June 17, 2008

Phila. #1 In Bike Thefts

SEPTA Watch writes up another survey released by a company that ranks Philadelphia. The catch: This time the survey is on bike theft and Philadelphia is #1! Go team!

Chicago is second. Cambridge, Mass., is 9th (naturally). In a possibly related story, an Allentown man set a new world record in the Rubik's Cube, finishing it in 46.03 seconds.

His bike was stolen while accomplishing the feat and he had to take SEPTA home. Okay, not really, but let's see how fast he can solve a Rubik's Cube in a packed El car.

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April 25, 2008

Jayson Werth's Hot Mom

The Internet is abuzz over the attractiveness of Jayson Werth's mom, who cheered on her son yesterday (along with, for some reason, Digger Phelps) during the Phillies' game in Milwaukee. (The screencap doesn't really do her justice; she's no TV news anchor, but she's definitely a nice-looking woman.)

Werth's mom is Kim Schoenfield Werth; she's a former track star (11 flat in the 100 yard dash in high school!) and therefore naturally still looks pretty good at 50-plus. And, so, yes, Jayson Werth's family is full of good-looking athletes, probably all destined for millions of dollars playing sports.

Redlasso video of Werth's homer and his mom celebrating it after the jump.

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December 15, 2006

Leftovers: Swede To Cheat In Quest For Pointless Record

• Did you know the individual Frisbee time-aloft record is held by a Philadelphia-area resident? 16.72 seconds, set in Chester County in 1984. However, he may lose his record as a Swedish astronaut is going to attempt a new record while in space. Frankly, this seems like cheating to me. Can we get some dude on 'roids -- Justin Gatlin, maybe? -- to return this record to its rightful country? [Inquirer]

• In Wednesday's coverage of Vince Vaughn fingerbangee Mallory Lane (right), I mentioned she also had a piece in the San Antonio Express-Times. Well, they also did an interview and Lane had some different things to say. And her parents defended her! Aww, how cute. [San Antonio Express-Times via Gawker]

• After being rejected when he wanted to hang his ceremonial ex-governor's portrait in the statehouse as part of his book promotion, it seems Jim McGreevey will finally get his wish. Richard Codey sulks, as he can't go until McGreevey does. Hrumph. [AP/Camden Courier-Post]

• Apparently, women's shoes found in a hotel are the break police need to catch the killer of four women found dead just outside Atlantic City last month. [Inquirer]

• The Phillies' trade earlier this week for Bobby Livingston was nullified by MLB because, uh, you're not allowed to pick someone up off waivers and immediately trade him for cash to another team. And the Devil Rays picked Livingston up off waivers and immediately traded him to the Phillies. (Uh, maybe.) Whoops. [Beerleaguer]

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January 16, 2006

Yes, but how many pogs can he stack?

See, Pennsylvania State Fair? This is how you set a world record.

Man solves Rubik's Cube in 11.13 seconds [AP via Philly.com]
Friday: Why am I doing this/ I really don't know/ I must be drunk

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January 13, 2006

Why am I doing this/ I really don't know/ I must be drunk/ clap, clap, clap, clap

The biggest news in the state this week -- and by "state," I mean "Pennsylvania besides Philadelphia" -- is clearly the attempt by Harrisburg's Capital City Polka Dancers to set a record for chicken dancing.

Now, spokespeople for Cap City say they're not quite sure why they want to set a record for most people chicken dancing at once. They always play the song at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, and, well, apparently Pennsylvanians always get down.

The problem is, after Cap City decided they wanted to set the Guinness World Record for largest chicken dance, they realized that the current record -- 72,000 people at the Canfield (Ohio) Fair, a record set in 1996 -- is impossible to break at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, since 72,000 people can't even fit into the building where it's held. (Incidentally, next time somebody makes a "Pennsyltucky" joke, please tell him or her that seventy-two thousand people did the freakin' Chicken Dance at a fair in Ohio, and Pennsylvania could never even begin to match that type of ruralness.)

Anyway, after realizing they couldn't set the record for world's largest Chicken Dance, Cap City just made up a new category: world's largest indoor Chicken Dance. This is what people in the world record biz call a really fucking lame workaround.

They got 350 people to sign verification sheets, which makes me think that, well, they're not going to get the record. But never fear! If you think you can set your own indoor Chicken Dance record, you certainly can: The Inquirer article includes a nine-step set of directions on how to do the Chicken Dance. Get down!

Chicken Dance record requires a lot of pluck [Inky]

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