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Inconvenient TruthinessLooking into the loophole in the tour guide trivia test.
by Tom NamakoCity Council passed a bill that required tour guides in Philadelphia to pass a
history test and register with the city to do their job. The move came after many citizens and newspaper columnists noticed that
some of the guides were feeding their paying customers fiction, and
passing it off as fact.
IcepackAmorosi on the news, nightlife, gossip and bitchiness beats.
by A.D. AmorosiWhat we're hearing is that there're bunches of old-school regulars
unhappy with the food. How anyone can fuck up burgers and cheesecake is beyond me.
The Daily InquirerFrom the Philadelphia Encyclopedia of Stuff That Didn't Happen (Yet)
by Joel TannenbaumThe working strategy was to retain the News' tabloid format and the Inquirer's
more muted editorial style and international focus, although the latter
tended now to concentrate upon popular Australian sports such cricket,
beach cricket and dwarf-tossing.
Running NumbersA scholarly look at the digits that matter.
by Nick NorlenTwo hours might be just enough to explain the rules of my own personal
favorite, "Scrabblegories," which is of course Scrabble and
Scattergories played simultaneously.