Remember when I was all pissed off that the clock atop the tower down the end of my street wasn’t working anymore and this rendered me unable to time my BBQing ventures without looking inside at the clock on the…
Category: News
Great, Even The Times’ Sunday Styles Section Is Piling On The Eagles Now
First, it was Arthur Kade. Now, it was Michael Vick who somehow found himself tangentially intertwined in the L’Affaire Petraeus. As in, he was a throw-in resume builder in a New York Times feature about crisis manager Judy Smith. The…
Your NHL Lockout Respite: Watch A Minor-League Hockey Player Get A DUI While Dressed As A Teletubbie
“Detroit Red Wings prospect Riley Sheahan was arrested and charged with DUI on Oct. 29 for being “super drunk” — with a blood alcohol content of .30, nearly four times the legal limit. But the reason you’re no doubt familiar…
Black Friday Highlight Reel: Cell-Phone Battle Royale At Walmart & Cali Mall Brawl (With The 2011 Classic ‘$2 Waffle Maker Near-Riot’)
I found these videos after, oh, five minutes with the YouTube search engine. It is evidence of cultural de-evolution. Of what people are willing to do to save a few bucks on products they don’t need but are all geeked…
Joe Frazier’s Tomb/Monument Was Unveiled In A Philadelphia Cemetery On Saturday
At a Saturday morning event inside Ivy Hill Cemetery, the final resting place of boxing legend Smokin’ Joe Frazier was unveiled. It’s a newly designed tomb that his children had built with, according to daughter Renae-Frazier Martin, some help from…
Philly Delivers Votes, Biden Delivers Pizza and Obama Delivers A Magnificent Speech
Yep, that’s America’s Happy Warrior in an image that somehow crossed my path on Twitter last night. So much win. Also, so much win: At last count (which means a little under 97 percent of the votes counted), President Barack…
I’m Really, Really Happy That Gov. Christie Got To Meet His Hero
Far as I’m concerned, everything you need to know about someone can be gleaned from observing them while they face adversity. Take Gov. Chris Christie, for example. He’s a guy I didn’t respect for the longest time. This was solely…
After Hurricane Sandy, I Really Hate This 2006 City Paper Cover That I Dreamed Up
The headline on my story was “The Real Earthwatch: Ten ways global warming could hit home (and downashore).”
Bob Woodruff Was On The Daily Show Talking About His TBI-Inspired Cause
Bob Woodruff, who suffered a potentially fatal traumatic brain injury courtesy of a roadside bomb which detonated while he was covering the Iraq War for ABC News, was on last night’s Daily Show. I’ve embedded the video below. I feel…
This Used To Be The Road Between Avalon And Sea Isle City, NJ [Photo]
Of all the hellscape-ish photos I’ve seen of Hurricane Sandy damage along New Jersey’s barrier islands, this one that my friend John texted up today really felt like a gut punch. It’s of the causeway connecting Avalon to the Townsends…