Preteen Gangs Lack Element Of Surprise, Strong Defense

Since Penn kids are being attacked by gangs of young kids, it only goes that naturally one of my friends was one of those who encountered the young ruffians.

A thrilling Gtalk conversation follows:

Anonymous Attacked Friend From U. City: i’m one of those incidents! woooo!

me: nice!
AAFFUC: i didn’t get robbed though, they just threw rocks at me
me: can i anonymously interview you?
AAFFUC: sure

The exciting details, including the secret to defeating the nine-year-olds, after the jump.

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Philly Women Like ‘Home Improvement’ In A Browser

A few words about Philly.com’s new “Philly Women” section with (the female) Anonymous Reader.

AR: i’m sort of wondering who their demographic is

like it seems like it’s designed for idiots
i just think it’s the newsprint equivalent to those old penny’s commercials — remember those?
where the dads are left to parent the kids while moms are out shopping?
and the kids go ballistic and nearly tear down the house or something?
me: i think you’re thinking of graham greene’s the destructors
AR: phillywomen is the same schlock
me: so it’s like home improvement, say?
AR: now i can put a grown-up sociological reason for why i hated that show as a child, ha

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Fleece Blankets Are The New Bobbleheads

With Ryan Howard on the disabled list, it appears Phillies fans — at least those of the female persuasion — are set to move right on over to Chase Utley.

Case in point: The eBay auctions for the Chase Utley fleece given away to women over 14 at yesterday’s Phils game.

Alert reader anonymous reader IMs:

anonymous reader: nb: i really want a chutley blanket to cozy up in, but they are going for FIFTY DOLLARS on ebay

reader: fifty dollars!!!
pwddmac: i’m bloging that
reader: good
reader: i’m pissed!
reader: i want to wrap myself in chutley but i’m not going to whore it out for fifty dollars
reader: i wouldn’t even spend that much for tickets to the game where you got that blankie for free!
reader: seriously
reader: WTF
reader: what is wrong with our culture?

Search: chase utley blanket [eBay]

Office Workers Gone Wild

anonymous reader: so guess what was going on in liberty place at lunchtime?

pwddmac: giant pillow fight?
reader: picture one to two hundred screaming professionals
reader: with eagles signs
reader: what were they screaming about?
reader: not just the playoffs, no.
pwddmac: the super bowl?
reader: but the eagles band
reader: and not just the eagles pep band
reader: but the eagles pep band providing the soundtrack to MUSICAL CHAIRS
pwddmac: WHAT
pwddmac: DID YOU GET VIDEO
reader: i didn’t have my phone!
reader: i know, i was SO SAD
pwddmac: WHAT GOOD ARE YOU ANONYMOUS READER

Oh, yea, there’s also a rally tomorrow with Mayor Street. I will be there with a Randall Cunningham jersey on.

Great Moments In Advertising

anonymous reader: i totally totally totally had a nightmare last night that involved the movie ad/implant horror on your site - those implants were bugs that were crawling around attacking people

reader: i don’t know whether i should be more horrified or you should be more flattered, ha
pwddmac: nice
pwddmac: what was it like
pwddmac: did it make you want to see the movie
reader: i can’t really remember
reader: but i remember waking up thinking i had to tell you
pwddmac: so, basically, that ad became an ad for my site as well
pwddmac: sweet
pwddmac: let me know when you have a dream about widener law school.