If you'd any doubts about the sixth borough's inferiority issues, take note: Philadelphia bloggers have resorted to teacup-sized dramatics in what can only be interpreted as a desperate attempt to assert their place in the primarily New York-based pantheon of bitchy bloggers. As reported by Philly's Daily News, the collaboraters behind Philly media-gossip-culture-catch-all blog Philebrity, Joey Sweeney and Jonathan Valania, have ended their blogationship. Yep, this is the stuff Philly media gossip is made of:

Valania and Sweeney, both former staff writers at Philadelphia Weekly, parted ways over the summer due to differing creative visions. "Yeah, mine was to not suck," Sweeney says.

My, how sharp your claws are! So what's Valania to do now? Why, start a rival blog called Phawker.com. Which is a really catchy title, we admit, but perhaps a bit too high concept. Might we suggest something slightly more original and appropriate, like Phuckwit?

Battling Bloggers [PDN]

4:20 PM on Wed Oct 4 2006
By Jessica
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ahem at 03:39 PM on 10/04/06
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It's a lot of work to read that blog. I gave up after 6 or 7 lines when he suddenly opted to go ESL for two sentences and then drop the concept even faster.
HipsterPit at 03:41 PM on 10/04/06
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Okay, why does Phawker.com blast tinny folk ballads at you?? AND WHY DIDN'T YOU WARN ME!
Killer Squid at 03:45 PM on 10/04/06
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Tinny folk ballads are soooooooo 6th borough.
JupiterPluvius at 03:46 PM on 10/04/06
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Clarify the rules of this one for me--when the fight is over, does the winner get Philadelphia? Or the loser?
TakeBackWhatYouSaidAbo... at 03:49 PM on 10/04/06
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oooh - i hope there's a Phawker Stalker so we can track sightings of all our local newscasters!
The Assimilated Negro at 03:52 PM on 10/04/06
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awww hell-to-the-naw, this is philly media and culture, and they set it off with some pholk music?

what is going on here? this is phriggin' ridiculous. WTPH?!!? Is Philly being removed from the union? looks like they're phlailing phor ... aww phorget it.
The Assimilated Negro at 03:54 PM on 10/04/06
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the whole intro is like matrix-meets-peter paul and scary. HA!

WTPH?!!?
Al Navarro at 05:06 PM on 10/04/06
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Connectedness Index: 195

First Stephen (again with the PH) Starr opens an NYC outpost. Now this. I may send back my correspondence diploma from Penn just to cut my last tie to the Nth Borough.
divaland at 10:58 AM on 10/05/06
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Slow slow slowwwww news day in NYC to report Philly cream cheese-y style shiznit?