It’s dynamic, it’s rich, and everybody looks good in mauve”) and Mayor Kenney’s response to the same question (“No comment.”). They also asked prominent localites for their uniform faves, which yielded such fascinating tidbits as Gritty’s choice for ideal base color (“Mauve. Proving that football fans will do any goddamn thing whatsoever while they sit around and wait for the season, the Inquirer yesterday unveiled a thingamabob that let readers viewers peruse team uniforms of the past and design their own permutations to suit up cute lil’ cartoon Birds. Get in your car and drive away and when you get back, park and get out right away. Police say most carjackings happen when a person is sitting in their car parked on the side of the road. The police districts most affected: the 22nd, 24th, 25th and the lower end of the 15th. Last year, we made it through the entire year with “just” 847.ĦABC put together this interactive map of carjacking hotspots. That is the number of carjackings or attempted carjackings so far this year in the city, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Oz, and it was always our intent to do that.” The Carjacking Curseĩ46. But Fetterman made it clear on Wednesday that the debate will happen, saying, “We’re absolutely going to debate Dr. Oz’s camp had been publicly wondering why Fetterman hadn’t yet agreed to a debate, interjecting his recent stroke into the matter by saying things like Fetterman “is either healthy and dodging the debate because he does not want to answer for his radical left positions, or he’s too sick to participate in the debate.”įetterman has suffered some auditory processing issues as a result of the stroke, and his campaign wants to make sure he’s accommodated in any televised debate, which has reportedly led to the holdup in any firm commitment. According to a statement put out by Fetterman, he will square off against Oz in a no-holds-barred steel cage death match (OK, it’s a debate, but it’s fun to dream) sometime near the end of October. We’ve been wondering for weeks and weeks when John Fetterman would debate Dr. We’re still waiting for official word about special elections to replace the members who have resigned. As of Thursday morning, we were down to 13. Council is supposed to have 17 members on it. Before that, she was a State Rep.Ĭity Council’s first meeting for the upcoming session is on September 15th. Parker served the 9th District (think: Northwest and Northeast) for a little over six years. I resigned from City Council today so that I could begin the process of running for Mayor. And now, Cherelle Parker is out, because she, too, wants to be mayor. Allan’s out (though he hasn’t announced a mayoral run… yet). Pretty soon, we’re not going to have anybody left on City Council. But on the bright side, they did give us “adorkable.” And we are definitely dropping that in Scrabble real soon. Well, we may have to wait until next year for jawn. Like “jawn.” But with a “p.” And no vowels. After all, when you have a lawyer from Florida whose name is John Morgan advertising on billboards and buses in Philly by changing “John” to “Jawn,” this pretty much solidifies the word’s legitimacy, right?Īlas, the Merriam-Webster new word list just came out, and there’s no “jawn.” The list includes an utterly whopping 370 new words. Because we just know that, eventually, the people who make those decisions will see the light and add the oh-so-Philly “jawn” to the dictionary. And every year, we sit here like little word nerds waiting for that list. (Photo via Merriam-Webster) | Right: John Fetterman (Getty Images) Merriam-Webster’s New Jawn-Free Word List Is an Insult to PhiladelphiaĮvery year, Merriam-Webster introduces its list of new words. Left: The jawn-free Merriam-Webster dictionary.
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