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Friday, January 13, 2006
Talk About It ...
How About a New Name for Politicians? Mayor Street wants to rename 30th Street Station for Ben Franklin? Jersey thinks "New Jersey: Come See for Yourself" is a good slogan? I have a better idea. Let's change the word "politician" to "follytician." Makes as much sense as spending big bucks to redundantly honor a man whose name already graces a bridge, a parkway, a square, a stadium and a science museum. Or coming up with a vapid slogan that basically says, "Whatever." Instead, sell the naming rights to the station and generate some cash. And pick a slogan with actual content, like "Shore, Lore and More." Or, as Big Daddy Graham suggested this morning on WIP: "New Jersey: Cheap Gas and We Pump It." Other whimsical Jersey slogans. Your thoughts?
 Eagles Only 9th on Misery Index?This was the most disappointing Eagles season ever, some sports-talkers have said. And it follows gut-wrenching losses in a Super Bowl and several conference title games. Golly, count your blessings you're not in Cleveland, says a very debatable ranking at ESPN.com. The Browns score perfect 10s for "historic pain" and "intangible misery" on their way to 50 out of a possible 60 points. The Eagles are only ninth, inexplicably getting 2.0 for "recent despair" despite 9.0 for "recent pain." Huh? C'mon. This overlooks the fan factor: We're experts at misery, which is compounded by the failures of our other teams. Man, how depressing! We can't even get triumph at suffering! Where's my Eagles hairshirt? At least, Cowboys finished dead last. No, wait. That means their fans are happy. Bummer City.
Pilot Light
As we waited for our long-delayed flight back from Florida, our pilots and several flight attendants huddled over a laptop across the concourse. What do you think they were studying so intently? Flight plans? Weather? Control-tower reports? Nah. A pilot was helping a recently divorced flight attendant get set up on match.com.
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