Results tagged “editorjim”

Dear Philadelphia:

Editor Jim found this gem of a misspelling in [semi]-precious metal, and he writes:

Editor Jim and Sarah ride PATCO together every morning to work, and every afternoon from work. As many PATCO riders know, one of the entrances at 8th and Market was closed last week so that the turnstiles could be converted to "FREEDOM gates." (Ed. note: Are those like Freedom Fries?)

Proofreading Philly tries to capture typos, wordos, and all other kinds of grammatical mistakes that we see around the city. But we need your help! Email photos to us from your computer or your phone, and show the city that you care about good grammar. A friend of Editor Jim's pointed us toward this post on A Thousand Times No which both made for interesting reading and a great Proofreading Philly feature. The last paragraph...

Remember last month, when some math whiz at Carnegie Mellon decided that Phillyist was the 47th-most important blog... in the universe? Well, the staff of Phillyist got to thinking that we had you to thank for that, so we wanted to buy you all a drink. And then, we got to thinking that 47 is only five away from the meaning of life, and we decided that not only did we want to buy...

Editor Jim forwarded this one to us, along with a note from the friend who found it reminding us to pay attention to exactly word was misspelled. Brilliant find!

Editor Jim's coworker Bob submitted this video to us, and we couldn't help but post it. Because, well, it's well done. And we love Queen.

...Great Parenting: Raise your hand if this one surprises you. (Via The Superficial.)

Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily Allen discovered when she was barred entry to the US. The British mapping agency caused further bad karma, by blocking a 3-D representation of London in Google Earth. But the smiles returned to Londonist's faces as they interviewed Baroness von Reichardt, who has completely covered her house in mosaic tiles.

Last night, I saw what for me was the funniest movie of the year. And since I paid for it and this is not an official review, I am going to show it some love. If the impenetrable heat has you down, get over to the Ritz at the Bourse and see The Ten, pronto. Here are ten reasons to follow these instructions immediately.

Oh, you'd better believe Phillyist will be visiting The Victor Cafe soon. (Via the MenuPages blog, via Sarah, via Editor Jim.)

...Jail: Paris is there, but as far as we're concerned, it's not for long enough. (Via CNN.)

...Flattery: Editor Jim mentioned Jean Claude Van Damme's new movie yesterday in Whiz. But linking to this story legitimizes our posting the video at the right. (Via I Watch Stuff!)

Future Screenings: No future screenings scheduled.

Who doesn't love some good saw playin' action?

...Troubles: This isn't terribly surprising. (Via .)

...Obsession: We love Hugh Grant, but clearly, we don't Hugh Grant. (Via Editor Jim, via Cinematical.)

...Drastic Measures: Or, she could have just stayed in rehab. (Via The Superficial.)

A Note from Editor Jim: Please welcome our newest author, Sarah Gormley! She's smart, sassy, and just generally a force to be reckoned with - and I'm not just saying that because she's my wife. Look out for posts from her in the future about volunteer opportunities around the city, as well as about various arts and entertainment topics, one of which she tackles below.

Usually, Phillyist doesn't go in for cutsey Japanese pop culture, but this song came on one of our Pandora stations while we were at the office yesterday, and we were instantly obsessed. Even though this isn't the band's actual music video, but rather a fan vid, Editor Jim tells us that the band Puffy Amiyumi appears in animated form on the cartoon , and that there's usually a short live-action section with them too at the end of the show, but swears that he doesn't watch the show. Yeah right, editor Jim. Yeah right.

Wasn't too long ago that Editor Jim tipped us all off to a new art form known as manualism.

...Seriously? Oh, that Michael! He's so crazy! (Thanks to Editor Jim, via MSNBC.)

...Ignorance: No, Gwyneth, you are American. You're not even really British. (Thanks to reader Katie—story at Blakademic.)

First and foremost, I’d like to say that Editor Jim stole my male bovid with udder thunder. As a veterinary student, I have a unique perspective on farm animals. So, with zoological and medical authority, I can state this: this movie sucks. This movie was rotten the minute the first lines of dialogue were haltingly typed out, so there’s no way that I can ‘spoil’ it further, but you should be aware, from this point on, the review will not attempt to conceal any of the ‘surprises’ this ‘gem’ of a ‘movie’ may contain. (As my viewing companion and fellow Phillyist reader Alexis said, “Usually you don’t tell a parent he’s got an ugly baby. But in this case, we need to warn you. This is one ugly baby.)

A few days ago, while we were compiling Elite -ist, we noticed an error. See if you can spot it too. (Hint -- it's at the very top of the page and has something to do with the alphabet.) But first, check out what's going on with our sister sites!