It's things like this that make today's internet truly a great experience.

I'm interested in hearing from any PR people who have been using the proposed social media press release tenmplate from Shift or one they created.

Anyone using it? Anyone receive any feedback from media on it? Let me know.

I attended a dinner tonight at The Franklin Institute. I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't been there since I was a girl scout and we had a troop sleepover there. It was the most fun sleepover I can remember. We stayed up all night, running around the exhibits, crawling through that heart. It was better than Disneyworld, and that's the truth.

The dinner was to honor a wonderful man that Philadelphia owes a great deal to - Ralph Archibald, the man who is known as Ben Franklin to Philly residents and visitors from all over the world. You may recognize him from this:


Ralph, or Ben, pretty much just rocks. He's a cornerstone to this town and I don't mean because of the legacy of Ben Franklin as a founding father of Philadelphia and the United States. I mean this man, who is so accurate in his portrayal of the historic icon that even the people who know him personally slip up and sometimes call him Ben, rocks because even when he's not at an event or providing a tour, he's just spotted walking or sit around town dressed in his ancient garb. Like it's perfectly normal to be dressed like it's 1776.

Even better though, is that this man knows his history and is a true humanitarian. Whether giving a national interview or a local tour, if a person comes up to speak with him or ask a question, he will patiently speak with them, or look to find them after.

Ralph is one of those rare people, that I can look at and think, life is so much better than I credit it. I should be doing a better job of participating in life. I should be a better person and remember to project a better outlook. Looking at our Ben Franklin, makes me proud and happy.

So Huzzah to you Ralph!

I've been way too busy to do much updating about social media.

Busy doing what?, you ask?

uwishunu. Oh, how uwishunu.

And you will. Soon.

Someone wrote me today, "I always figured that if you were a guy you'd be like Dulli." That would be Greg Dulli.

Interesting. Maybe when I was a smoker. He smokes as artfully as I did. And there is an art to smoking like that. Ask any of the 10's of people who picked up the habit from watching me.

Here's a textbook case illustrating why it's critical for parents to keep an eye (not sensor, be aware!) of their kids' presence on online. A 14-year-old honestly may not be aware that voicing a physical threat against the President - even though it may seem like semantics to the kid - is very serious federal offense. Parents, on the other hand, should know this. And I think that parents should be involved enough with their kids to catch something like this and correct it before it harms their child. I know parents can't be everywhere at once, but as a parent, it's your job to do the best you can to protect your child and sometimes that means getting into their business, e.g. MySpace page. Kids, if you want privacy, write in a journal on paper. That's something parents shouldn't read. MySpace is public domain and should be treated as such.

This situation reminds me of when the movie "Kids" came out. I was in college then; I was that age when you are just in between that kid mentality and adulthood. That film was painful for me to watch because I was seeing it from both sides. What I left thinking from that movie theater was, "Where were their parents??

Parent-child relationships today and even for the Generation after me - I guess that's Gen Y - are very different from my generation's. My parents weren't Baby Boomers, they are older than that generation. They had no interest in trying to be friends with me and my brother; they clearly understand that their role in my life was defined as "Parent" and that didn't mean they felt any need whatsoever to pander to my needs. The new model for parenting seems to be that parents are cool and hip and down with their kids. I think that's both good and bad. But the best aspect to how my parents' generation approached parenting - as "Parents" - meant that they set the rules, they were in charge and I'll tell you, because of that, they protected me from a heck of a lot of harm.

As the world changes with this social revolution, I don't envy the job of parents out there. You have a heck of lot of work cut out for you in raising today's kids. You don't just need to make sure that your kids aren't drinking and driving or doing drugs or hanging out with the wrong crowd at school, you have that whole online element to patrol. Making sure that your kids aren't just not befriending strangers on their way home from school but also online.

It's a lot of work, but it can be done. It must be done, for the sake of keeping children safe.

The only thing I can think of right now is it would certainly be nice to think of that Field of Dreams now in pitching rotation with Cory.

My heart goes out to his friends and family, as well as his passengers'. Also not to be forgotten, are those in the area who were injured, displaced or may have lost irreplacable sentimental property.

The Illedelph reports that the eagerly awaited Philly wifi is coming and is available in my neighborhood, Northern Liberties.

But, since God clearly hates me, it's no dice for the kid here. Bitter much?

In other news, Philebrity's Weekender is just days away. Get your tix ASAP. I just bought mine.

This photo (see the last shot) captures the emotion of yesterday in Philadelphia better than any description I could provide. It was a suspense-filled game and I'm proud to report that our fans, often rebuked and vilified in the press, showed that we can behave even under the most competitive of circumstances.

I'm going to be honest. Yesterday's win meant more to many of us "Iggles" fans than the NFC championship wins. We hate us some Cowboys and more than that, we loathe T.O. Whipping their Cowboy hides on our home field felt like Christmas.

I'm going to marinate in this win for a while.

So I hit the ground running at work. On my first day, I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of my new neighbor and one of Philly's blogging elite, Philebrity.

Yesterday, I had the distinct honor of meeting The Honorable Mayor Street, who graciously welcomed me to the City of Philadelphia. And I also met a new cool friend, Kendra.

It's only been a few days here and it's safe for me to say that I've fallen head over heels in love with Philadelphia and the feeling is mutual, since this is "the city that loves you back."

I'm a little bit afraid for my NYC friends, when they come to visit. I have a strong suspicion we're going to see a lot of them moving camp here soon.

Philly rocks it. With Whiz and without;)

Well, I'm here and it's fantastic. It's been a whirlwind ride, moving out of NYC and into Philly in one day and having a weekend to settle and start a new job on Monday (yesterday).

No cable yet, so updates will be sporadic when I get a chance at work. More to come soon.