http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=989493&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fsideshow%2F Tirdad Derakhshani was born in Tehran, Iran, and raised in London and rural North Jersey, where he closely studied a theoretical, radical post-Hegelian approach to cow-tipping. He moved to Philadelphia in the mid-‘80s to seek enlightenment, and instead received a B.A. in literature at Penn. While pursuing doctoral studies in modern religious thought and philosophy, he worked at the Inquirer as a news clerk, researcher, editor, and entertainment writer. en-us Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:57:34 GMT 2013-01-09T18:57:34Z en-us