Philly.com’s Quest For A Traffic Spike

Ah, yeah, the current Philly.com front is the kind of thing that gets put into museums of pure awesomeness. It was great when I woke up this morning, but since then it’s only gotten about 100 times better. My personal favorite part came when I realized that none of these people pictured are even all that remotely famous, but the new photo arrangement is completely amazing, too.

A friend and reader chimes in: “I think getting Kidd Chris’ thoughts on the whole ordeal puts it over the top. There are just so many layers. It’s getting to the point where I no longer think, ‘Oh, the paper i once loved,’ and instead think ‘Well, this is pretty hilarious.’”

Bravo, Philly.com.

Alycia Lane: The Best Of The Emails

Every once in a while, there’s a story that generates a lot of mail. As you may have guessed from the sudden popularity of her in online searches, the Alycia Lane story is one of those.

I’m a bit puzzled by some of the reaction, people posting comments about how angry they are Lane sent photos of herself in a bikini to a sports anchor. Isn’t that a pretty cool thing to do? Wouldn’t you like it if an attractive thirtysomething send you swimsuit photos?

But I digress. The majority of the email I’ve received this week is like this:

Tell Alicia Lane I’m single. 26 yr old white male going to graduate school health services administration. WORD!!!

Waz

Thanks, Waz, I’ll let her know.

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Alycia Lane: Just Friends With Rich Eisen

It turns out Alycia Lane isn’t nearly as cool as we all thought.

Today, she talks with the Inquirer’s Michael Klein and insisted she was not a home-wrecker. (The Inquirer’s interview is “exclusive,” since last time Lane talked with Dan Gross she screamed at him or something. Gross still has a cover story, though.)

Lane tells Klein the emails were part of friendly banter between friends, and the photos contained photos of her and several friends on the beach.

Holy shit. The photos are even better than anyone thought.

“I don’t want to hurt his marriage,” said Lane, 34, whose second divorce was recently final. “I hope love comes to me. I’m not looking for it with a married man. I have been the married girl who was cheated on.”

Considering the emails I got yesterday essentially proposing to Lane (more on this later), I can only assume Lane’s CBS3 inbox — ha ha, in box!… sorry, I’m apparently 15 years old — will be filled with the ramblings of stupid twentysomethings later today, especially since she said “I hope love comes to me.”

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