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See Ya Sundee...
Photo by Flickr user Jayel Aheram This week, Miss Bee is back at it with her picks. She made them based on the median inner-city bus driver wage for each metropolitan area. For New England she used Boston. These numbers are taken from Department of Labor surveys. HOME TEAMS in caps: Washington ($17.06) over ATLANTA ($16.41) CHICAGO ($17.40) over Arizona ($11.24) Houston ($17.40) over INDIANAPOLIS ($16.55) CINCINNATI ($19.43) over Baltimore ($14.55) JACKSONVILLE ($17.33) over...
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Extra, Extra
Photo by Flickr user phillymads63 Brett Myers will not be a Philadelphia Phillie next year. Boom...Outta here. You've gotta give it to good ole Brett, though, as he said, "I’ll miss the guys on the team and the fans who have supported me. Hopefully I’ll be playing against the Phillies and when I do I want the roughest treatment the fans can give me—when I’m pitching. I’m an opposing player—you have to give it...
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Asshole of the Week
Photo by Flickr user See-ming Lee As promised, we hate TWU Local 234 now. The folks of TWU 234 have thoroughly established themselves as villains, and we'd like to recognize them for being bastardly sleazes out of a Medieval morality play. And now, the tour of vice! 1. Lust: Willie Brown, we're looking at you. Not for any action you may be pursuing from the ladies, but for your insatiable desire for power. You're...
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Thanks to This Week's Advertisers
We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Phillyist. Pirate Radio, the new comedy starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, from the creator of Love Actually. In theatres 11/13. American Apparel, with 3 stores in Philadelphia, you can look your best after dark. GroupOn, using collective buying power to bring you one ridiculous coupon each day. If you're interested in advertising on Phillyist or any other site in our network, check out...
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Proofreading Philly
Listen, MSNBC. We know you were in a bit of shock about the whole Democrats-losing-elections thing (we're equal opportunity pundit haters around here), but don't you think you still could have maybe proofread your screen titles? Captured during The Rachel Maddow Show by the lovely and talented Jenn DiSanto. Proofreading Philly tries to capture typos, wordos, and all other kinds of grammatical mistakes that we see around the city. But we need your help! Email...
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CinePhillyist Reviews... The Men Who Stare at Goats
Maybe it's because I love war movies. Maybe it's because I love George Clooney. But The Men Who Stare at Goats, based on a book by Jon Ronson and directed by Grant Heslov (a distant relative-of-a-relative by marriage, but that's not really pertinent), was definitely on my list of most-anticipated movies of 2009. The film, which is based on more truth than you'd like to believe (a paraphrase of the opening title card), follows...
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CinePhillyist
The Box There are a few things that we find intriguing about The Box. Number 1: The story comes from an old Twilight Zone episode. Number 2: The score was composed by Arcade Fire. Number 3: It was helmed by Donny Darko writer/director Richard Kelly. With all of these indie cult elements involved color us confused as to the big-name casting choices. Can you say "identity crisis?" Playing at... - Trailer - Reviews Disney's...
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Yo, Philly in the News
Photo by Flickr user Sean_Marshall TWU Local 234 apparently thinks their pension should be the only retirement fund, pension, 401(k), etc. in the universe that is impervious to stock market fluctuations and a recession economy. According to the union's attorney, they're willing to stay on strike until SEPTA and the state go pull some cash off the magical money trees to pump the pension fund back up so that it can fulfill all potential...
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Extra, Extra
Photo by Flickr user safoocat Governor Rendell met with union leaders this afternoon in an attempt to expedite a contract agreement. The union has a news conference tentatively scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Three men held up an armored car at a TD Bank in Abington Township. No word on how much the thieves wrangled from the car. A female Danella employee was awarded $150,000 for having to wear diapers to work due to a...
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Photoist
Click here to see full version! Title: Ironwork Photographer: roemarshall Like to see your photo here? Submit it!...
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No More Phillies, So Now What?
