Ok, Ok, fair enough, so we raised that money the week before Christmas for the Emergency Utility Relief Fund, and I finally counted it up today. I’m a loser. I’ll send the check out on Monday. We raised a total of $237, which is pretty awesome. While I wish that part of the money raised could go toward turning off the heat of the people who run PGW, I find plenty of consolation in the fact that we are going to help some people keep their heat on. Thanks again for your help in this matter, and we’ll do it again soon.

Proving that the whole Men’s Health Fittest/Fattest issue is a complete mockery which consists of like three writers just pulling cities out of a hat, Baltimore was named the fittest city in America. But what was even more shocking was that Philly did not even make the 10 fattest cities, only a year after finishing 2nd fattest. I was surprised b/c I have personally hurt the team by gaining weight since last January. I guess it was that influx of healthy New Yorkers into our little borough that has pulled us up by the bootstraps. Thank you, New York!

Anybody got access to video equipment and video editing equipment? I need to make like a 5 minute tape. I can pay some, but not a fortune, and it should be pretty fun to make. Please contact me if you have any connections.

This from philly.com:
The Phillies made a move to bolster their starting rotation, agreeing to terms with right-handed pitcher Ryan Franklin on Thursday, pending a physical. Franklin, who was suspended 10 days after testing positive for a steroid, went 8-15 with a 5.10 ERA in 190 2-3 innings with Seattle last season.

Wait, did you just say “bolster their starting rotation” with a pitcher who has a winning percentage of .347 while he’s on the juice? Can you imagine how awful this guy is gonna be once he kicks the habit? There’s more:
While Franklin has won at least 10 games only once, he was durable for the Mariners, making 94 starts with six complete games over the last three seasons. He also pitched over 200 innings in 2003 and 2004.

What??? He’s durable? Oh, gee whiz that’s great. I would hate for him to lose 2 out of every 3 games for only part of the season and then go out with an injury. This way, we’re gonna get to watch him lose all year long!! That’s like saying, “The Eagles may have finished 6-10 this season, but they fielded a team for all 16 games, playing each and every one for the full 60 minutes. What durability!”

A.D. Amorosi (above) is a media overlord who works as a contributing editor at Philadelphia Inquirer/Knight Ridder, a music writer/art hag/gossipy column bitch at CityPaper, an arts&fashion editor at Edge, a senior editor at Mean and Chord, a contributor to Pitchfork and NYPress.
And along with his on-air weekly duties at NBC 10 TV’s morning show,10!, he can be seen hosting/booking and spinning every Monday night at Bar Noir, every Friday night at Glam, and lots of inbetweenie well-paid DJ gigs.

1. If you could have dinner with any 2 Philly celebrities of the past, who would they be and why?
Frank Rizzo. Because he was a people person.
Howard Eskin. Oh. Wait. he’s not dead? Wishful thinking.

2. What musical artist or song do you have in your collection that you are a little bit ashamed of?
Nirvana.

3. What would be your dream job?
Being me. That would be so great for me. If you have a contact, I’d surely appreciate it. I hear I’m as a****** to talk to. And that you have to blow me for any sortofa favor.

4. What’s are your favorite hip-hop groups of all time?
A Tribe Called Quest, the Last Poets, the Band.

5. Who is your favorite US president of all time?
Abraham Lincoln: such a queen.

I mean, this story about the infamous New Year’s Eve party just will not go away. It started with our good friends at NBC, gathered some steam in the Metro, and today made it all the way to the Inquirer. The organizer of the event, Anthony Dimeo, is currently being blasted on the Tucker Maxx message board. Dimeo, of course, is best known for suing Jessica Pressler at the Philadelphia Weekly.

That game last night was one of the most incredible I have ever seen. I remember hearing that Vince Young was seriously pissed about not winning the Heisman, and thinking, “This guy is out of his mind if he thinks he’s even close to Reggie Bush.” Well, for a night at least, he was even better. Somebody said last night, “Man, that Penn State game was one you hated to see one team lose.” I said, “Actually, it was one I hated to see either team win.” It was close, but it was sloppy. The Texas-USC game was one you actually hated to see a team lose. I have watched literally hundreds and hundreds of football games in my life, and I don’t remember seeing a second half as exciting as that one, at least not in a game of this importance, since the Bills made that comeback against the Oilers. This is one of those rare games where you will always remember where you were and who you were with when you saw it.
Related: Sports Guys hilarious recap of the game. Best line: How can you be white with the name Mack Brown?

(Note: I have just added Part Two of the set list. It is directly below part one.)
A guy on Dork Sided at O’Neals had a kool idea last week. He said, “Why don’t you post your set lists on the website sometimes?” So I think I might occasionally post a list of the songs I play between rounds of quizzo and give you a few facts about some of the performers. The following is my set list from the Bards last night.
Big Rock Candy Mountain: A strange starter. It was a quiet night last night, and I was feeling kind of mellow. The song was originally recorded in 1928 by Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock.
Black Dog by Led Zeppelin: I was, like everybody else in the known world, a pretty big fan of Led Zep in high school. Don’t play much of ’em at quizzo, but came across this on the ipod and it seemed like a good call. Black Dog is a slang term for clinical depression.
How Many MCs Must Get Dissed? by Black Moon: This group’s debut album, Enta da Stage, released in 1992, is considered a classic. An actual Black moon occurs when there is no new moon in a calendar month. The next one will occur in February 2014.

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Alright, here’s the rest of the songs I played at Bards last night.

Hard to Handle by Etta James: This song was originally recorded by Otis Redding, but wasn’t released until after his death. Etta James is, of course, best known for her song, “At Last”.
DWYCK by Gangstarr with Nice and Smooth: Gangstarr has long been a legend in the underground hip hop scene, and gained some fans outside of hip-hop with his Jazzmattazz albums. On this song he is joined by two guys with nice voices but laughingly awful lyrics. Perhaps the most unintentionally hilarious rap line ever comes from Smooth B in this song: Like a rhinoceros, my speed is prosperous. And pure knowledge expands from my esophagus This marks the only time in hip hop history someone has rhymed rhinoceros and esophagus.

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