Sorry about not putting one of these clip-recommendation jawns together last week but nothing really rose to the level of me saying to myself, well, not even saying anything to myself, nothing was noticeably good last week in the funnies.…
Hit-and-Run America, Vol. CXVII
An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call…
Re: the Big Yankees Fan On Whom I Was Fixated This Weekend
If you missed the Deadspin action over the weekend, check out post one and post two. Then, this video (sent by bloodhound Jared Lester) will make a lot more sense. Martha Stewart is the devil. It’s true. It’s true. We…
Today’s Metro story
… is about the ongoing city vs. union scuttlebutt about response time to a fatal West Philadelphia fire, a blaze caused by careless smoking that claimed a 12-year-old boy’s life. While “nobody can say” whether victim Frank Marasco would’ve survived…
Hit-and-Run America, Vol. CXVI
An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call…
Cubs 3, Phillies 3
Remember back last month when I said it’d take a legendary Chooch-fueled come-from-behind victory for the Phillies to tie the Cubs in the battle for my newborn’s fandom soul? Even though it wasn’t a Cubs-Phillies game, last night’s legendary Chooch-fueled…
Hit-and-Run America, Vol. CXV
An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call…
Former Mayor Street on Charles Bowser’s Passing
Couldn’t fit this all in the paper today (but please pick up a copy to see the story), what with limited space. Here’s the Metro story about civic leader Charles Bowser’s Monday death…. Charles Bowser, a widely respected African-American civic…
Today’s Metro Story
… is about a court hearing that bothered me as much as the tail-end of my daily AC crime beat days. Sat in court yesterday and watched Jose Carrasquillo plead guilty to the brutal, savage rape of an 11-year-old whose…