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They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

• SFist saw Christmas Day turn tragic after a Siberian tiger escaped from her pen at the San Francisco Zoo, killing a visitor and mauling two others.
• Phillyist counted down the top ten items on Philadelphia's New Year's wish list.
• Gothamist looked at the wooden bikes being offered for NYC's first bike share program on Governors Island.

Y'all have a Merry Christmas? Good. I'm glad. Mine was nice, too.

With apologies to those readers who don't celebrate Christmas, I'm going to indulge myself a bit here. I love just about everything about Christmas. I actually enjoy Christmas shopping, stressful though it may be. (Which reminds me of the one thing I really don't love about Christmas: my January credit card bill.) I love all kinds of Christmas music, classical, the Bing Crosby standards, and Christmas rock. I also (Amazon).

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In this town, when the locals are dissatisfied, they speak out; just ask Santa Claus. So you've undoubtedly heard about Philadelphians' disdain for the amphib-hideous duck boats that began operating in and nearby Old City in 2003.

We're no scrooges, and we appreciate visitors parting with a few dollars in our fair city. There's nothing wrong with a little tacky family fun! But that!

So, this photo is for all the Philadelphians with whom the duckriders have interacted. Allow yourselves to fantasize for a minute: the USS New Jersey vs. the Duck Boat, head to head in the Delaware River. It would be worth bringing the battleship out of retirement.



(Phillyist note: our relief that their website didn't say "interquact with the locals" is easily surpassed by self-loathing for conceiving multiple duck puns while creating this entry.)

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So the big, bad Bonds rolled into town this weekend and had little to show for his three-game effort. Yes, he did hit home run number 713 last night, bringing him closer to his asterisked place in the baseball ledgers, but he was far from the real show this weekend. That spot was reserved for the Phillies, who swept the San Francisco Giants to build up to an eight-game winning streak.

Dear Punxsutawney Phil:

Hey, look, we're back visiting blogs! And we're linking to some of the same blogs! And some new blogs! Wowee! This blogging thing truly is going to change the world.

by Vin Varstin