I’ve been waiting for years to see this trailer for Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox. Now that I’ve seen it, I must say that I am surprised by the style. I definitely expected something more abstract. Either way, it looks good enough to go watch.

City Paper: Biketopia - How to Make Philadelphia a Cyclists' Paradise

interesting semi-thought provoking article from this past week’s philly Citypaper about what actions the city could take in order to promote biking to reduce the congestion caused by traffic around the city.

While many of the ideas seem feasible and possibly helpful, I personally feel that the decision to turn Spruce and Pine streets into half bike streets is a good idea, but for anyone who’s ever biked there, I’m sure you’re well aware that they are probably the most pothole-ridden streets in center city, to the point where I know that bikers avoid them (via casual conversation eg: “I was an idiot and took spruce today”. Obviously steps would have to be taken to change that.

Search For Missing Tourist Turns Up Seven Bodies, But Not the Right One

So apparently people die a lot around this mountain in China and no one really noticed until now. They still haven’t found the body of the guy they were looking for, though.