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Quickies: Second encore

011706ben.jpg • Okay, no Ben backlash here: This 1,200 photo montage of Ben Franklin by Tom Gralish is pretty damn cool. Especially when Franklin Mills (left) is included! [Inky]

• 89-year-old Walter Cronkite has a new 65-year-old girlfriend. Man, imagine the harem Ben Franklin would have if he were alive today! [Inky]

• Did youse all see the Sixers game Friday night? Ehm, maybe not. But the Sixers were down 16, rallied to tie it, hit a three at the buzzer of the second OT to send it into triple-overtime, then won it by a point. And, then, in a great encore, they lost by 28 yesterday! Whoo! When do the hockey playoffs start? [DN]

• And, in case you haven’t seen it yet, Miss New Jersey has a blog. Miss New Jersey? Isn’t that like being the funniest war movie? (Rimshot.) [Camden Courier-Post]

• The Washington Post’s ombudsman gets something wrong, and Will Bunch lays the smack down. That’s my boy! [Poynter Online via Eschaton]