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Okay, I haven’t posted a puppy photo in a while, unless you count yesterday, and I don’t. There is absolutely nothing in the world going on today unless you care about Pakistan. Not only do I not really care about that story, it doesn’t really fit on this blog so I get to ignore it. Hooray!
[photo via Flickr]
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dmac | 12:10 PM | 4 Comments
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Dec
28
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Besides Clout, there was nothin’! Best Abridged Daily News Columnists ever!
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dmac | 11:08 AM | 0 Comments
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Dec
28
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We’ve all sort of forgotten about Rick Mariano, since the former City Councilman is still in prison for a few more years. But the Daily News‘ Gar Joseph found his Myspace page — which the Daily News says is some 23-year-old’s page — that a friend updates for him.
And, apparently, if you go to prison, you realize that prisons in America are horribly run and nobody really cares.
The latest, dated Nov. 23, reads, “It still amazes me that in the greatest country in the world we have such backwards penal practices. People who are no threat to society in any way are wasting time, energy and potential in stagnant confinement, denied any opportunity to make some form of restitution for our mistakes.
“We all suffer, family suffers most. The public pays and nobody benefits.
“Bassackwards.”
Yes, Rick Mariano is also talking about himself here, but let’s not be so cynical. He gets it!
Free Rick Mariano [Myspace]
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dmac | 10:00 AM | 0 Comments
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Dec
27
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Leave it to John Street to introduce an initiative that references the 12 Days of Christmas… after Christmas. Yes, one of the mayor’s final acts in office is the city’s new health initiative.
You may remember John Street as the guy who’s in actual shape and who takes care of himself, unlike a previous mayor who shall remain nameless. Street got the city out of the pointless #1 spot in Men’s Health’s fattest cities list, and now he’s doing belated Christmas caroling.
“On the twelth day of Christmas, the Mayor gave to me, 12 celebrations, 11 bikin’ buddies, 10 acts of kindness, 9 sunlight minutes, 8 tips on eating, 7 hours of resting, 6 lung expansions, 5 super greens, 4 luscious fruits, 3 action workouts, 2 water jugs, and a health plan, en-tire-ly FREE!”
Whee. Now that’s a convincing list to get you into shape.
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dmac | 1:14 PM | 7 Comments
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Dec
27
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Phillyskyline’s Brad Maule clues me in on a development I should have been paying more attention to. The pay toilet is gone!
The toilet opened in November 2006 and probably attracted a few customers or something. The toilet was removed because it was simply a pilot toilet on loan from Wall USA, which along with CBS and Clearchannel are bidding for Philadelphia’s street furniture (read: ads) contract.
Anyway, we have a few ad- and toilet-free months (okay, not really ad-free) until the winning bidder gets to put a ton of toilets all over the city. Brad (who’s responsible for the photo) has more at his website.
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dmac | 12:18 PM | 2 Comments
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Dec
27
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Ahh, yes, it’s time once again for the running Philadelphia Will Do series about how the new presidential coin series will finally make America awesome again.
The Mint today previewed the 2008 coins, which will feature James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. The 5, 6, 7, 8 presidents will surely make dollar coins finally accepted in this country.
Also, Martin Van Buren kinda looks like Larry Fine, making him our stoogiest president.
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dmac | 11:44 AM | 20 Comments
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Dec
27
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Top-ranked high school basketball player Tyreke Evans got into a bit of a pickle the other day and ended up driving away from the scene of a shooting.
Jamar “Mar Mar” Evans, Tyreke’s cousin, is charged with first- and third-degree murder. The shooting apparently stemmed from this: “Palmer said he thinks Tyreke Evans was caught in a gang war between the Toby Farm Bullz and the Maddi Block.” Oh, but of course. Although he was at the scene of the shooting, it’s okay, college still want him to play for ‘em. (He also apparently didn’t do anything?)
The case will not hurt his chances of possibly winding up at Villanova, according to Reggie. Wildcats coach Jay Wright attended an American Christian home game on Dec. 13.
“We love Jay Wright,” Reggie said. “Jay and his staff have been to most if not all of Tyreke’s games, even after this thing occurred. I give coach Wright credit, because he knows Tyreke and this family. We’re not ruling out Villanova, and we hope Villanova doesn’t rule us out. But my biggest concern is that Tyreke doesn’t get painted in a bad light, which has already happened in some people’s eyes. That’s messed up. It’s what has me and my whole family angry right now.”
Aw, everybody loves Jay Wright — he’s such a snappy dresser.
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dmac | 11:01 AM | 1 Comment
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Dec
27
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Since the state has a ton of old bridges that are falling apart and would be pointless to fix, they’ve come up with a novel way to get rid of them: Sell them to the highest bidder.
The term “highest bidder” is a bit of a misnomer here; the state sold a bridge in 2001 for $22.
PennDOT has a bunch of bridges listed on the website; you can apparently buy them if you have the money to take them away. The bridges will probably collapse eventually because a ton of them are made out of parchment; please be careful.
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dmac | 10:13 AM | 2 Comments
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Dec
27
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John Baer: Eh, this isn’t bad, it’s a list of all the mistakes John Baer made throughout the year.
Michael Smerconish: Uh, some dude sent Smerconish a Larry Craig-themed Christmas card. I see.
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dmac | 9:01 AM | 2 Comments
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