OK, maybe it’s just a little too pleased with itself—the gay husband is the punchline and not merely part of the scenery—but still: We didn’t […]

Do you know anyone who is up-dating? (Or updating?) Do you know what up-dating is? Because we just can’t help ourselves from making up new […]

The U.S. Olympics Committee is soliciting bids to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, but Mayor Michael Nutter isn’t so sure Philadelphia will be making the […]

At some point, we’ve all remarked without really meaning it that we were so hungry we could eat a horse; now, across Europe, thousands of […]

Science! Danish gastroenterologist Jacob Rosenberg has done the research and determined that it’s good for passengers to fart while flying—holding it in can be uncomfortable […]

The LA Times features a story about Buzkashi Boys, which has been nominated for an Academy Award in the live-action short category. The Afghanistan film […]

Cory Wade Hindorff better smize.

Huffington Post reports on federal drug charges against Will Smith’s brother-in-law Dee Lawrence Downs, married to the actor’s younger sister Ellen. Downs was the target of […]

I love writing for the Philly Post, but I feel obligated to point this out: Businesses don’t shut for President’s Day—at least businesses that plan […]

AP reports on a “time machine”—100 feet long and 16 feet across—being built at the Kimmel Center for the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, March […]

The New Scientist reports we can now make working hearts using one of those newfangled 3D printers. Watch one in action: The magazine says: “A […]

This past week, The Atlantic published “An Explanation for the Gender Gap in Biking.” I, a bike novice, did not realize that anyone was even […]

The Inquirer reports that the Philadelphia Marathon is moving from Nov. 24 to Nov. 17, in order to accommodate the U.S. Green Building Council’s 2013 […]

AP reports on Robby Giuliano’s fifth-grade class at Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School in West Chester, where she’s replaced uncomfortable wooden and plastic chairs with … yoga balls: […]

NPR reports that across-the-board budget cuts scheduled to take place March 1 will be particularly noticeable at the airport: “Danny Werfel of the Office of […]