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Author Archives: Somebody
Baltimore
While it’s where Edgar Allen Poe died drunk in a gutter, it’s not the master of the macabre that makes people think of the horror of Baltimore. It’s the Wire. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Maryland, Uncategorized
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The Special Relationship.
*Education note: Somebodyisfromhere.com once had a teacher tell him the following: England is England. Add Wales and Scotland and you have Britain. Add Northern Ireland and you have The United Kingdom. Add Southern Ireland and you have a war. Continue reading
Posted in Books, England, Intl, Law, Patriotism
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Somebodyisfromhere.com Gets Poetic.
Check out this vid from a friend of Somebodyisfromhere.com. This is totally embeddable, but despite many upgrades Somebodyisfromhere.com is simply still incapable of embedding. Nevertheless, if this doesn’t get you pumped to travel nothing will. Yes i just used the … Continue reading
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The article in which Somebodyisfromhere.com talks about a town in Ohio and then rambles on about Ghosts and synagogues in Pennsylvania for awhile.
Defiance got its name from General Anthony Wayne during the French and Indian War.
“General Wayne surveyed the land and declared to General Scott, “I defy the French, Indians, and all the devils of hell to take it.” Continue reading
Posted in Georgia, Ghosts, Long Titles, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Wiki Travel
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Pat Burrell
Pat Burrell retired this week. Somebodyisfromhere.com wrote a nuanced piece about him right after the Phillies won the World Series explaining Philly sports through the prism of Burrell. Since his departure, not everything said about Pat the Bat has been … Continue reading
Posted in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Sports
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America The Beautiful.
The Louvre never has much American art. At first it seems snarky, but their excuse is pretty solid. See, The Louvre doesn’t exhibit art past 1848 and America isn’t all that old. Continue reading
Harlan County.
So Somebodyisfromehere.com goes to law school and anybody that goes to that kind of institution has to learn about the Constitution. When studying that subject the names Harlan becomes pretty significant. Two Harlans served in the Supreme Court (1877-1911, 1955 -1971). … Continue reading
Sleepy Eye
Alright, granted it’s pretty cool to have a town named after you. Somebodyisfromhere.com wonders, though, if it’s cool when the town name is basically making fun of you. Take this town in Minnesota:
Sleepy Eye is named after Chief Sleepy Eye, or Ishtakhaba, who was known as a compassionate person with droopy eyelids…
Other than his name though he seem Continue reading
Posted in Minnesota, Wiki Travel
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Somebodyisfromhere.com’s Sequel to His Story about the first Sherlock Holmes.
When the first Sherlock Holmes movie came out Somebodyisfromhere.com wrote a thorough, well thought out article that was half movie review and half travel piece. For the second movie, Somebodyisfromhere.com will quickly churn something out, stick to formula, and probably meander from point to point with out much use of segues.
Sequels are always disappointing. Continue reading
Posted in Intl, Long Titles, Movie, New Jersey, Uncategorized
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The Great Drive by Punching
Well, because nothing says “Buddy, you will be missed” quite like getting drunk enough for it to even be possible to get punched by the inhabitants of people in a moving car. Continue reading
Posted in In Between Cabs, Philadelphia
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