Ready to take that walk into the real world later this month?  You might want to stick around The City of Brotherly Love as it was just named the best city for new grads by Careerbuilder.

Of course, no positive article about Philly can be written without an asinine comparison to New York:

“Philadelphia is pretty livable for people my age,” says Hyde, a Florida native who moved to the city at 22 after completing his undergrad degree in Pittsburgh. “It’s a lifestyle like New York’s, but much more affordable. People here can bunk up together like in Brooklyn if they want, but real estate is a lot less expensive than in New York.”

And even if that whole “jobs” thing isn’t enough, our young sports teams, the Sixers and the Flyers, are in the playoffs.  Philadelphia also has some of the cheapest rent prices around, and has been pretty immune to that pesky subprime thing.

Tonight at 11:30 p.m., good God do you have to watch The Colbert Report.

On Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert begins his appearances in Philadelphia, the first of four episodes to be filmed at the University of Pennsylvania’s Zellerbach Theatre.

Tonight’s guests include our Mayor Michael Nutter, huge news. John Legend is scheduled to sing the national anthem.

Meanwhile the show has been talking crap on Philly all week, including the supposed Philadelphia Tuxedo.

As reported by The Temple News, the Philadelphia region last week unveiled a text message-alert system that can warn those who sign up for the service of impending emergencies or direct them on evacuating.

Similar to the system set up by Temple.

To get you in the mood for the potential dangers, check out the below incredibly relevant video.. don’t worry it is just a dramatization.

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Ok, maybe not Philadelphia, but “Philadelphia-area”.

Tuesday night, someone flattened the tires of 40 buses in the Pennsauken school district, presumably to avoid going to school. That same person awkwardly spray-painted “Sen ’08” on one of the buses as well.
This, however, does not compete with the recent chicken run in the Northeast.

Photo courtesy of myfoxphilly.com.

A special Temple cameo from overheardinphilly.com:

The Eternal Struggle For Dominance Of The Temple Guard

Philadelphia cop comes tearing in the door and tries to jump onto an elevator, followed by a shouting Temple cop:

Philly cop: “I outrank you!”
Temple cop: “No, *I* outrank *you*!”

Temple University Dental School
Overheard by Feeling safe in Philly

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Stephen Colbert, the satirical scourge of the political right, is coming to Philadelphia, taping shows from April 14 to the 17th. Sorry, tickets are already gone.

He’ll be taping in the Annenberg Center For The Performing Art’s 900-seat Zellerbach Theatre at the University of Pennsylvania. (hat tip to Dan for finding the location of taping, 3/19/08)

Just days before the April 22 primary, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will square off at the National Constitution Center, according to Forbes.com (as written by former Philadelphia Inquirer Managing Editor Carl Lavin).

The bruhaha will take place on April 16, the 21st debate among Democrats, though just the second between only Clinton and Obama. A handful of then-contenders debated at Drexel Universty in October.

Plans are already underway for another debate in North Carolina before its May 6 primary, though their are no guarantees both candidates will still be in the running after Pennsylvania Democrats vote. Obama has agreed to the date.