I know we haven’t heard from Bobby B. in a while, but this week he made quite a triumphant return, as he has a column in this weeks Metro. “It pays better than Goodtimes’ penny-ante website,” says Bobby, “Though still not nearly as much money as I’m worth.”

My column this week is fun facts about St. Petersburg, home of the Rays (there’s it stunning skyline view, above). It has already gotten one letter to the editor from a person who’s not really brushed up on sarcasm (I am not making this up):
It did not seem possible that a population of 250,000 could be made up of persons age 85 or older to the amount of 90%. Wilkipedia does seem to have a more accurate population break down. -Brian

My latest column is on Philadelphia legend Joey Eye, a Pennsylvania’s 7-time Cut Man of the Year. He’s the guy that literally stops the bleeding in a boxing match, ensuring that the boxer he works for can keep on fighting, even if blood is pouring down his face. One thing he said that didn’t make the column was what he tells boxers when they come back to the corner with a bad cut. “Gotta keep ’em calm, so I never tell ’em how bad the cut is. They could be bleeding like a stuck pig, and I’ll say, ‘Ahhhh, that’s nothin’. I’ve had worse cuts shaving.'” The photo above is not of him of course. If you wanna see what Joey Eye looks like, check out the boxing video I recently did. (he’s at the 1:03 mark).

This week, it’s all about the Benjamins.

Here’s my latest about my bad prophesying skills. Case in point: a few weeks ago, after the Phils lost two of three to the Nationals, I sent out a text saying, “Season over. A bunch of underachieving chokers.” I was reminded of that by three different people within minutes of The Phils win over the Braves on Monday.

Here’s some interesting and not so well known Eagles facts.

The latest is on my favorite teacher, Mrs. Gladden. Who was your favorite teacher?

My latest column is how it is impossible to purchase an iPhone in America’s 5th largest city, even if you have the money to do so. I’m turning into Andy Rooney.

The latest is on unlikely rap feuds, in light of the recent throwdown between Nas and Bill O’Reilly. (Let’s not kid ourselves, Nas is doing this to drive up sales of his new album, and O’Reilly is responding to it because he sees an opportunity to remain relevant.) Any other unlikely rap feuds that you can think of?

My latest write up in the Metro is about local reporters acting nutty. The video above is the infamous Jessica Savitch report that probably would have ended her career had she not died just three weeks later. Here’s some more info on Savitch. And by the way, were there any good local reporter antics that I left out of the story?