Dear Philadelphia: I have lived here now for nearly six years. I made it through four and a half without buying pepper spray, and only acquired one from a friend when a string of sexual assaults last fall were a little too close to home. It remains attached to my keychain, except for when it isn't: before shows at the Electric Factory or TLA, I make sure to detach it and leave it somewhere......

Proofreading Philly tries to capture typos, wordos, and all other kinds of grammatical mistakes that we see around the city. But we need your help! Email photos to us from your computer or your phone, and show the city that you care about good grammar. Editor Jim found this gem of a misspelling in [semi]-precious metal, and he writes: This is a photo of an item for sale at a cart in the Gallery. I......

Proofreading Philly tries to capture typos, wordos, and all other kinds of grammatical mistakes that we see around the city. But we need your help! Email photos to us from your computer or your phone, and show the city that you care about good grammar. Editor Jim and Sarah ride PATCO together every morning to work, and every afternoon from work. As many PATCO riders know, one of the entrances at 8th and Market was......

Proofreading Philly tries to capture typos, wordos, and all other kinds of grammatical mistakes that we see around the city. But we need your help! Email photos to us from your computer or your phone, and show the city that you care about good grammar. A friend of Editor Jim's pointed us toward this post on A Thousand Times No which both made for interesting reading and a great Proofreading Philly feature. The last paragraph......

Remember last month, when some math whiz at Carnegie Mellon decided that Phillyist was the 47th-most important blog... in the universe? Well, the staff of Phillyist got to thinking that we had you to thank for that, so we wanted to buy you all a drink. And then, we got to thinking that 47 is only five away from the meaning of life, and we decided that not only did we want to buy......

Proofreading Philly tries to capture typos, wordos, and all other kinds of grammatical mistakes that we see around the city. But we need your help! Email photos to us from your computer or your phone, and show the city that you care about good grammar. Editor Jim forwarded this one to us, along with a note from the friend who found it reminding us to pay attention to exactly which word was misspelled. Brilliant find!......

Editor Jim's coworker Bob submitted this video to us, and we couldn't help but post it. Because, well, it's well done. And we love Queen.......

...Great Parenting: Raise your hand if this one surprises you. (Via The Superficial.) ...Good Ideas: After seeing the above link, this obviously makes a lot of sense. (Via People.com.) ...Ummm... There are no words. Just click. (Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?) ...Naked: We like meat, but this is still hot. (Via E! Online.) ...No Fair! Ummm... We've known sea urchins who were more deserving of their own television shows. (Via TV Blend.) ...Fatwah: That's......

Londonist are starting to think their city is getting just a little bit too expensive, when even Christian Slater can't afford to go out there. And there's no escaping, as local singer Lily Allen discovered when she was barred entry to the US. The British mapping agency caused further bad karma, by blocking a 3-D representation of London in Google Earth. But the smiles returned to Londonist's faces as they interviewed Baroness von Reichardt,......

Last night, I saw what for me was the funniest movie of the year. And since I paid for it and this is not an official review, I am going to show it some love. If the impenetrable heat has you down, get over to the Ritz at the Bourse and see The Ten, pronto. Here are ten reasons to follow these instructions immediately. 1. The euphoria you'll feel during this film is something akin......

Oh, you'd better believe Phillyist will be visiting The Victor Cafe soon. (Via the MenuPages blog, via Sarah, via Editor Jim.)......

...Jail: Paris is there, but as far as we're concerned, it's not for long enough. (Via CNN.) ...Jail, UPDATE: Three days? Three days and they let her out? WTF?! (Via NYDailyNews.com. NOTE: People is reporting "medical reasons." Yeah. Friggin. Right.) ...Heroism: We knew there was a reason why we still loved Cuba Gooding, Jr., even though he hasn't made a good movie since Jerry Maguire! (Via The Superficial.) ...Great Behavior: Oh, Akon! Will you ever......

...Flattery: Editor Jim mentioned Jean Claude Van Damme's new movie yesterday in Whiz. But linking to this story legitimizes our posting the video at the right. (Via I Watch Stuff!) ...Engagements: Indy's getting married! (Via The Superficial.) ...Schadenfreude: The Simple Life: Alcatraz? (Via TMZ.) ...Disgusting: This is sick. Truly sick. (Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?) ...Who's Your Daddy? At least he seems to be going about this in a decent and proper way. (Via......

