Calvinism And Wharton, Together At Last

An Overheard-in-[Wherever] conversation between two Wharton kids.

Student 1: So, you were at a hedge fund over the summer, right? [Envious]

Student 2: Well, the thing is, I would’ve had to split my time. You know, I just felt it would take too much from all the other things in my life.
Student 1: Wait, so you didn’t take the job?!?
Student 2: No. I mean, a lot of things happened this summer. I really had a lot of eye-opening experiences.
Student 1: [Still baffled that he didn't take the hedge fund internship]
Student 2: I mean, life-changing. I became a Calvinist.

After all, who could turn down a religion where the founder is just so stylish!

Overheard: Wharton students [cherdt's journal]

Lilliputian Weatherforecasters Tell Us To Stock Up On Milk, Bread

This morning on 10!, the only local morning show without dancing mascots (as far as we all know), the crew had on a local third-grade class who sang a song about weather forecasting.

Apparently, the kids took really well to the job, as some of them even impersonated NBC 10 weatherpeople:

Can figure out which kid is impersonating Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz? Can you also figure out which kid is going to get beat up on the bus ride home? (Clearly, the answer to that second one is the cool kid wearing a tie with a polo shirt. What a fashion faux pas!)

Philadelphia’s murder rate soon to drop to absolute zero

A photo on the front page of today’s Metro by Rikard Larma:

Seriously. Who will even want to be out on the streets for fear they’ll have to see a Guardian Angel’s jacket and beret-with-pins combo? Not me, no way.

Where are the salons with puppies to play with?

An article from the AP datelined Philadelphia today highlights a new trend — remember, trend stories have to be taken with a grain of salt, but still — about male salons.

Male salons, like the one in the photo (American Male in Center City), offer beer, sports and pedicures, though they call them by different names. Fair enough, though I don’t know if I like beer enough to drink it while getting a manicure. (Incidentally, the guy in the photo’s name is Steven Wooke, which I’m really hoping is pronounced “Wookie.”)

What’s best about the story is what American Male calls its services: a manicure is hand detailing, a pedicure is foot detailing. And getting rid of gray? “Camouflage.” Which, you know, proves that even if men are comfortable enough to get manicures and pedicures, we’re still going to call them something else so to not be labeled weak or something. Naturally.

Male salons catch on with sports, beer and waxing [AP via Boston.com]

Quickies: Some non-snow news

Okay, guys. It’s all snow, all the time today, and it is going to be slow, slow, slow today. But there are some non-snow stories:

• Don’t like the deli across the street takin’ away your pizza shop’s business? How about you hire a convicted murderer to burn it down? Yeah! Now that’s a great idea. [Bucks County Courier Times]

• Oh, and if you like your criminals a little more, say, murderous, three former terrorists spoke in the Dirty Jerz yesterday. What? You haven’t gone on speaking tours after you finished your career as a terrorist? [KYW 1060]

• Two were convicted in beating up that kid from Liberia who had the gall to be from Liberia and also possibly snitch on somebody with marijuana. Yo, haven’t you seen those shirts, man? Stop Snitch’n! [CBS 3]

• The Daily News discovers metrosexuality! And people told us the Hipster issue was out-of-date. [Daily News]