More flood pictures

Here's Canal St., heading the other way: The Schuylkill, looking south as it flows out of Reading:
The parking lot of Canal Street Pub, which sits on the left. The water never got in the parking lot, it just simply flowed along the street:
This is the parking lot of Comcast. You'll notice these trucks were not moved as a precaution to the impending flood. It makes me wonder if somebody won't lose their job over this foul-up. Now, instead of waiting all day for our appointment, we'll have to be waiting indefinitely:
I did, so I could take this picture:

Song of the Week

"Hit Between The Eyes" by the Scorpions

Ya just gotta love those rockin' Germans! They gave 80s rock some credibility, and they got started in the 70s! This song was the only highlight of this horrible Emilio Estevez movie called Freejack. I'm sure some of you will remember it, whether you want to or not. At least the song lives on in a positive light.

Scorpions Lyrics :: HIT BETWEEN THE EYES

More flood pictures

There are tennis courts under there somewhere: A view of Canal St., which was completely submerged from beginning to end...note Berks Packing on the left, one of many businesses that had to make emergency moves to save product and equipment (one business is not included in that category...you'll find out later who)
The river can't read street signs:
Gee, ya think?
It just spread so easily:

Time-filler

Um, yeaaaaahhh...who knew?

Your Porn Star Name Is...

Magic Johnson

What's Your Porn Star Name?

Schuylkill River floods part of Reading, June 28, 2006

This is S. 3rd St.: Here is Chestnut St., with a view across the river:
3rd & Spruce playground:
Further south on 3rd St.:
3rd & Spruce again:

Ultimate Avengers

So I rented this little gem and watched it this morning. I guess it was alright. When you go from live-action movies like X-Men and Daredevil (simply for the subject matter on that one), which are dealing with heavier, darker issues, to teams like the Fantastic 4 and the Avengers, the overall mood lightens and gets more cartoonish, in some aspects. At times, the animation made me feel like I was watching a GIJoe epsiode. They'll be doing another one (it's due for release in July), and I'll probably watch that too. Not the greatest, but it sure beats Daredevil, and casting Nicholas Cage as Ghost Rider.

"Who's the chick with the hammer?"

"Whoever she is, I'm glad she's on our side."

I set out yesterday to take pictures of some overflowing streams outside of the city. This I managed to do, and found myself heading back home. As I was driving down Spring Street, just as I passed over 10th and headed for 9th, I was greeted with sights like this:
So then I just had to stop and take photos of this minor catastrophe:
How about this guy, folks? Making the most of the situation...

High Tension

This film is disturbing in the way that a good horror film should be, at least to me...no groups of people getting killed (yes, there are some, otherwise it's no horror), and a killer who is so calm, cool, and collected that it's outright creepy. The mixed undertones that some people just don't understand deal with the killer's sexuality and struggle for identity. Admittedly, there may have been a clue here or there that I would not have noticed had I not read Alice's blog entry on the film. I don't think comparisons to The Sixth Sense are quite right here. There's a twist, to be sure, but it's simply not the same scenario. I believe that it's Alex's head in Marie's fantasy. I also believe the truck is real, and that there were other girls, girls that Marie tried to connect with and, failing that, she may have calculatingly disposed of them. But of course, this could all be a part of Marie's fantasy, and that means just about the whole movie. That perhaps she went crazy but did not act out her fantasies...why else would Alex even want to visit her in the asylum? I definitely recommend this little piece...some of the blood might have been overdone, but that's a minor laughable thing.

Tom, the Obscene

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