Leslie Cochran isn’t the star of the feature in today’s Wall Street Journal; the spotlight spends most of the time on somebody from the West Coast. Nevertheless, among street personalities across the nation, he must pop up in search results close to the top. I’m surprised that the Leslie fridge magnets aren’t mentioned; nor is his Wikipedia entry. Leslie’s MySpace page is reported to boast 10,775 friends. I make it out to be a mere 10,751. Maybe he suffered a steep decline within the past day or so; those reading this who are so inclined can do their part to bring the figure up to what’s reported.

Update Thursday, 15 November: At 7:45 am today, Leslie’s friend count was up to 10,839.