January 2010
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“Dan told me a story about a homeless person he found sleeping in a locker room...”
– Kyle Whelliston of The Mid-Majority sleeps in The Palestra for a night. He also got the above story.
Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger →
The Onion comes up with the best Salinger obit so far.
“In literary news, the ever-reclusive J.D. Salinger will publish his first book...”
– Norm MacDonald, from Weekend Update.Thanks to Brian (perhaps even better at Google than I am) for the SNL transcript.
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“The audience, which included many journalists and bloggers, clapped and even...”
– “Apple debuts highly anticipated, tablet-style iPad,” AP. A fitting preview of the State of the Union tonight.
“You know, I kinda like goin’ down on women. I could do that all day.”
– New York City’s He-Man dishes wisdom in The Observer, from last May.
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Phila.-area district 2d-hungriest in U.S., study... →
The story’s not as fun as the headline.
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Best moment of the day so far comes from Joe Buck:...
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“It’s amazing how many people still remember me and I could hear them...”
– Kind words about Philadelphia fans from 39-year-old Rod Brind’Amour, who played against the Flyers Saturday 10 years after the team traded him for Keith Primeau.
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“Mountain Dew announced another DEWmocracy campaign for 2010. Before it started,...”
– Wikipedia, dispelling myths about Mountain Dew since 2002.
“Friends of the Temple law student charged with shooting a Villanova graduate,...”
– philly.com front, right now. And they won’t stop poking people until they’re heard, I’d add.
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“The makers of this film seem to have given slight thought to the psychology of...”
– Roger Ebert on The Lovely Bones. Some of this movie was filmed at the MacDade Mall (now a dead mall), so I kind of wanted to see it, but the reviews have been almost uniformly negative.
“Police say the 18-year-old lived in a home just behind Ellen Walton’s, and...”
– A sad story from KYW, but I nonetheless really enjoyed this typo or whatever. There are some people I know only part of, but those people are girls and that part is: breasts, obviously. (Hi-yo! That’s a joke, people. I also enjoy hips.)
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“Colleagues in the know say Sea Isle City is much more of a destination for the...”
– “‘Jersey Shore’ not headed south: Sea Isle City ‘not a good mix for them,’ mayor says,” The Star-Ledger. The above sentence is maybe the most truthful statement ever written in a newspaper. This makes sense, though; Atlantic City (or even Wildwood) are far more...
“If I were made dictator of the planet, one of the first things I’d do is...”
– Speaking of insightful comments, Craig Calcaterra is dead on. When I’m supreme ruler of the Internet, anyone writing “FAIL” or “Just sayin’” will have their Internet access immediately disconnected. And I hate open letters even more than those two sayings.
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“It’s 2010, and a famous comedian was able to do routines on R. Kelly and...”
– Very smart words about Aziz Ansari’s new album from Pitchfork. Update: Mike informs me the special was filmed before “I’mma let you finish” happened, rendering half of this insightful comment not so insightful. Hmm.
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Pete Rose, World's Greatest TV Pitchman →
I did a rundown of Pete Rose’s greatest commercials at Walkoff Walk.
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“George Mason retained a share of first place in the Colonial Athletic...”
– “George Mason Patriots hold off James Madison with the help of a hot dog,” Washington Post. Well hot dog! What a finish! (via Tannenwald)
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“Always remember: you can get more with a smile and a gun than you can with just...”
– Johnny Carson
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“They should show the Family Feud with Richard Dawson from late 1980, early...”
– New life goal: Find this episode of Family Feud.
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McGuire sends help to Haiti →
No, no, it’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. I thought it was Mark, too.
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“The only thing people hate more than cops and lawyers is the media.”
– Detective Ed Green on Law & Order.
“The following technique can be used to map an unused or unneeded button on the...”
– “How to use a Motorola DVR,” Wikibooks. This is such an amazing discovery I’m sharing it with all of you with Comcast DVR boxes and remotes. It’s amazingly useful already.
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“They’re a few minutes’ walk from the ocean, yet we’ve never seen...”
– And with that one sentence, Nancy Franklin may have destroyed Jersey Shore.