Hang on a second. You lost me at the double-negatives. When you say "not unlike," do you mean that they're not going to try to sneak explosives onto planes via personal hygiene products packed in little clear baggies? Do you mean they're going to try something else? It's paperback books, isn't it? Little hollowed-out cores of James Patterson novels. I knew it!

I don't know if there is any way to measure bad driving, but judging from the dropped jaws of my out-of-town guests, Philadelphia is a national leader in automotive chaos.

Sectarian violence has breached the peace of our home. World-class strife has taken over our Society Hill apartment, and even now its factions are preparing for battle. As soon as they finish their afternoon naps.

Consider picking up a shovel with that hot dog next time! | It is so frustrating to see "liberal" publications such as yours display such cluelessness when it comes to Mumia. | Capital punishment is a way to strike at those who prey on minorities; it is in blacks' best interest.

"We're at a point in time when talking about the problem is nothing but an exercise in entertaining ourselves," said Cosby, who was sporting a Temple U hoodie, sweatpants and sandals during a 75-minute riff that seemed much more conversational than rehearsed. "This is not entertainment. When a child shoots another child, that's two children gone."

The electric-car prototype, which can run for eight hours after a two-hour charge but can't run in heavy rain, fits in with the state's Growing Greener Initiative.

Nothing could prepare fans of Kyle Cassidy's luxurious aesthetic with the equally plush and potent photos that famously fill Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes.

"A sacred ritual in the Ziegler household is our weekly "rock block." Basically, my wife and kids and me eat hoagies, drink Yuenglings and watch three Rocky movies back to back."—Philly Boy Roy Ziegler

The Exception, already an international best-seller, is as wonderfully creepy and suspenseful as it is nutritious.

A Harvard psychologist argues that evolution is the real culprit behind increasing obesity rates.

Each figure, carefully crafted from weathered wood and found objects, seems to tell a different story with its often-curious body parts.

A) you can't shush a person whose skull has yet to fully develop; and B) any parent who insists on bringing their seed to an ultra-violent Jason Statham/Jet Li flick is likely immune to your entire arsenal of dirty looks.

The best record of 2007 opens with African children running alongside a Humvee, banging on the doors to get the attention of the people inside.

Rain, giver of life, despoiler of picnics and metaphor for life's rough patches is also a bummer for scalpers.

Like your diaspora with a sneer? Daniel Kahn's Painted Bird plays the type of klezmer that would feel at home behind chicken wire and in front of a mosh pit full of whirling dervishes.

When did VHS or Beta become sleek, decking itself out in chic basslines and flirty sexy-man vocals? 

Becoming an internationally acclaimed fiddler sounds so simple when Michael Cleveland talks about it.

1 Stonewall's Wild and Spicy Jerquee | 2 Primal Stick Pepperoni | 3 Primal Strips Shiitake Mushroom Hot & Spicy | 4 Tofurkey Peppered Jurky | 5 Tasty Eats Sugar-Free Tandoori Chick'n

Magic Hat Beer Dinner | September Cooking Series: Tour of Italy | Chaddsford Winery Jazz Festival | Surf and Turf at the Bongo Bar | Gypsy Saloon's 5 at 5 Menu

Anti-humor might be a tough sell, but that hasn't stopped Neil Hamburger from putting on a wrinkled tux and performing hundreds of perplexingly, pathetically funny shows per year.

Sioux Zanne Messix is adding some serious glam to necklines with her champagne top necklaces.

Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe| Writing for Life | Recipes for Success | Acting Without Boundaries | Philagrafika

Just as the summer reaches its humidity-drenched slowest, the merciful gods of entertainment are giving Philly The Art of War Lyricist Competition, a literary battle royal that pits slam poets against traditional MCs.

Sometimes things are a little too civilized for my taste. Carnivolution, a six-hour musical freak show, is just what the shaman ordered to cure that 9-to-5 kink in my psyche.

Paper Doll Trashion, Jungle Sweat and Burn, Bite and Backstab: These are just some of the feisty fragrances offered by Diana Rajchel's Magickal Realism on DIY hotspot Etsy.com.

Suzanne Aumack has 1,100 hula songs on her iPod and 20 years worth of hip-shaking experience. Along with her partner, Connie Majka, she's bringing the Polynesian dance to the 'burbs with Main Line Hula.