Brian Dawkins Has Been Traded!

I'm not a very big sports fan but one of the most popular sports news topics of the day is the fact that Brian Dawkins will no longer be playing for the Philadelphia Eagles. It is my understanding that he has been an "Eagle" for the past 13 years and the fans are sad to see him go.

Apparently there was some issue with the contract offering in that the Eagles didn't offer him enough money so that is when he decided to leave.

There are lots of blog posts and news stories about this and like I mentioned above I'm not a real big sports fan but this is a big part of the kind of current news stories that are happening in the Philadelphia area.

The Philadelphia Inquirer Filing For Bankruptcy?

I couldn't believe it when I heard on the news that the Philadelphia Inquirer was filing for bankruptcy! Actually its the company that owns the Inquirer that is filing for bankruptcy.

Everytime I see that building on Broad Street it reminds me that the building and the Inquirer are another "staple" of the Philadelphia area! And besides the Philadelphia Tribune, the Inquirer was one of the major newspapers in the area! I always relish getting the coupons that were included in the Sunday Edition of the Inquirer.


Of course I miss the building that used to house the Philadelphia Bulletin and what I miss most of all is seeing the headlines that appeared on the side of the building.

I haven't been in this area for a while and I don't what is in the building now but I'm pretty sure my memory is correct in that the building is located near the 30th Street Station.

I don't know what this bankruptcy filing is going to mean for the newspaper but I'm wondering how Philadelphia would fare if they didn't have at least one major newspaper for the area?

Boy Did We Get A Lot Of Snow!

Boy did we get a lot of snow yesterday! I believe the official numbers were that Philadelphia got around 6 inches of snow yesterday!

For right now we all seem to be shoveling ourselves out of it now and I heard on the news that Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has said that the city of Philadelphia was only able to shovel about 25% of the side streets!

It does make for a gorgeous site but if you have to be out in it it doesn't feel as "gorgeous"! Personally I could stand the snow - it's just the ice that I hate! A lot of people (at least on the news anyway) seem to be taking it in stride because they say it is winter of course and we should expect winter weather.

It's supposed to be brutally cold tomorrow and Friday but then it looks as though we'll get temperatures in the 50's during the weekend! Sounds kind of strange to be getting 50 degree-plus temperatures in February but if it will help to melt the snow then I am all for it!