Phriday Philler: City of Brotherly Love Edition

Terrible catchphrases aside, gonna give it up for the illest of delphs.


First, I'm considering joining the "Sons of Ben" fanclub for the Philly MLS team. A team which does not yet exist. But who could turn down an opportunity to be a SoB? Not me thats for sure. Oh and some British news organization had an article about the group and how soccer fans are fucking nuts in general.

Next, this weekend is the Manayunk Bike Race. US Cycling describes it thusly: "More than 160 of the world's top professional cyclists descend upon the city of Philadelphia to race in the longest running and richest single-day cycling road race in the United States. The cyclists will compete over ten laps of a 14.4 mile circuit over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Kelly Drive and Manayunk Wall in one of the biggest special sporting events in the United States." BTW the Manayunk Wall is a 17% grade.
More impressive I think are the drunken jackasses who race down the hill on shopping carts and other wheeled devices during "Midnight Madness" on Saturday night. The quality on this video kinda sucks, but it gives you an idea.


Finally, here's a shoutout to (probably) the creme de la creme of Philly blogs, Philadelphia Will Do. I know a guy who knows the guy who writes it. Small World. Oh man, Ira Einhorn invented the internet. Murderers who fled to France but then came back to serve prison time many years later are hilarious.


That's it, I'm going to go do some rails of Sweet'N Low, enjoy the weekend.