NFL player Ryan Moats, of the Houston Texans,  was rushing to the hospital with his wife, whose mother was about to pass away. Right by the hospital, he ran through a red light when there was no crossing traffic, as they wanted to make it to the hospital before she died. He was then pulled over in the hospital parking lot by an over-eager police officer, who detained Moats despite the situation having been explained to him. He intended to detain Moats’ wife as well, but she ran into the hospital and did manage to be there for her mother’s final moments. Moats was too late. [Read more →]

Tags: on the law, sports by Alan Spoll
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10. Your “dust bunnies” have all been devoured by “dust ferrets”

9. Mickey Rourke thinks your place looks “nasty”

8. The Health Department has declared your living room eligible for FEMA funds

7. After a mudslide swept through your house, it actually looked better

6. The “lace curtains” seem to be catching an unusually large number of flies

5. Your place received The Good Housekeeping Seal of Disapproval

4. Your bathroom has hot and cold running rats

3. Your “bean bag chair” is made of accumulated lint

2. You wipe your feet on the mat before stepping outside

1. When you open the refrigerator door, the light makes all the food suddenly stop moving

Tags: Bob Sullivan's top ten everything, ends & odd by Bob Sullivan
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It’s been 24 years since we went through this as a city. Twenty-four years years since Villanova made believers of us all. In 1985 Villanova was Howanova did these guys get to the Final Four? [Read more →]

Tags: sports by Clark DeLeon
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It’s very easy to be an overprotective parent. I remember walking with a friend of the family when I was only a teenager and criticizing (in my head) the mother we were with as she let her 4-year-old run ahead of her at a busy amusement park. Her kid is now 18 and doing just fine. Was I wrong? I think about how crazy some parents get, baby-proofing like mad, knee pads and elbow pads to get on any moving object, and don’t get me started on those kid-leashes! [Read more →]

Tags: family & parenting, technology by Amy Boshnack
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I was flipping through the radio dial yesterday and heard a commercial for a morning talk show that shocked me, disturbed me, and made me lose just a bit more faith in humanity — Danny Bonduce has a morning talk show on Philadelphia radio. Either this was a really bad dream or I drank way too much cough syrup. [Read more →]

Tags: art & entertainment by Marty O'Connor
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Don’t tell my wife. I did a bad thing. Seriously, don’t tell her.

The other day, I spent $5.49 on a 12-pack of Diet Pepsi. You know, the fridge pack of cans. $5.49! I don’t even drink Diet Pepsi. My wife does. So really, it’s her fault. [Read more →]

Tags: money, recipes & food by Scott Stein
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Cinema This Week: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

A few weeks back, I was biking home over the Manhattan Bridge, when I noticed the bridge was closed to car traffic. There was a movie shoot occurring. It’s not uncommon to see film and television shoots around the city, but one that has the permission to shut down a major river crossing is somewhat rare, so I actually stopped. That’s when I noticed Denzel Washington performing a scene from the re-make of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, directed by Tony Scott and set to be released this year. [Read more →]

Tags: movies by David Alfreds
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This is brilliant (and nicely dovetails into Kelly Conaboy’s column). It’s been going around the Web, with bloggers reposting it and claiming nobody knows who created it, but, in fact, the authors’ names are there, bottom right: Erika Grace Carlson and Heather Day. So let’s give credit where credit is due. Took me a lot of digging to find that out by reading the whole thing. Phew. I need to lie down now. Investigative journalism is hard work.

Actually, the editors of one blog did their job. Not surprisingly, it’s a Rutgers University blog. They have an interview with the authors.

This is the original full-page image. You may need to click on the image to enlarge it to readability. I hope you’re having a slow day at work.

Tags: books & writing, ends & odd by Olga Gardner Galvin
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It’s been praised by Time magazine, has been nominated for prestigious awards (no, not you Emmy), and is one of the best-written and acted dramas on television. And it’s in danger of being cancelled. Again.

Friday Night Lights (Friday, NBC, 9PM), a show about High School football team Dillon Panthers and its small-time Texas town, is getting the shaft. [Read more →]

Tags: television by Lauren LaBumbard
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Last night on American Idol, Smokey Robinson dropped by and taught the contestants a thing or two about Motown. Some of them got it, most didn’t. Here’s the short short version: [Read more →]

Tags: television by Jaclyn Roth
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