I just spent about 48 hours at the Normandy Farms hotel outside of Philly, at my friends’ Dan and Reena’s wedding. I had a really great time for a lot of reasons, not least that there was a mini Haverford-Bryn Mawr reunion among the guests, and I saw several people I have not seen in 2, 5, 10 years. Of course some of them now have spouses and ( Read more... )

Is Philly still the most unfriendly town you know of?That question was recently posed to me. Truthfully, I don’t think Philadelphia is a totally unfriendly place, but there’s a reputation that the residents are not friendly, and I think it’s partially earned. For example, the fact that you’re a patron and potential customer in a Philly store does ( Read more... )

So earlier today I am on my way to a Phillies game with my friend Matt. We pass a billboard with a beer ad, which proclaims that it is "The Cure For the Common Beer". The product being advertised is Miller Lite. I take it as a given that no beer (or any product, for that matter) is more "common" than Miller. So I say to Matt that there has to ( Read more... )

I’m now on the first leg of my annual summer trip. Naturally, I’m starting with hours and hours of flights. So it’s “morning” now and I’m on a flight from Chicago to Philadelphia. Of the three flights I’ve been on yesterday/today, the only one that was crammed full was the 12:10 AM from LAX to Chicago. Who are all these crazy people that travel ( Read more... )

Community Food Security Coalition

Seems to be grounded in good values.

I always hated Peeps, so naturally this amuses me greatly ( Read more... )

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The Democratic National Committee is still asking me for money. Here's what I wrote them today ( Read more... )

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Happy New Year, everyone. Given that I'm in the next-to-last time zone, I guess I'm late for almost everyone who reads this, but what the hey. May 2006 be a great year for all of you.

I think I may not do resolutions this year. I could just recycle last year's...