Blogged Around Philly

What happened this week in the City of Bloggerly Love...

Philebrity clued us in on where to go to find out what a hipster is. There's actually a whole seminar about them. Better sign up soon as we're sure this one will be filled to capacity with scholars trying to unravel the mysteries of shaggy hair and ironic t-shirts.

Jim Rutter at Broad Street Review thought fallen NY governor Eliot Spitzer could take some pointers from the bard. Not that Shakespeare ever dropped $4,300 on some sweet lovin', but he does know how to present an ironic morality play. Life imitates art yet again (minus the iambic pentameter).

Attytood was on the Spitzer case as well, digging up the MySpace profile of the now-infamous "Kristen," aka Ashley Alexandra Dupre. She's cute and all, but we want to know what exactly she did that was worth $4,300. We're guessing she didn't sing to him, though her song lyrics are telling: "I know what you need... can you handle me?" Well, Eliot—can you?

Philly Skyline's B Love urged us to start planning the implosion viewing party for March 30, when the Mantua Hall housing project at 36th and Fairmount will come tumbling down. You'll have to scroll down their blog to read the article and get suggestions for where to set up camp, because they're not into the fancy permalinks over there.

Geekadelphia decried London's counter-terrorism efforts and pondered over-the-top bling, from hip hop chain overload to Philly's own spangled grills. We're pretty sure Crayolas don't count though.

The good folks at Foobooz got all verklempt over a press release for a Bavarian festival. Hell, any opportunity to use the word lederhosen works for us. Lederhosen, lederhosen, lederhosen. Also, there are lots of beers mentioned in the release, which they ran in its entirety. Yay, beer!

Phillybits was aghast over a woman who sat on the toilet so long that she actually fused to the seat. We're not making this up, and neither were they. Perhaps even more disturbing is this quote from the neighbor: "It really doesn't surprise me." Really? Because we're still in shock that such a thing is even physically possible.

And finally, from the Conspiracy Theory Department, Scrappleface's Scott Ott (hey! that rhymes!) revealed a CIA plot to assassinate Castro. We wonder if this plan would've been revealed sooner if not for the CIA's overzealous use of black highlighters.

Image of a toilet without a woman stuck to it courtesy of Flickr user Est Bleu2007.