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You wouldn't know it from looking at me, or from looking at Ross, but this Phillyist has always had a thing for bad boys. Somewhere near the top of my list of dirty, sexy, hunky sits Anthony Bourdain. Sure, he's got a history of substance abuse, smokes like a chimney, is far too fond of fried foods, and, oh yeah, is old enough to be my father. But I'd run off on a culinary adventure...

The big news this morning in both the Daily News and the Inquirer is that two more Philadelphia police officers were shot last night "as they attempted to serve a warrant in a narcotics investigation in the city's Frankford section." This morning, a 16-year-old male has been arrested in connection with the shooting. The Inquirer has a bit of a preview of the major policy report PennPraxis will be unveiling tonight about the development...

I'm not going to lie: I text a lot. I got into the habit in high school - it was a means for inter-class note passing. Sure, we weren't supposed to have our phones on campus, but our teachers very rarely seemed to notice or care. But even back then, as a cellphone-obsessed teenager, I tried to keep things polite. Not, admittedly, for my teachers (seriously, text messaging in AP statistics is decidedly impolite), but for the people around me and the people receiving my messages.

Performance: Litttle Girl Blue (Pheralyn Dove a.k.a. "Lady Dove") (No future performances)

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Do you like to bake? Phillyist sure does. While we admit that we sometimes do the brownies out of a box, the cookies are always homemade. Alas, though we love the process of baking, and the way the apartment smells with chocolate chips melting in the oven, those pesky New Year’s resolutions about eating better keep us from firing up the KitchenAid mixer too often. What's a baker to do?

What's new and/or interesting at Philly theaters this weekend.

We needed some time to recuperate after yesterday's celebrations, and to get over the pleasant shock of last night's easy Eagles win (thank you, Santa!). But now, here we are again, back with a bevy of Philly-flavored news items.

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend.

Dear Feet:

It's a good time to release a documentary about a rockstar activist speaking out against the President and his administration for continuing a costly and unpopular war in a foreign country. And indeed in some ways The U.S. vs. John Lennon is about current events; a number of the interviewees make comparisons to contemporary figures and occurrences, and comparisons not voiced out loud in the film were voiced out loud by audience members in the theater. There were even some modern anti-war activists on hand at the screening I attended, handing out posters and leaflets and so forth - even WMGK, the local radio station at the screening, was giving out buttons reading "War Is Over! If you want it" (the text of a poster that John and Yoko put up one Christmas in cities all over the world). This gave a fresh relevance to the film and brought its thirty-year-old subject handily into the present.

This headline comes in from Philly.com: "Tierney assumes publisher's job."

You know who's going to be upset about those Bikini Bandits? The Houston school system. Houstonist also reports on some redevelopment shenanigans over a landmark theater.

The back of the bus gets to your stop at the same time as the front - so unless you're getting off in two stops or less, move away from the doors to make room for your fellow riders. (And if you're getting off in two stops or less, maybe you should consider eschewing the bus all together. Walking is excellent for your cardiovascular health.) And while we have your ear, might we also suggest:

...Betrothal: Titty McTitterson and that White Trash guy who once sang a song about --cowboys, was it? -- are tying the knot. May god have mercy on their offspring. (Via .)

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