June 2010
89 posts
“[O]f course what sitcom on television would not be improved by the temporary...”
– Alan Sepinwall, in a post about Steve Carell leaving The Office after next season.
“With his party having won 6 of the City Council’s 15 seats, Mr. Gnarr needed a...”
– “Icelander’s Campaign Is a Joke, Until He’s Elected,” New York Times. (via)
“Philadelphia magazine yesterday parted ways with editor Larry Platt who was at...”
– Pfft. That’s only what she said. (via Dan Gross) Additional thoughts: Platt worked at Phillymag for eight years. So, I guess this answers the question of how long one can get away with said inappropriate and unprofessional remarks and jokes and still remain employed. Michael Scott, you have...
“You know, like a lot of people in politics, I get hit on by women all the time....”
– Ed Rendell. I’m going to have to start saying things like this. “Like a lot of F-list bloggers, I get hit on by women all the time.” Also, I still kinda refuse to believe he’s down to 200, unless he has absolutely no muscle on his body (also possible).
“If the Pat Toomey-Joe Sestak Pennsylvania Senate race was a movie, it would be a...”
– The lead to a post on Metropolis. Hmm, I don’t know about this, even with the expanded nominee list. Would this movie include Holocaust stuff or a patronizing discussion of race relations?
“Sprite, The NBA and legendary 76er/event judge Darryl Dawkins are stopping in...”
– Sometimes, the first sentence of a PR pitch just grabs you. Legendary event judge Darryl Dawkins will be in town on Saturday?! And presented by Sprite no less?! The event’s at 4 p.m. at 12th and Filbert. There’s more info at NBA.com.
WatchThis is my favorite YouTube bar video reaction to Donovan’s goal yesteday. The guy with the stool is the best. (via Back She Goes)
“I am not from Philadelphia (I am from New York) – but it was so notable just how...”
– An email sent to the Inquirer about Mayor Nutter. I believe this. It doesn’t have much to do with how well he is as mayor, but it’s refreshing after our previous mayor attempted to get a disabled Franklin Mills movie ticket taker fired for offending him (remember this?!).
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It has now been nine hours, and not one person has told me where I can purchase this awesome Maradona scarf. (Note: The answer is not: “South Africa.”) Yes, I know I am not notable or anything, but still: This is upsetting.
At Least The Drugs Will be Good
Holy crap, there is a Reason magazine cruise.
“I just want to kiss every chick … fat, skinny, hot, ugly. It doesn’t...”
– Chris Jericho, the host of ABC’s Downfall (really), on how he wants to be like Richard Dawson.
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“Nixon, President of Earth. Because I hated him. I could not stand this guy. I...”
– Billy West on his favorite role on Futurama, which returns Thursday night on Comedy Central.
“The idiot Nats announcer… waxed mystified at countless teams giving up on...”
– My Walkoff Walk colleague Drew Fairservice, a baseball blogger I admire very much, lays down the law. Announcers (and other media commentators, and not just in sports) frequently come up with fake statistics they’ve pulled out of their ass. More people need to call them on it. Do I have...
“A new game: Look at the quotes and headlines below. I went searching for...”
– Please go play Vuvuzela or Oil Spill? at my friend John’s blog. It is the most fun I have had in months.
“Tax strips joints and their ilk" →
RJ White reports on the Pennsylvania Democrats’ site that invites people to submit their solutions for fixing the state’s budget problems. And by that I mean he makes fun of all the hilarious suggestions posted.
Tiger Botches Chance to Turn Around Career, Life →
This is the actual headline to a Jay Mariotti column. Really.
Roy Halladay is now 8-6. 8-6!
I wrote about the Phillies’ lack of run support for Halladay yesterday for csnphilly.com. Choice comment excerpt: “I’m so sick of you Halladay apologists…. Halladay SUCKS for an ace…. Halladay SUCKS! Facts. PERIOD!” I also wrote about how bad the bullpen has been this month (and notes on Ruiz, Rollins, and the offense). Choice comment: “Hey Dennis…...
“Whether the deal came with a bag of balls or two players about as helpful, the...”
– Kate Fagan on the Dalambert trade. Meanwhile, Stephen A. Smith comes up with this awkwardly-worded “joke”: “But if anyone thinks that there was more to this trade than simply getting rid of a mediocre center with a bloated view of himself, someone whose apathy and indifference were...
WatchMy dad tells a story about when Manute Bol played for the 76ers. The local basketball team wasn’t so hot in the early 1990s, and in a half-empty Spectrum one game, somebody screamed out, “Let ‘Nute bring it up!” You might think it was kind of a shame that Manute Bol, 7-foot-7 basketball player and great humanitarian, was kind of a freak show. But I don’t know. From...
Rest in peace, Manute Bol. Kenn Kweder has...
“At halftime down 2-0, you know that you’ve got no choice but to push the...”
– Michael Bradley, to SI’s Grant Wahl, after the United States’ 2-all draw with Slovenia. What did he say? “Fight like bullshits” is not an expression. “Fight like balls”? Is that an expression? Fight like bitches? Did he really say fight like bitches? That would be...
“‘There is no way that at this level there should be referees as incapable...”
– The real victims of the poor refereeing in today’s United States-Slovenia World Cup matches are the gamblers, of course.
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Cat’s Balcony Scene, on Enclosed Spaces Called... →
Is this the first New York Times story to be directly ripped off from an episode of Animal Planet’s Cats 101? I’m going to go with: Yes.
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“‘It’s not like he was going to get a scholarship to Penn...”
– We interrupt this story about an arrest in a murder case for a smart-aleck quip from a neighbor!
“Danzig is apparently less amused by the fan-fiction comic Henry & Glenn...”
– Glenn Danzig does not enjoy fan fiction about himself.
Roy Halladay Perfect Game Commemorative Bat (?)... →
Me at Walkoff Walk today.
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WatchNot only does Univision have a talking soccer ball puppet covering the World Cup, but its anchors apparently ask it questions. And it is apparently hilarious.
“Who now defends alcohol prohibition? Is there a single person left? This echoing...”
– This Johann Hari column’s just okay — aren’t they all? — but this paragraph is awesome. To be fair, though, Pennsylvania’s Thompson Township has an elected official from the Prohibition Party.
Where Have You Gone, Joe Di-Maine Coon? →
My post on Walkoff Walk today about the lack of cats running out onto MLB fields this season.
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Report: Underage drinking citations rampant at... →
And marijuana possession citations, too! Who woulda thunk it?!
“After five minutes you had to wonder if this was really England in a major...”
– Off The Post on USA-England.