January 2009
1 post
My first appearance in a newspaper: as a fetus
The Washington PostOctober 12, 1983, Wednesday, Final EditionAlexandria a Model In Sex Education; Family Life and Values Stressed in Year’s StudyBYLINE: By Alison Muscatine, Washington Post Staff WriterSECTION: Metro; C1LENGTH: 2517 wordsOne morning last week a pregnant woman, Chris Guendelsberger, lay on her back on a linoleum floor in Room 140 at Francis C. Hammond Junior High School in...
December 2008
3 posts
but who would ever buy a caffeineless Sparks?
MillerCoors agreed to stop selling Sparks, a caffeinated alcohol drink as part of an agreement Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced Thursday.
As part of the agreement about so-called alcopops, MillerCoors will stop using images that imply power, like the identifying “plus” and “minus” symbols on its can that resemble those on batteries, Madigan said. MillerCoors will also cease...
November 2008
8 posts
WatchElderly Ghetto Gospel Choir is Today’s BIG Thing - NOV 13, 2008
“This actually reminds me quite a bit of the choir I direct. I can clearly envision myself being all, “Sopranos, don’t be late coming in! Stay on top of it and be assertive! Here, clap with me on the first beat of each measure. It’s like this… two, three, four, CLAP-tryin-to-catch-me-ridin-dirty, CLAP...
MenuPages Blog :: Philadelphia: Good Dog's Mac &... →
oh god yes
Mediabistro toolbox: How to be an asshole, uh, I...
mediabistro.com: MBToolBox
How to ask uncomfortable questions without just straight up saying “So, you had sex with your dog?”
Well, duh
Update from John « John Heald’s Blog
You’re probably wondering what’s happening so let me tell you, unfortunately, due to the massive turnout of approx. 7000 people the Philadelphia police force decided it was not safe to break open the pinata. Their concerns were the huge crowd of people swarming towards the pinata to scoop up the free candy. Therefore the police decided to dispurse the...
WatchCarnival Cruise Lines
YOU + GIANT PIÑATA = AWESOME. We made history again and set another Guinness World Record for the “World’s Largest Piñata” - that was 6 stories tall - Sunday, November 2nd in Philadelphia. Relive the Fun Crowd events below hosted by John Heald - Sr. Cruise Director. See how we set the record for the world’s largest beach ball here. But, the fun...
October 2008
13 posts
Wooden Pirate Ship →
Why the Bradley Effect is maybe not a biggie?
FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right: The Persistent Myth of the Bradley Effect
“Obama also outperformed his polls in the Midwest and the West (although there is not much data to go on in the latter case). The one region where Hillary Clinton overperformed her numbers was in the Northeast, bettering the pre-election trendline by 1.8 points. Recall that the Bradley Effect...
I feel like I knew this guy
Dead bear covered with Obama signs left at WCU | CITIZEN-TIMES.com | Asheville Citizen-Times
The headline says it all but for the amazing information included about one student’s counter-protest:
Parker Miller, a philosophy student from Greenville, NC, poked his head through a plastic McCain – Palin sign and sat in front of the Catamount statue on the traffic circle at the entrance to...
NY Times profile of Cindy McCain
“Physically, she seems fragile: she suffers from migraines, hobbled around on crutches last year after a knee injury and recently wore a wrist brace because of a handshaking injury.”
Wait, a handshaking injury? Who is this woman, Eddie Izzard?
The Long Run - Behind McCain, Outsider in Capital Wanting Back In - Series - NYTimes.com
Warner Does Not Possess The Secrets of Grayskull →
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msnbc.com video: Palin’s alternate universe? →
I am officially ghey for Rachel Maddow. But when did she turn into John Stewart?
Barracuda →
New Republic’s not-so-brief history of Sarah Palin, which basically says she was that girl you hated in high school
“ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Less than a week after balking at the Alaska...”
– Bias: Subtle Media Sarcasm Watch
September 2008
24 posts
Conservapedia on feminism
Specifically, a modern feminist tends to:
believe that there are no inherent differences between men and women and that all inequality is the result of men oppressing women[4]
oppose chivalry and even feign insult at harmless displays of it
view traditional marriage as unacceptably patriarchal
shirk traditional gender activities, like baking[5]
support affirmative action for women
...
“DeLeon recalls a night about 15 years ago when Judge Richette, “looking...”
– Turmoil stalks a longtime judge in Phila. | Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/05/2007
This is an old article, but I did not notice at the time the reference to Dirty’s.
However, the judge’s son in this story used to come in the Apple store a lot when I worked there and every single time would...
“The original meaning of “vet” used as a verb was “to examine an animal (e.g., a...”
– Vet (a candidate) | The Word Detective
Guess the 100 Most Common English Words in 5... →
“That’s the worst thing a woman can be in this world, isn’t it? Intimidating,...”
– The Mirrored Ceiling - Judith Warner - Domestic Disturbances - Opinion - New York Times Blog
“The last 10 days have been the most remarkable period of government intervention...”
– Diamond and Kashyap on the Recent Financial Upheavals - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
“364.Wanna go halves in a baby?
God I love this shit.”
– 600 Pick up Lines - The Attraction Forums
The 9 Most Racist Disney Characters | Cracked.com →
“Come on, blackbirds acting in a manner stereotypically assigned to African-Americans isn’t that offensive. At least they didn’t just get some white guy to do his best “black voice.” Oh, really? They did? And, they called the lead character “Jim Crow?” Um, hey, look over there! It’s a convincing, logical end to this argument!”
Phillyblog: Mama Palma's - awful experience!!!!
http://www.phillyblog.com/philly/center-city/64760-mama-palmas-awful-experience.html#post870439
“I was party to a disgraceful and upsetting episode at this pizza place. Following a request by a customer with children for space for a stroller, the customer was told to get out of the restaurant and he cursed at the customer and his children. Several times. This episode was followed by a...
DECONSTRUCTING ROY LICHTENSTEIN →
The guy tracked down most of the original comic panels that Lichtenstein then turned into paintings.
Latimer Deli: bike thieves?
http://mystolenbianchi.blogspot.com/2008/09/screw-you-latimer-deli.html
The police called me the other day, saying they had raided a bunch of places and one of the bikes they found might have been mine.
This guy here got a call about the same bike (didn’t belong to either of us, sadly), and apparently it was found in the basement of Latimer Deli. I must find a new Sparks supplier.
August 2008
16 posts
