Luckily, Philadelphia’s weblog community can hang with the big dogs-

It’s a screen capture from Google Reader, as the post has since been deleted from Mr. Dillon’s site.

But not to worry! He still has the “last photos taken of her” up on the site.

Oh, well, the last photos he took of her, at any rate. And really, isn’t that what counts, in the final analysis?

Yes, James Taylor- a terrible, terrible dream.

From Wikipedia:

Scrapple is a savory mush of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal and flour, often buckwheat flour. The mush is formed into a loaf, and slices of the scrapple are then fried before serving. Scraps of meat left over from butchering, not used or sold elsewhere, were made into scrapple to avoid waste. Scrapple is best known as a regional American food of Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland…

…Scrapple is typically made of hog offal, such as the head, heart, liver, and other scraps, which are boiled with any bones attached (often the entire head), to make a broth.

Okay. Let’s read that again. “Head, heart, liver, and other scraps.” Reading Terminal Market even holds a little festival for it.

Do you folks actually eat this stuff? Or, is it more of a “dare” kind of food, something you use to show off how tough you are?

I believe you, Philadelphia- you’re tough, I get it. You can put down the facade and put down the scrapple.

Please explain this to me. Thank you.

Ah, thank you, New Jersey’s Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.

BONUS PRO TIP: Also a chance to pull out the ol’ bikini photo galleries! Local televison news sites love photo galleries.

Well played, NBC 10. Well played.

Local artist Stewart Dean Ebersole is working with photographer Jared Castaldi on a book called Barred for Life. It’s a collection of images of Black Flag fans’ bars tattoos, along with a history of the band’s fans and of the iconic symbol. Ebersole and Castaldi have already done shoots of ink from Philly, Lancaster, West Chester, Jersey City, New York City and Sunbury, Ohio, and will be doing a major shoot for the book this Sunday. If you have bars, head to Tattooed Mom’s on Sunday, March 15, between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. to get your bars shot and tell your story. There’ll be a live tattoo session to boot.

Kind of sad that this is going to totally overshadow the similar event being held at Tops Bar on Saturday for people with Thin Lizzy tattoos.

Odd thing about the article, though- with the two example pages, it makes me wonder if every single Black Flag fan ends up becoming a hair stylist.

While we’re on the subject, if you’re not following the Bulletin’s Twitter feed, you’re missing the awesome:

Yes, in a crate.

As a friend just commented, “Jesus, that’s all The Wire and shit.”

Indeed.

The religious cult that Ria Reshma Ramkissoon belonged to shunned health care and formal education. The leaders were known as “King” and “Queen,” and their followers called themselves “Prince” and “Princess.”

They were forbidden to interact with loved ones outside the cult without a member’s supervision.

And they may be killers.

Two days after police found a dead baby stuffed in a suitcase hidden in South Philadelphia, Ramkissoon’s relatives in Baltimore await a phone call that they suspect will confirm their worst fears: that the infant is Ramkissoon’s 18-month-old son, Javon Thompson.

Relatives fear that cult members starved the tot to death because he refused to say “Amen.”

Chicken Ranch Sandwich
Grilled chicken coated in crunchy Cool Ranch Doritos, deep fried and served on a kaiser roll with lettuce, romato and Ranch dressing. Served with Cool Ranch Doritos.

Wow. I… I have nothing.

Just above that is the “Backyard Sandwich,” featuring beef steak, chicken steak and bacon.

Turf Club Menu [pdf]