I don't mean to brag, but I'm feeling pretty proud of myself today. I just did something worthy of "adventurer" status in Oregon Trial II. It wasn't the greatest feat. Nothing deserving of a GOOD mag email blast or 60 Minutes free-solo fame. We're talking college app essay material, a little deed that affirms who I am.
So, I just moved to West Philly, and though I work full-time I've been tryin...
PHILADEPHIA, PN (ABSNN)-W.C. Fields was once asked about Boston or maybe it was Providence, some old Yankee City, if he liked the place. He said, "On the whole I'd rather be in Philadelphia." One wonders if he was a gay Catholic.
The City of Bro...
Last year it was Number 1. But this year, NY has fallen to fifth place. Mr. Clean may have been at work.
That is, if you have faith in the results of a survey done by Travel + Leisure magazine. It shows that this year, New Orleans is the Numb...
Philadelphia, PA - The nations dumbest city has started evacuating all of its citizens because of the tsunami in Japan. Although the tsunami is long gone, and the Pacific Ocean is more than 2500 miles away, the mayor thought it was a good idea.
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THE SPECTRUM'S BEST MOMENTS.
May, 1974 - the Flyers Win the Stanley Cup.
They would go on to win the Cup in 1975, f--k up in 1976, and then suck for 35-odd years thereafter.
March, 1992 - Christian Laettner Hits the Shot Heard 'Round the World at the 1992 NCAA East Regionals-Duke vs. Kentucky
With two seconds remaining in a tightly contest game to advance to the NCAA Final Four, Kentu...
The Philadelphia Spectrum, the 18,000 indoor arena and site of Shaun Cassidy's seminal 1979 concert, which was demolished today after being a blight on South Philly since the Nixon Administration, is now baffling scientists world-wide, as it leaves b...
Philadelphia PA: Every year at midnight on the 4th of July, an old wives tale relates that several distinguished gentlemen gather at the American Eagle Ale House to discuss politics and consume tankards of ale.
This year 2010 was no exception as...
A spokeswoman says all eight people, and a big f--king Fiberglass duck, taken to a Philadelphia hospital after the duck capsized have been treated and released.
The Osage Avenue Memorial Hospital spokeswoman says 10 people were taken there after T...
The Philadelphia Flyers, The National Hockey League's dung pile representing Southeastern Pennsylvania, has lost it's bid to win the Stanley Cup, quitting and giving up during overtime of Game 6 with the Chicago Blackhawks.
While this was undoubte...
Philadelphia, PA - Mayor Michael Nutter has accomplished something other Philadelphia Mayors have been unable to do for fifteen years: acquire the biggest Crack Star from Los Angeles and bring him over to stumble the streets of Philadelphia.
"I've...
The Philadelphia Eagles football team has used the name for over 75 years (except for a bried time during WWII when they became the Steagles). With their recent signing of Michael Vick and his court ordered requirements to promote dog health issues,...
Philadelphia PA-- The Obama Family will vacation in an exotic location this year--West Philly. President Obama considered Marthas Vineyard, Palm Beach and Maui, but decided they were 'too white.' He also wanted his two kids to experience life the w...
PHILADELPHIA - Josh Hoodmeister, manager of The Friendly Friends of Freedom Private Suburban Swim Club, which denied 60 black kids access to the club's pool has changed his mind.
Hoodmeister admitted that he was wrong in denying the kids access to...
PHILADELPHIA, PA - At a press conference in a Philadelphia Airport hotel Friday, Ann Coulter shrugged off the raging swine flu epidemic as a "sham" and a "liberal hoax."
Coulter had just arrived in the City of Brotherly Love to promote her latest...
Obamadelphia PA-- Mayor Michael Nutter officially renamed Philadelphia in a City Hall ceremony yesterday. The nation's sixth largest city is now officially Obamadelphia, named for the nation's first African-American president. The name change takes...
Philadelphia PA-- Anthony Romero was arrested today on bigamy charges. Prosecutors say he married at least 23 times, all of them women from his South Philadelphia neighborhood. All the women lived in the same modest blocks of row houses in the Italia...
Boca Raton Fl-- A Florida woman was arrested today for violating a new code banning beehive hairdos in Boca Raton. Diane Giblet, visiting from Philadelphia, was booked on misdemeanor charges and released. She was charged with possession of a beehive...
(Harrisburg PA) Hillary Clinton launched a 25-megaton hydrogen bomb at Philadelphia from her campaign headquarters at 3 AM this morning. Two smaller nuclear missiles hit the Philadelphia suburbs moments later. The Obama hot spots were totally inciner...