Good Grief!

Actually, the Philadelphia Fringe Festival is now under a larger umbrella called the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. Trust me, this is the most wonderful time of the year. For two weeks, beginning this Friday, September 3 (daily schedule), the city will be overrun with characters galore.
During the Festival, the boundaries between artists, performers, […]

Someone told me I look like Andrea Barber, a child star who played Kimmi on Full House and Carrie Brady on Days of our Lives. Remember the website that was all the rage a few months ago? The one where you upload your photo and it tells you what celebrity you look like? […]

What is this? It’s what happens when you’re too scared to play Ukrainian Quizzo.
UPDATE: Yeah, J the Obscure and I are scared of Ukrainians and their hard trivia questions, but we are not scared of puppets. So we went to this weekend’s Puppet Uprising, held at the Rotunda in Philadelphia’s University City.
Sadly, […]

He is in rare form this week. Overheard from across the hall:

“My mojo is gone! They’ve ruined my mojo!”
“My Outlook is doggin’ me. WOOOOF. WOOOOF.”
[to his computer] “Who’s your daddy?”
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The weekend plans are in shambles. Shambles! First of all, “Gypsy” writes in: “I hate to burst your bubble but…I don’t believe Mr. Mortensen has been staying awake at night waiting for your positive reply to go out with him.” Well, Gypsy, you are wrong. Seriously, though, peruse some of the […]

For those who have forgotten about the market report, it’s like a stock report for produce. Ken Klein, a local grocer, writes it as a weekly newspaper column and kindly allows me to post it here.
This week’s executive summary:

Tomato damage in New Jersey and Florida has resulted in higher prices.
Blueberries have doubled in price.
Expect […]

It’s just one harmless little sign in an entire book of harmless little signs–a birthday gift from Special K. But someone had the nerve to sneak into my office and leave a note. If you look carefully, you can see that the note-leaver USED MY HELLO KITTY TAPE. The Hello Kitty tape […]

Here’s a story for you Apple geeks out there. On Sunday, my friends Sweet E and Jewish G got married. Jewish G’s brother gave a great toast:
In our high school yearbook, most seniors filled the space below their pictures with quotes, favorite memories, or maybe a shout out to friends. Not my […]

To do list:

Start political action committee: Swiss Cheesesteak Veterans for Truth. We will raise money for a pre-election Cheesesteak Gate media blitz.
Rewrite about me page. Why didn’t anyone tell me how much the about me page sucks?
Finish writing dating manifesto.
Get past page 52 of In the Name of the Rose.
Unlock the secrets […]

I’ve always wanted a weblog feature that would automatically disable the comments for older posts. But then we’d miss out on the Viggo Mortensen stalkers:
if this is the real viggo then your eyes speak louder then your words for i see pain and saddness in them, a longing for something that can’t be found. […]