Good Grief!

A long time ago, back when the Waffle House existed only below the Mason-Dixon line and had Queen of My Double-Wide Trailer on the jukebox, I drank too much and made a late-night visit to the Harrisonburg location of this fine franchise*. I ordered the customary blueberry waffle, which Ravenna, the best Waffle House […]

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.

Eye […]

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 […]

Just when you figure out the one-size-fits-all food pyramid, Uncle Sam scraps the whole system and replaces it with twelve different pyramids, all of which have vertical stripes that are not only unfashionable but fuck up the entire pyramid metaphor. People, pyramids do not have vertical stripes!
Due to a bad case of pyramid paralysis, […]

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 […]

With the exception of one problem client*, my life coaching experiment is going well. As promised, I have feedback for those who took advantage of the free special.
Viggo Mortensen can’t get a date with his favorite blogger. Sorry, Viggo, but you are yesterday’s news. I’ve moved on.
Yoko wants advice on how to […]

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 food.
This […]

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 […]

Offline life was productive this week:

Re-organized work e-mail filing system. Although the new scheme is the electronic equivalent of cleaning the apartment by shoving shit in the closet and under the bed, it’s refreshing to see an inbox with less than twenty e-mails.
The guy I tutor has recovered from recent surgery, so we resumed our […]