http://www.philly.com/philly/living RSS Feed for P-com Living en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:51:44 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/living/20091121_Prison_guard_teaches_the_art_of_beauty.html Whether at her 6-year-old daughter's gymnastics class or on a Caribbean vacation with a girlfriend, Jackie Wescott inevitably ends up chatting with somebody. But she hesitates when the conversation turns to work because Wescott's job takes some explaining. http://www.philly.com/philly/living/20091120_Rowan_football_team_taps_ailing_boy_s_spirit.html No one thought Luke DeFilippo would come this far. Luke, 7, has a rare brain tumor, gliomatosis cerebri. When doctors diagnosed it in October 2003, they told Rick and Laura DeFilippo of Audubon that their baby had two months to two years left. But Luke has far outlived that grim prognosis. http://www.philly.com/philly/living/20091118_ap_holyhiphoptryingtobreakintomainstream.html Radio play was the key for hip-hop music to grow into the global juggernaut it is today. http://www.philly.com/philly/living/20091117_A_forum_in_Phila__for_black_men.html A few months before the presidential election, Gregory Walker, a 45-year-old public health advocate, stopped into the Walnut Street ING cafe. He ordered a green tea and logged on to a computer to pay some bills. http://www.philly.com/philly/living/20091118_Straight_talk_for_kids_on_the_brink.html Nyema Thrones is ready for change, waiting to be reinstated to a school from which she was kicked out for fighting. http://www.philly.com/philly/living/20091119_Veterans_Assistance_Project_offers_aid_in_N_J_.html Outside Ramadi, Iraq, Army First Lt. Vince Caliguire and his platoon were tipped off to an attack and were ready and waiting that October morning in 2006. http://www.philly.com/philly/living/20091118_Dear_Abby_.html DEAR ABBY: Please don't think I'm stupid for asking this, but I need some help. The practice of letter-writing appears to be a dying form because of e-mail and texting - which I'm good at. http://www.philly.com/philly/living/20091116_Frank_Lloyd_Wright-designed_synagogue_adds_visitor_center.html Architect Frank Lloyd Wright spent the final months before his death in 1959, at the improbable age of 91, wresting two of his greatest buildings to completion. http://www.philly.com/philly/living/20091117_Dear_Abby__Hunting___being_hunted_by__cougars__is_OK_with_them.html DEAR ABBY: In your response to the letter from " 'Cougar' in New York," you invited your male readers to share their thoughts. http://www.philly.com/philly/living/20091115_Annette_John-Hall__Sisters_follow_faith_on_hajj.html When Naeemah Khabir heard the news that an Army psychiatrist of Middle Eastern descent was accused in the shooting rampage that killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, one of her first thought was: "Oh, goodness. I bet he's Muslim."