Hey, I was having a few tech difficulties earlier today that made the site screwy. My system crashed when I tried to do a post on Paris Hilton. Go figure. Anyways, the battle station is back and fully operationional.
Month: May 2007
Riversharks, anyone?
Hey, the Camden Riversharks are playing at home on Thursday at 11:05 a.m. Any men or women of leisure wanna go to? Holla at me if you do. Word.
Question of the Week
What did druggist John Pemberton invent on May 8, 1886?
Johnny Reads Philly Mag, so you don’t have to!
Got my new Philly Mag in the other day. Though Philadelphia Magazine isn’t usually that great, I do have to admit I get a little excited when I get my new one in the mail. Does that make me lame? Anyways, here’s what they’ve got in the latest one:
-The opening sections, the Pulse and the Good Life, are pretty forgettable (best handbags take up two pages of content). On one page, they plug an upcoming Scarf Tying Event. “Join us in learning the many possibilities of wearing and tying your scarves.” Wow, that sounds like a blast. Anybody know of any upcoming belt conventions?
-The Contrarian does a piece on how newspapers have become irrelevant. It’s actually a great piece, and blasts the papers for their exhaustive boy in the box coverage, which was ridiculous. Good stuff.
-The Loco Parentis thing is about how hard it is to be a mom on the Main Line. I think. I’ve never actually taken the time to read it. But if you are a mother on the Main Line, this column is a must-read. Possibly.
-An article on the guy who used to in charge of 4th Street Deli who is now in charge of local zoning matters. I don’t really care much about zoning, but the article did get me thinking about Famous 4th’s cookies. Mmmmmmmm.
-A story about the Rosemount lady who created the soaps One Life to Live and All My Children. Mildly interesting to me. But if you are a mother on the Main Line, this is a must-read.
-OK, now here’s the fun one. This one is about a guy who sounds so much like a douchebag that at one point in the column, the writer actually writes, “What’s most amazing about Dave Magrogan is that he’s not a roaring douchebag.” That is amazing, considering that he
A) owns Kildare’s, the ultimate douchebag bar
B) drives a Hummer, the ultimate douchebag vehicle
C) Well, I’ll just let you read this part: From there, Kildare’s is looking at spots in Baltimore, DC, Delaware, Florida, Las Vegas. Is this selling out? “Hey, there are over 1,800 Applebees. This is nothing.” He wants to be the Applebee’s of bars!
Yeah, if he’s not a roaring douchebag, it will be the most amazing thing since space flight. This is the must read column in this months PhillyMag. (That being said, I do have to admit that dude’s business acumen is pretty damn impressive. Went from broke to multi-millionaire by age 34.)
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Around the Horn
–D-Mac interviews the co-chair of NORML in Philly.
-Foobooz asks, “Who has the best marguarita in town?”
-Hearty debate going on in comments section regarding music in Rittenhouse.
-Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse for the Phils, one of their starters gets injured while shagging batting practice fly balls. Garcia is not the only Phillies pitcher to ever suffer a strange injury. Before he joined the Phils, Adam Eaton stabbed himself in the stomach as he was using a knife to open a DVD wrapper.
I heartily endorse this product
There’s a par-tay going down on Friday and I heartily encourage you guys to attend. In fact, it’s kind of ridiculous how cheap this thing is. Ten bucks for all you can drink beer, bowling, and two DJs. You can order tickets by clicking here.
Friday, May 11th, 2007
9PM – 1AM
16th & Shunk
Philadelphia, PA, USA
$10
Jams Win
What group gave us the following lyrics:
I smoke on the mic like smokin Joe Frazier
The hell raiser, raisin hell with the flavor
Terrorize the jam like troops in Pakistan
Swingin through your town like your neighborhood Spiderman
Young Old and Restless win at O’Neals
THis man, a co-creator of Spider-Man, also helped create Superman and the Hulk.
Photos of Winners
A’ight, I’m gonna post pics of last weeks winners, with a question about Spider-Man under each one. One guess per person. No cheating.
Jake’s Pizza
Jake’s Pizza is bold, if nothing else. They named their website bestpizzainphilly.com. So Chill Rob A and I decided to head to 201 North Broad Street and give it a shot. The place itself is pretty damn impressive. An incredible mural of Philadelphia is on the wall. Next to that is a really strange painting of a Mummer on fire. They have outdoor seating, a big plus. The staff is friendly and attentive. In fact, the only thing not perfect about the place is the pizza. It’s not that it’s bad. It’s quite serviceable. But it’s not perfect. Here was Rob’s take:
To be honest, you have to wonder about a place I have worked about four blocks from for 2 years, and yet have never been. First, the good stuff: I liked the overall lived-in quality of the place. It seems like the kind of place firefighters, hospital orderlies and nurses from Hahnemann, located just down the street, would frequent. If the people that keep you alive for a living like a place, it must be a-ok, right? Uh…
The murals are fantastic: Boathouse Row, check; Fairmount Water Works, check; Museum of Art, check; City Hall, check; Mummer on Fire, check and double check. In fact, I would suggest going here just to check out the mural arts program inside. Not to mention the not to be missed Russian child paper plate collection, tacked to the walls with thoughtless abandon. Perhaps to ward off the dreaded Mummer on Fire who storms the place every New Year’s? Dunno.
The staff was nice and there seemed to be a nice strange mix of regulars milling around during the just-post lunch rush. People watching with pizza a plus–this place is good for it.
So far, so good….then I ate the pizza.