I have begun convalescing a list of 30 random thoughts and insights about Philadelphia. Here is part 1. This is part 2. 16) Based on a survey of one, Philadelphia has the country’s largest population of butterfaces. As in, “She has a smokin’ hot bod, butterface.” * sidenote: I just spent 30 minutes searching for “butterface” […]

Halfway through our shopping trip to Macy’s on Black Friday, Lisa turned to me and said, “You are going to put this in your blog, aren’t you?” For the entire seven hours, I was filing away whimsical nuggets to share with ya’ll later. We didn’t do the “line up at Macy’s at midnight for the […]

It dawned on me, as I can best recollect, that this was the first Thanksgiving I spent away from the family. A bit morose, sure, but thankfully new, and old, friends here in Philadelphia came together to make the holiday one of friendship, fellowship and good tidings. The Saturday before Thanksgiving, Lisa’s cohorts at UPenn […]

Lisa is getting tired of me ragging on her in this blog (she does pay the rent after all), so instead I am going to spend a little time complaining about the Philadelphia Department of Motor Vehicles. I am becoming familiar with the DMV. I have been there three times now. I thought I was […]

Three weeks ago I was gainfully employed. A paycheck. Health insurance. Fully invested in a 401k. After 5 1/2 years of being a newspaper editor, I hung it all up, punched the final time clock, put away the pipe. It all ended just when I was comfortable with my job duties, really making a positive […]