LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big -- really freaking big -- so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart of it lays in the city's San Fernando Valley. A writer grapples with her food porn photography obsession, another gets censored on Flickr, one gets scooped by the LA......

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. Divine Canine: With the Monks of New Skete (Mon, 8PM-8:30PM, Animal Planet) - The first of two new Animal Planet shows debuting Monday night, this one is about some monks in Cambridge, NY who use holistic training methods on misbehaving dogs in order to transform them into loving pets. In this first episode, a monk tries to talk some sense into a naughty Cavalier King Charles spaniel.......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. The History Boys - Uncle Vernon from the Harry Potter movies (Richard Griffiths) plays a lovable history teacher attempting the impossible task of getting his unruly students into Oxford or Cambridge - but more important to him is that they become better, more rounded human beings. Adapted from the Broadway play by the playwright himself (Alan Bennett), and featuring the Broadway cast, this one looks like......

LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow. Ah, Houstonist. They're biking to work, that is, if they can figure out how to get there. That's right, Mapquest says "Houston had the......