October 31, 2007

Taubenberger: Seems Like A Nice Guy

Hey, Republican mayoral candidate Al Taubenberger has a television commercial and, as expected, it's like the rest of his campaign: Sort of appropriate for a fifth grade student council election. In the ad, Philadelphians tell why they're voting for Al Taubenberger for mayor. Or, that's what a 1930s radio announcer says.

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September 01, 2006

Worst. Idea. Ever.

Our state's most well-read legislator, Rep. Mark B. Cohen, in a post on Phillyblog titled, "Phillyblog Day? Why Not?":

Today, I have learned recently, is World Blog Day. In a previous thread started by Surfdog, I have have previously all phillybloggers a happy world blog day, full of wisdom, health and happiness.

Phillyblog will soon get its 10,000th member. As I write this, phillyblog has 9,356 members--up from a little more than 700 when I first joined in October, 2003. A minute ago, there were almost eight times as many guests looking at our conversations than there were members. That could mean--we need more information to be certain--that our community is now in excess of 75,000 people counting members and guests.

I have great confidence that soon--say by December 31, 2010--there will be more members of phillyblog than there will be paid subscribers to the Philadelphia Daily News. The last Daily News paid circulation figure is 116,500. That circulation figure will almost certainly continue its slow decline, while our membership will almost certainly continue its regular geometric increases.

So I think we need a phillyblog day. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives and its members are--among other things, of course--in the habit of proclaiming days, weeks, and months for worthwhile Pennsylvania organizations interested in such promotional help. The organizations virtually always choose the date themselves; the Pennsylvania legislature can name any specific date as any number of official days. The same is true with weeks and months, of course.

So when should phillyblog day be? Why should it be that day? And what should we do to celebrate when that day comes?

Ahh, yes, Phillyblog day, when the citizens of Philadelphia will celebrate by talking about where to find the cutest girls in the Northeast, by complaining about a headshop in G-Ho and by blowing up the Gallery.

Actually, that last part doesn't sound so bad.

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