Film: Fair Play Future Screenings: No future screenings scheduled. I actually like this year's festival trailer. From what I've observed, I think most people do. But it's been funny listening to audiences during it, as the Festival has progressed. The first couple of days, there was actually some pretty serious laughter. That gave way to polite chuckles, maybe a titter or two. By this late in the Festival, though, you can tell who's been catching......

Who doesn't love some good saw playin' action? (Via Editor Jim, Via Reader Mike V)......

...Troubles: This isn't terribly surprising. (Via People.) ...Fatherhood: Well, that's one way to be a supportive dad... (Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?) ...Whoops: It's enough to make any car lover cry. (Via The Superficial.) ...Anger Management: God, imagine if they'd been Mayan and Jewish. (Via TMZ.) ...Ummmm: From Demi Moore to Courtney Love? Really? (Via New York Daily News.) ...Autopsies: You've probably already read the stories, but it was drugs. "Accidental." But aren't they......

...Obsession: We love Hugh Grant, but clearly, we don't love Hugh Grant. (Via Editor Jim, via Cinematical.) ...Schadenfreude: And now, a moment of silence for the poor Bentley that had to be driven by... her. (Via The Superficial.) ...Infection: Here's a happy story about how everyone in Hollywood may very well have the Hep. If not yet, then soon. (Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?) ...Weird: Isn't this what everyone does before rehab? (Via Us......

...Drastic Measures: Or, she could have just stayed in rehab. (Via The Superficial.) ...Role Models: Clearly, Britney has taken a cue from Lindsay. (Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?) ...Homophobia: We mentioned this in this week's Across the Ist-A-Verse, but it bears repeating that Tim Hardaway is a homophobe. That being said, George Takei (!!) would still do him. (Original story via Chicagoist. George Takei video, embedded above, via Horny Oyster.) ...Babies! Two more. Yay!......

A Note from Editor Jim: Please welcome our newest author, Sarah Gormley! She's smart, sassy, and just generally a force to be reckoned with - and I'm not just saying that because she's my wife. Look out for posts from her in the future about volunteer opportunities around the city, as well as about various arts and entertainment topics, one of which she tackles below. Used to be you could make it until the week......

Usually, Phillyist doesn't go in for cutsey Japanese pop culture, but this song came on one of our Pandora stations while we were at the office yesterday, and we were instantly obsessed. Even though this isn't the band's actual music video, but rather a fan vid, Editor Jim tells us that the band Puffy Amiyumi appears in animated form on the cartoon Hi Hi Puffy Amiyumi, and that there's usually a short live-action section with......

Wasn't too long ago that Editor Jim tipped us all off to a new art form known as manualism. Well, today, manualism and the Eagles meet. And it is good.......

...Seriously? Oh, that Michael! He's so crazy! (Thanks to Editor Jim, via MSNBC.) ...Interesting Casting Choices: We always loved Chicago, but we'll gladly pass up this performance. (Via Broadway World.) ...Dumb dumb dumb duh-dumb: This story clearly make six different types of sense. (Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?) ...Schadenfreude: Yeah, but wouldn't it be fun to see Paris Hilton incarcerated? (Via The Superficial.) ...Logic: You mean a former drug addict was at risk......

...Ignorance: No, Gwyneth, you are American. You're not even really British. (Thanks to reader Katie—story at Blakademic.) ...Blind-siding: We definitely never saw this one coming. Nope. (Via What Would Tyler Durden Do?) ...Now, That's Just Cold: Paris Hilton needs to get over herself. We don't love Lindsay Lohan around here, but Jesus, she should not be making fun of other women's vaginas. (Via TMZ.) ...Stupid: Kate Moss, week two. (Via The Superficial.) ...Divorce: Kate Moss,......

This review was written by Phillyist reader Adam Corbett, with input from Phillyist reader, Peep Brûlée cohort, and sometime photographer, Alexis Nguyen. First and foremost, I’d like to say that Editor Jim stole my male bovid with udder thunder. As a veterinary student, I have a unique perspective on farm animals. So, with zoological and medical authority, I can state this: this movie sucks. This movie was rotten the minute the first lines of......

A few days ago, while we were compiling Elite -ist, we noticed an error. See if you can spot it too. (Hint -- it's at the very top of the page and has something to do with the alphabet.) But first, check out what's going on with our sister sites! SFist: We saw one of these ads yesterday! DCist: Pitchfork is mean, dude! Gothamist: We are happy to announce that we will be celebrating......