Vanity, Thy Name Is Prius

Sarah and I spotted this car maybe last month in Fitler Square; I naturally forgot about it until last night. Fortunately, I found the image on my cell phone camera, and so I present to you, ladies and gentlemen, the most appropriate vanity license plate imaginable:

Like a glove!

If you’re wondering, that bumper sticker in the center reads, “No special rights for heterosexuals.” It’s good, but it’s no Boycott the biased Inquirer, the bumper sticker Herb Denenberg has on his car.

Anyway: Now we can only wonder if there’s a “MORE GAS” equivalent plate on a Hummer.

Fun With Daily News Photos

Hey, let’s take a look at the Daily News today. Let’s see, there’s this story about the trial of the guy who allegedly assaulted a Geno’s employee…

Hey, wait a sec. Can we just focus on that photo?

Ahh, excellent. First middle finger in the Daily News since that Gray’s Ferry protest photo back in the late 90s? My records of “bird flips in Daily News” are spotty at best, so I don’t know. Whoever’s giving the middle finger in this photo, though, I salute you.

CNN.com Editors Having Some Fun

Hooray! Michael Phelps will not face charges for his bong photo. Although, yes, Phelps broke the law, this is actually fair and just; if you walk into any police station in America with a photo of a guy taking a bong hit and try to get them to charge him with marijuana possession, you will be laughed out of the building. Right?

Anyway, CNN.com has since changed its lead story (at the time of this writing) to something about a fireball (I didn’t bother to look), but I really enjoyed the photo the website chose for the Phelps story:

“Should we run the bong photo again? Or maybe a photo of him winning his eighth gold medal?”
“Naw, let’s find one where he looks totally high!”

Well played, CNN.com editors. Well played.

Thanks, Joe

Tweeter Closes, Injuring Jason Lee

All of the Philadelphia area Tweeter stores had already closed, but earlier this week it abruptly shut down the rest of its locations. I kind of thought the above photo (of Neil Young, age 154) was pretty strange; turns out it’s a performance from the Tweeter Center. But if you click to the other photo you will find my new favorite photo taken by any photographer anywhere ever:

This is, by far, the creepiest photo ever. On a side note, those truly were “happier days,” though maybe not for Earl.

Correction: All of the Philadelphia stores had already closed, but the Philadelphia Business Journal says there were 6 area stores that closed just this week. Duly noted.

Ralph Nader Celebrates Election With All His Friends

The Inquirer noted this last-minute Ralph Nader press conference at Independence Mall yesterday. What a hot ticket! The media may have gotten worse in the past eight years, but in 2000 a bunch of people probably would have showed up for this thing! So that’s, um, something.

Look, this thing’s already over. I’m pretty sure Obama already has enough votes to win Pennsylvania and polls haven’t even opened yet. Why not thank Ralph Nader for getting you seatbelts by giving him… oh, hell, I’m just kidding. If you see Ralph Nader, just give him a hug. I assume he needs it.

I Have No Idea What’s Going On Here

Brian McManus posted these awesome photos (e.g., above) from a concert at Pi Lam over the weekend. Apparently the band’s name is Monotonix, and they… hell, I can’t explain it. Just go look at the photos. I can only hope The Bad Luck 13 Riot Extravaganza is set up to play Pi Lam next.

Yesterday’s Monotonix Photos Explained [Make Major Movies]

Sammy D Ready For Disney On Ice

Comcast Spectacor sent over this photo with a press release yesterday, and oh man you need to click it to enlarge. I have no idea what the release was about; I simply didn’t read it after seeing the greatness above. 76ers big man Samuel Dalembert, Mickey Mouse, Mr. Incredible and a kid who is very interested by something off-camera. Hey, he also won 40 tickets to Disney on Ice! Whoo!

In other news, all of the people in this photo have been registered to vote by ACORN. Ho, ho, get it, topical political humor. Kinda.

Update: Oh, look, there’s a nice story attached to this photo, too. Well, that will teach the 76ers: Don’t attach such awesome photos to your press releases from now on. Er.

Jimmy Rollins’ Head Swells To Unbelievable Proportions

I have no idea why, but this photo keeps making me laugh. So I’m posting it.

According to this photo on the front page of Philly.com earlier today, Jimmy Rollins’ head is roughly twice the size of either John McCain’s or Barack Obama’s. Hmm, good to know.

Myers Beats Dodgers With Bat

We don’t know how you did it either, Brett. Myers went 3-for-3 and drove in three runs in the Phillies’ 8-5 win over the Dodgers. Phils lead 2 games to 0 heading out to LA. How about that local baseball nine!

More thoughts coming throughout the weekend. For now, we celebrate.

Arlen Specter Tired Of This Crap

I just want to find Jessica Griffin right now and thank her for this photo in today’s paper (and currently on the front of Philly.com). There’s John McCain and Sarah Palin, apparently doing a cheerleader routine. (Either that, or Palin doesn’t know how to signal touchdown.) Then there’s ol’ Arlen Specter, the only man in America older than John McCain, looking like he just wants to go home and bitch about politics for a while. I can only imagine his thoughts. “I’ve been a politician since the Depression and she gets to be vice president because she hunted a few moose?”

Or maybe he just wants to get this over with so everyone’s Facebook status messages go back to being regular annoying instead of 2008 election annoying.

Update: Oh, I almost forgot, Sen. Specter even appeared much more gracious when he had to deal with a question about the North American Union and the new “amero” currency. I’m going to print this photo out and hang it on my wall.