Friday Links: Stuff You Might Have Missed

From Willis Shawver. Follow him on Twitter at @WShawver or email him at Willis[AT]borderstan.com. 

The Internet is a big place and you can’t be expected to see everything. Don’t worry: Borderstan Missing Links are here to help. We’ve collected some highlights from the past week that you might have missed. Enjoy.

The District

• Oh, you didn’t know? There’s a new elephant named Bozie at the National Zoo. (DCist)
• I knew all those crunches would pay off. DC is seventh healthiest city in America. (Huffington Post)
• LivingSocial looks to boost profits by promoting concerts, festivals, and other events. (The Washington Post)
• It’s good to ride your bike in DC, but there is still work to be done. (WAMU)
• Third times a charm. DC woman claims 911 hung up on her three times. (WTOP)
• Metro considering plans to let riders use smartphones or credits cards to pay for fairs. (WTOP)
• The District is more populous than Vermont and Wyoming! DC twelfth in population growth. (DCist)
• Damn. I was hoping y’all were gonna be gone this Memorial Day weekend. (The Washington Post)
• New craft brewery, Atlas Brew Works, set to open at the end of summer in Northeast DC. (ElevationDC)

DC Housing

• Old DC Post Office is one step closer to becoming high-end Trump Hotel. (BizJournal)
• New Web portal helps charter schools trying to repurposed recently closed DCPS schools. (CityPaper)
• Half of new home listings in the District are under contract within two weeks. (Redfin)
• After NYC declares Airbnb illegal, what will happen to the service in Washington DC? (UrbanTurf)

Pop Culture

• Lando Calrissian? Never! The 20 worst dressed movie characters. (ShortList)
• Lucky Charms + Cheerios + Cinnamon Toast Crunch = Best cereal ever! (BuzzFeed)
• Everything you need to know about the recently announced Xbox One. (Kotaku) 

Sports

• Apparently the Nationals pitching coach posed for Playgirl in 1984. Oh, my. (The Washington Post)
• What music pumps up Stephen Strasburg before a game? Lil Wayne and Garth Brooks. (YouTube)
• The NCAA bans the use of twitter hashtags on college football fields. #lame #YOLO (Yahoo)
• The Washington Wizards could go local with the third pick in the NBA draft. (The Washington Post)
• Don’t expect an invitation, but RG3 would like to thank fans for the wedding gifts. (NBC4)

Random Picks of the Week

• Your random blog of the week… remembering Ray Manzarek… and your Moment of Zen.

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