I notice some of you are calling Obama "Obie" in the comment threads. Is that what the British tabs call him? I don't read them.
The New York Post goes with "Bam" quite often. Sometimes it's just "O" if the headline has to fit into one column. I certainly think "Bam" has it all over "Obie." Much more active. And in America, an Obie is a theater award, invented by my old employer, The Village Voice, in the mid-1950s for best Off-Broadway (i.e. like your fringe) productions. Of course, the theater isn't what it was in those days, but the word Obie still means theater award over here, so it doesn't work for Obama.
Oh and by the way, I forgot: I hate the way cell phones are sold. It's a real hustle, like used cars. I hate having to charge them, and I really, really, really hate the way you're not supposed to over-charge them, because then you're supposedly doing damage to the battery. Whoever heard of that? Completely ridiculous.
