Punching Little Buttons And Things
Nice to see Overheard in Philly's got his ears on again. One new-found bit: "Crazy old homeless guy, to elderly rich snooty lady walking by: 'Ya got that dollar you owe me!'" Another, though possibly a plant, promises to be a Philadelphia theme song. A couple times readers have reported hearing the threat - usually uttered by an agitated mom at a checkout counter: "Don't make me put my baby down!"
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That hook and lateral-turned-fumble-turned-touchdown in last Sunday's Eagles game? Score it a touchdown pass, the NFL ruled. Yesterday.
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A new third baseman for the Phillies? Wes Helms, formerly of the Marlins, is a bargain for two years at $5.5 million, writes Balls Sticks & Stuff. "Strong start for the off-season," writes The Good Phight, in an alphabet-soup-filled post that sails right over my head. The 700 Level: "In Gillick we trust... for a little while longer at least."
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Suburban Guerrilla links YouTube video of the song that was playing as the limo arrived, late, to take me to my wedding. "You may ask yourself, 'Where is that large automobile?'"
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Tech Crunch hears from one of YouTube's lawyers - this "tortious interference" stuff has to do with a little gizmo the blog created that let people download YouTube videos to one's iPod.
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U.S. Rep. Bob Brady jumps into the blogosphere, while Larry King's never surfed the Web (Attytood paired these two items before I did. But I can't resist). The talk King's quote:" What do you punch little buttons and things?"