Reid This!

Did you notice a few thousand drunk people shouting things like, “Hey! How ’bout them Birds?” last night, seemingly at random? Yes, perhaps you figured it out then: The Eagles played a little sloppy but beat the Vikings, 26-14, moving on to the Divisional round of the playoffs. They’ll play the Giants (ooh!) next week at the Meadowlands.

The game was broadcast by Fox, so we were treated to the usual nonsensical on-screen graphics. There was no Keys to the Game-style madness, but we did get that great stat above about Andy Reid’s historic 7 Divisional playoffs in 9 seasons record. Congratulations, Andy!

Great Moments In Design

Look, Larry West went to all the trouble of making this graphic, the least I can do is share his post about local blogs’ extreme lack of advance event notification. I also liked this long post about Saturday morning cartoons, while I’m at it. (No mention of Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, though?! That was the event of Saturday morning cartoon watching in whatever year it aired.)

Leftovers: Two-Bit Bong Merchants, Unite!

• Thanks to Brad Maule for wading through Phillyblog so I don’t have to and finding this gem about a new smoke shop on South Street. To recap: Smoke shop owner introduces himself, anti-drug advocates go nuts, smoke shop owner goes nuts, somebody posts an article saying this guy and NJ Weedman lit up in front of Liberty Bell, smoke shop owner says, “I must ask the people opposed to my store in any sense, are you against the War in Iraq?” Gold, Brad, Gold. And I’m only on Page 7 of 21! [Phillyblog via Philly Skyline]

• Gee, thanks, Apple and Sony. However, major kudos to KYW 1060 for the graphic (pictured). [KYW 1060]

• A City Paper correction today says that an article on Aug. 3 “contained several inaccuracies. Morjorie Newlin was 71 when she started lifting weights; the trainer who entered her in her first bodybuilding competition was Robert Rivers, the founder of Rivers Gym; Newlin trains four days a week at Bally and did not appear in commercials in Barbados, but rather a television talk show. City Paper regrets the errors.” [CP]

• When he’s not wondering what to tell his son why cartoon characters kiss, J.D. Mullane of the Bucks County Courier Times fights back at a journal that gave him a scathing mention in an editorial. His retort: “Do you know what would happen to this country if we gave up eating beef ? We’d be overrun by cows. They’d be blocking the streets.” Uh, indeed. [BCCT]

• When guns are illegal, only criminals will have guns. Or they’ll kill people by dismembering them. Something like that. [Inquirer]