With two age-old rumors resurfacing (a Tablet Mac and an Apple-branded mobile phone device), I decided my list of All the Apple rumors you’ll ever need should have a permanent page that I can update as the rumors become reality. My list did not include anything about the Beatles being available on iTunes as, well, if you’re a Beatles fan, didn’t you burn your collection to your computer years ago. As for a “Tablet Mac,” I stand by my #3 prediction. (Actually, “prediction” is too strong a word — it should be more like “wild guess.”) There won’t be a “Tablet Mac” — more likely, something akin to a 8×10 inch iPod that can do most anything a MacBook can do, but it won’t be called a “tablet” anything.

At first, it sounds like a clever idea: Allow readers to create their own covers of classic books and submit scans of them for a gallery. So what is it? Paperback editions of mostly public-domain books with blank covers you can draw on. That’s sorta like saying you have something as cool as NikeID but it turns out to be a pair of Chuck Taylors and some acrylic paint. (Oh, there is such a thing.)

The Nashville couple, Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock, are calling it quits after a couple months of marriage.

First place (from the New York Times): “Giants, Playing Catch and Release, Fail Again.”

Runner up: (from The Tennessean) “Lead gone in New York Minute”

Best lede: (from Paul Kuharsky, The Tennnessean) “Early in the fourth quarter Sunday at LP Field, somebody dropped a quarter into Pacman Jones, grabbed the joystick and did the sort of crazy things that happen only in a video game.”

As I’ve said on this weblog many times, the best writing in most newspapers is found on their sports pages. By “best” I mean the writer is passionate about (and a life-long-learning student of) the topic, perceptive, insightful and witty.

Update: Wittiest blog post goes to Roger Abramsom for his post titled “Domain Name for Sale” that merely contains a link to the URL firecoachfisher.com.

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