Rocky and Rambo have sided with the soldier: Sylvester Stallone told Fox News yesterday morning that he is backing John McCain in his presidential bid. We find his justification reasonable, though perhaps less elegant than it could be: "I like McCain a lot. A lot," Stallone said. He called the Republican the right character for the times. "The script that's being written - and the reality - is pretty brutal and pretty hard-edged like a......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Extra, extra! Google cares a lot less about the First Amendment than we thought. Think those squirrels you see frolicking in the park are adorable and harmless? Not in Denver, where apparently, they're carrying the plague. On this day ten years ago? Computer Deep Blue Something (how 1997 can you get?!) beats its human opponent in tournament-level chess. In what's surely an attempt......

We always start our weekends with these big plans, but by Monday morning we realize that we were lucky to get a load of laundry done. Woe is us -- but at least we're up-to-speed with our brother and sister -ists. Austinist: That's obvious. Chuck Norris could build a suspension bridge with his own two hands overnight. Sampaist: Who cares what this is about? It's got a cute puppy. Bostonist: Umm...scary? SFist: Miss us this......

Even as the stores sport back to school sales (which depress us, even now), summer lingers on your friends the -ists. This week's collection of links provides some of the best, worst, and oddest bits of summer fun. So, bring your laptop up onto the roof, make yourself an umbrella drink or ten, and enjoy this week's choice posts from across the Gothamist network. Torontoist (where it's 75 degrees F as of this writing)......

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Ever seen a monkey riding a bull? Well, click here and you will have. You can thank us later. Chris's Invincible Super-Blog takes a break from comic-reviewing to do a little book-reviewing: Chuck Norris book-reviewing! ISB's hilarious, hand-illustrated summary of Chuck Norris's new Civil War novel The Justice Riders, starring Ezra Justice, is something you really have to read for yourself.......

A few days ago, a friend emailed us to say that he was ready to drink the Phillies Kool Aid and believe that this is for real. We advised him to hold off because we had a feeling that this could be a very streaky team. They seemed prone to putting together long winning and long losing streaks. After going 13-1, the Phils have dropped two to the Milwaukee Brewers. We’re not saying that......

by Neil McGarry Daniel McQuade, formerly of The Evening Bulletin, recently became Philadelphia Weekly’s official blogger/puppy maven at Philadelphia Will Do. We took a few minutes of Dan's time at a coffee shop on 12th Street to get his views on blogs and media, which suprisingly aren't exactly the same thing. And, of course, we spoke about Philadelphia as well. When did you start blogging? I had a Web site when I was in 7th......