Photo by Flickr user yourFAVORITEmartian The 2008 Phillies were a surprising and welcome departure from the Philly sports norm. Let's face it: We've gotten used to coming up short—whether way short or barely short. Not long after the Phillies paraded down Broad Street last Halloween, the Eagles returned the cosmos to their rightful balance. (Villanova's Final Four appearance was an unexpected bonus that threatened to upset the recently-restored natural order of things. Fortunately for...
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More Unfortunate SEPTA News
First there was the strike. Then early yesterday morning, a fire disabled service on the R5 and R6 lines. What more could possibly happen? This: At 8:42 this morning, an otherwise unidentified male who may have been a track inspector was struck and killed by an inbound R3 train near Melrose Park. The R2 (Warminster), R3 (West Trenton) and R5 (Lansdale/Doylestown) lines going beyond Fern Rock are all suspended at the moment due to...
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Phillyist Playlist: The Get Up Kids at the Trocadero & TLA
Photo via The Get Up Kids Official Myspace We've been waiting for this tour since the "Very Last" Reggie and the Full Effect show at the TLA in September of 2008. Back then The Get Up Kids reunion and Someting to Write Home About 10th Anniversary Live DVD was just a rumbling on the internet. Fortunately, a rumor fueled by James Dewees is a reliable one indeed. The Get Up Kids' keyboard player and...
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Phillyist Playlist: Ralph's World at the World Cafe Live
Ralph Covert, from Disney's Ralph's World, is coming to Philadelphia on November 8th at the World Café Live and I'm hoping he's bringing Pickles. Don't know who Ralph Covert is? Then you, my friend, have yet to enter the world of mashed up carrots and 7 o'clock bedtimes. For everyone else out there, living in the wasteland that is parenthood, we are happy to say that there is something interesting for us to do...
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Yo, Philly in the News
Photo by Flickr user camera_obscura The Phillies were unable to pull off a stellar comeback as the Yankees won their 27th World Series title, mostly thanks to six—yes, six—RBIs last night from Series MVP Hideki Matsui. The great thing about baseball, though: barely three months til pitchers and catchers report for the 2010 season. There's any number of words you could use to describe Local 234 President Willie Brown, but this one says it...
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Extra, Extra
Photo by Flickr user Somewhat Frank Police have identified a person of interest in the hit-and-run that injured 8-year-old twin sisters. We mentioned this in the news this morning. Seriously. Hit-and-runs need to stop. By bike, trike, car, or segway. The fire on the R5 train this morning was not strike related sabotage. The cause of the fire is officially listed as electrical. The legislation pending to legalize casino table games could affect tuition...
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Parking
Photo by author.Ah, Delancey Street... Always so pretty, particularly right now when the leaves are falling upon the cobblestone. That brings us to this week's park: Three Bears Park, or Delancey Park. It's a quaint little park located at 319 Delancey Street in Society Hill. The park offers a nice place of refuge if you're trying to get away from the hubbub of South Street (read: screaming and skateboarding teens) a few blocks away....
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I Have a Baby and Ten Dollars...Now What?
Photo by Flickr user Phil Scoville With weekends getting rainy and cold and just...horrible, the good city of Philadelphia has given anyone with children dozens of good reason to stay inside. I've mentioned The Expressive Hand in this column before, what with their free babysitting and good times for stressed out parents who love to paint, but they're doing something so cool, we need to rehash the tip. Starting this Thursday, November 5th, at...
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Photoist
Click here to see full version! Title: baby phanatic Photographer: Melody Kramer Location: Citizens Bank Park Camera: Canon EOS 40D Like to see your photo here? Submit it!...
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Monday* Manners: Rules of the Road
*Why yes—it is, in fact, Wednesday. And Monday Manners has been on hiatus for several months. But this seemed like an appropriate occasion to revive the post anyway. Image Credit: Flickr user Matthew & Jenny SEPTA's on strike. I'm pretty sure we mentioned it before. With no busses, trolleys, or subways, people are turning to their cars to get them to work—and generally acting like assholes while driving them. I thought it might be an...
