Good Grief!

A nip is in the air, the daylight is still in savings, and the weekend forecast is sun and more sun. To celebrate, a road trip to Ricketts Glenn State Park on Saturday and Sunday. Which means, of course, that Friday night is devoted to baking the season’s first batch of pumpkin muffins.
After […]

On Saturday night I dreamed that I had to go back to kindergarten. Attendance was mandatory, and I was pissed. “I have a masters degree,” I thought. “Why the hell do I need remedial kindergarten?” So I arrived late to class, which was being held in a large, modern auditorium, slunk […]

This is Michael Nutter, and he is going to run for mayor of Philadelphia. There is one large problem with this candidate, a problem that so far has been overlooked by the mainstream media.
Never fear. Once again I am using my grassroots journalist blogger skills to keep the citizens of our fair metropolis informed. […]

Fridays on the blogosphere are tedious. At the risk of sounding like a cranky old lady:

I do not want to look at pictures of your cats. Please post some cute doggie pictures.
I do not care what’s on your playlist. Please post some mp3s.

Thank you for your cooperation, and have a fantastic weekend.
UPDATE: […]

Even though I read plenty of Shakespeare in high school, my real relationship with the Bard didn’t begin until college, when I was lucky enough to spend a semester in London. Every Tuesday afternoon we scarfed cheese sandwiches and ran across the seemingly endless Southwark bridge to the site of the still-being-reconstucted Globe Theatre, […]

Apparently, certain tasks related to my new job involve Internet Relay Chat. IRC? People still do that? According to this circa-1990s site:
Sure, the Web is nice for finding info and E-mail beats snailmail hands down, but when you’ve been wondering ‘where the others are?’, then IRC is what you’re looking for. […]

One advantage of living in Fishtown is being within walking distance of Yards Brewery, located in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. Philly has only one remaining brewery in operation (a sad state of affairs), and Yards is it.
But what a brewery it is. Not only is the beer good, but the employees care about their […]

In honor of Moon Pappy’s birthday, I present the famous S family seventies plaid photo. Brother Dan S was either:

not born yet
behind the camera
smart enough to run away

Happy birthday, Moon Pappy! You’ll be eligible for social security next year really soon!
PS: Don’t laugh–plaid is hot this fall!

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There’s some debate about whether putting trolleys back onto Route 15 (Philadelphia’s Girard Avenue) is a good thing, but whatever. The trolleys have returned, they look all cool and retro, and they replace those smoke-and-grime-belching busses.*
During many years of riding SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority) busses from Fairmount to Center City, I never encountered […]

Today’s arts pick is inspired by the 2005 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. These stretchy plastic bags transform a pair of feet into instant performance art.
The dueling symbolism of this piece thrusts a tremendous amount of tension onto the viewer and leaves many questions unanswered. The plastic medium evokes the material commonly used to store […]