offer from CNN revoked.
• A 12-year-old tattoo artist has been inking since she was 4 — and she’s really good.
• Alana “Honey Boo Boo Child” Thompson, of Toddlers and Tiaras fame, will have her own spinoff come August.
• There’s a shocking major gender gap in 2012 election coverage.
• A Philadelphia teen was kicked out of the house by Dad for getting a bad grade.

Read This:

• The story of two rock DJs who hated sports talk radio just enough to save it.

Watch This:

• What’s it like to go through an illegal border crossing in Mexico? Vice found out.
• The 9-year-old who gave away a trip to Disney World got a free trip from Disney — which he promptly gave away.

Look At This:

• New York City, mapped by rappers’ origins.
• When whales play soccer.
• Detroit without humans, captured on film.
• College Humor details the fallout after the U.S. pulled out of Iraq.

Other:

• Tea Time Tumblr: Dear Living World
• Tea Time Twitter: Stately Sandwiches
• Tea Time List: The 400 Best Albums Of The 1990s
• Above: mashkulture

Say What Now of the Day: Vanderbilt head football coach James Franklin said in an interview Wednesday that the appearance of coaches’ wives factors into the interview process:

I’ve been saying it for a long time, I will not hire an assistant coach until I’ve seen his wife. If she looks the part, and she’s a D-1 recruit, then you got a chance to get hired. That’s part of the deal.

He continued:

There’s a very strong correlation between having the confidence, going up and talking to a women, and being quick on your feet and having some personality and confidence and being fun and articulate, than it is walking into a high school and recruiting a kid and selling him.

Franklin took to Twitter today after his comments made the rounds: “My foot doesn’t taste good, I hope I did not offend any1, I love & respect ALL,have a great day, enjoy the fam & don’t forget 2 #AnchorDown”

[cbssports]

Lunchtime Links:

Today on The Daily What Geek: Game of Thrones‘ Arya Stark takes the Cinnamon Challenge

Elsewhere on the Internets:

• Dissected: A Formula One racing car
• Permanent: George W. Bush’s presence in the White House, after the unveiling of his official portrait
• Reviewed: “That Guy’s Face,” on Yelp
• Unrepentant: Two girls who stole a bunch of money from the Girl Scouts
• Debated: Whether it’s murder when a pregnant woman attempts suicide and the baby dies

Lunchtime List: 15 Famous Art-Influenced Album Covers

[image: theclearlydope]

John Edwards Mistrial of the Day [UPDATED]: The case against John Edwards collapsed this afternoon as the jury found him not guilty on one count of violating campaign finance laws and came back deadlocked on five other counts, forcing a mistrial.

Edwards had faced up to 30 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines for “knowingly and willfully” violating a 1971 campaign finance law.

[dailyintel]

Life-Altering Invention of the Day: The Sprayracha is a thing. A thing that actually works. Holy schnikes.

[worldsbestever]