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Jan

11

Quickies: First person perspective

• Sound the sirens! First person journalism in the Inquirer! (This is when we, like 6 ABC, use exclamation points.) It’s a reporter’s tale of his encounters with Roger Keith Coleman, who was executed in 1992 for raping his wife’s 19-year-old sister and slashing her throat. And it’s good, which means there probably won’t be another such front page first-person piece until 2011. [Inky]

• Spread the Benergy! (This word is a frontrunner for “Word of the Year 2006″ already.) Channel 12 asks Philadelphians for musings on Franklin in About Benjamin (cute, I get it) tomorrow night at 9 p.m. [Inky]

• New Phillies GM Pat Gillick speaks at a Police Athletic League luncheon, and actually talks about outfielder Jason Michaels, who’s entering a first time offender program after punching a cop in Old City over the summer. Well, he’s not afraid to shy away from things, I guess. No way the last guy would have mentioned him. [KYW 1060]

• The Pennsylvania Game Commission recommended banning the totally awesome (but possibly inhumane, so maybe not) lacrosse stick-like dart thrower, the atlatl, which is about 8,000 years old. Hunters will still be able to totally vaporize deer with a variety of newer weapons. [Inky]
 
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Dec

15

Blogicized: Weather, weather everywhere

• Phillies centerfielder Jason Michaels appears in court — for punching a cop back in July — and gets Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition, which avoids a trial. He’ll be back on Jan. 20 for his sentencing, which’ll probably be community service and anger management classes. Pretty normal stuff, but expect to hear a lot of “if he wasn’t a baseball player” teeth-grinding. [The 700 Level]

• MyDD scores an interview with Michael Schiavo (remember him?) about his new group called TerriPAC (uhh…) and Justice Sunday — a conservative movement against “activist” judges or some other trumped-up nonsense — which is in Philadelphia on January 8. Really, you just can’t stop me from attending that thing. Whoo. It’ll be the party of the year. [MyDD]

• A new gourmet food market asks: What do you want from us? Sadly, I doubt they’ll be able to accomplish my “fewer annoying customers” demand. [Northern Liberties]

• And, finally, the low down on what we can expect tonight in terms of snow. (Hint: Not much! But the TV stations will go nuts anyway.) [Philadelphia Weather]
 
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