Archive for May, 2005



I guess Jim Thome got bored on the disabled list, because today he paid a visit to the soulless office park. It’s National Hospital Week, you know.
Buttwise, Thome is no Pat Burrell. No offense, Jim.

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Frankly, I am shocked that no enterprising weblogger has taken on the project of documenting the life and times of Lititz, Pennsylvania. I’d do it myself, but I’m only there a few times a year. My current Lititz goal is to track down “shoe man,” a former state trooper who sits in his […]

The Market Report is a weekly column written by Ken Klein of Klein’s Supermarket in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighborhood. He writes the column for the Art Museum Area News and kindly allows me to post it here. The report is a fascinating look at the forces that drive the quality and price of our […]

I just ate the last kosher, low-cal, low-carb vanilla Passover meringue. There’s really nothing else to write, so I’ll leave you with some eye candy.
Eye candy #1 is a picture of Pat Burrell’s butt. Clair*, don’t say anything—I took this shot before the choir started singing The Star-Spangled Banner, so there’s nothing unpatriotic going on.

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Strange things are afoot in the City of Brotherly Love that Loves You Back:

Helis, the confused Beluga whale who was hanging around Trenton two weeks ago, took a wrong turn up the Schuylkill River and ended up in Philadelphia.
The Phillie Phanatic is stuck in a helicopter.
The dreaded Frankenfish is on the loose in FDR park.

What’s […]