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href="http://londonist.com/2008/01/6_years_on_amne.php">Amnesty International bringing Guantanamo Bay to the American embassy to raise the profile of the continuing campaign to close the detention center.

To the Writers Guild of America: It's not that I don't support your fight. I do. I've signed your petition. I'm a writer myself, and I'd hate it if I wasn't profiting from my own work. (If I was working in TV or film, that is – bloggers don't exactly earn residuals...) But here's the thing: as I write this, I'm watching a month-old episode of Journeyman. My DVR is 95% full. I've just discovered...

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. A handy list for frequenters of fast food restaurants like ourselves: The 88 Fast Food Items Most Likely To Kill You. We're pleased to say that most of these are from places we don't ever go to. But we're depressed to see McDonalds' fries and Burger King's chicken fries included. We love those! (Via Sarah) And speaking of unhealthy foods, how about some...

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What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

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Ah, Fourth of July! It's time for parades, fireworks, and barbecues. Lots of barbecues. But surprisingly, barbecues, those gatherings amongst friends and family which serve no purpose other than to feed and, perhaps, inebriate one's nearest and dearest, can be a hotbed of rudeness – and around a hot grill, rudeness can equate to a certain degree of danger. Following are tips for having a polite and safe Fourth of July barbecue, whether you're grilling or eating.

This week we'd like to congratulate the -ist network's Mother Hen, Gothamist's Jen Chung, who found herself a recipient of Wired Magazine's Wired Rave Award. If that doesn't sound terribly exciting, keep in mind another recipient was J.K. Rowling. Yep, that's right, the -ist network and Harry Potter now have something in common. Go us.

Girls Rock Philly is part of a foundation that works to run summer camps for local girls, ages ten through eighteen, in which they get the opportunity to "make their own band." In the process, they do musical training, while also honing their song writing skills and learning how to design band merchandise. Girls Rock Camp began in Portland, Oregon, in 2000, and this year will be its first summer in Philly.

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Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the Gothamist network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we love you, our readers. Don't let it get to your heads, though. There are plenty of things we love, you included. Just be glad you're not amongst the things we hate.

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week.

Megan and Mason Wendell

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Austinist: We can safely say, the answer is "no."

Austinist: They couldn't just walk down the street and count?

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But it's Friday. And Stephen Colbert is fuckin' brilliant.

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Well, we tried. We were so close, too. Damn you, Miami, for preventing an all -ist reunion! Paris even came to the party.

We may have made a mistake, all those months ago, when we decided to give each day's Elite -ist its own unique headline. Because today, we can't think of a single thing to write. Check in tomorrow. And hey, support your -ists!

DVR is supposed to make TV viewing quicker. So when it takes nearly two hours to watch a one hour show, we're thinking something is wrong. Comcast says they'll replace our cable box, but we lose everything saved on our DVR. And that sucks. But hey, at least Comcast doesn't do our internet. And their commercials are at least moderately amusing.

While we sit here in Philly praying for some rain to cool things down a little, Ma and Pa Phillyist are sitting back home waiting for the desert to stop flooding. This could be the apocalypse, folks. But at least there are pictures.

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...Insanity: Connie Chung might just be crazy. The best part is where she gets off the piano and grunts like it really takes effort. (We first saw it on , but the video is hosted on YouTube and embedded above.

- From the Philly LiveJournal Community, This is the City of Brotherly Love, we learn about two events taking place this very weekend: a straight-edge, vegan-friendly Scavenger Hunt and the local manifestation of the 2006 Global Cannibis March.

As we write this, we're still in bed. We had the day off today and didn't see much reason to get up and get dressed till after we finished all of our very important blogger duties. Fortunately, our iBook enables us to stay in bed till we absolutely have to get up. Which is, right about now. (Our sister -ists have been out of bed for hours, though. Keep reading to see what they've been doing while we were being lazy!)

Blankbaby provides a flashback about an OCD monarch...