Archive for the 'life' Category
Desperately Needed Happy Post
I’m going to give us a tiny little break from the Apocalypse in the Gulf, because by the time I post the next series of photos of oil-coated animals, I’m concerned that without something uplifting my readers are going to tear their eyeballs out.
It’s spring in Philadelphia, and my walk to work gets more pleasant [...]
Meditation
Ordinarily, I’m not one for meditation. While I persoanlly subscribe to Taoist philosophy, I’m way too fidgety to sit still for any length of time, and while I don’t have ADD, it’s difficult for me to concentrate on abstract concepts for very long. What’s the sound of one hand clapping? How the fuck should i [...]
Read More..>>Busy Weekend
I had a double gig this Saturday, starting with the Dill Pickles at the 2010 NarbEarth day in Narberth, PA, and ending with the Super Devils at Murph’s in Fishtown that night.
The Pickles’ regular guitar player, Zach, couldn’t make the Narberth show, so Charlie Hardy and Frankie Basile sat in. Here are a [...]
Steaming Pile
There is a steaming pile of filth in my backyard and I could not be happier.
That’s because the steaming pile isn’t a giant turd: it’s a heap of compost, and the steam indicates the lawn and leaf waste, along with vegetable scraps and coffee grounds I throw in every week, is beginning to cook down. [...]
Overheard in Philly
Last week I got a lesson in stereotyping AND experienced some of the best overheard in Philly ever. Let me set the scene:
Sam and I were on a packed 13 trolley last week. It was standing room only, and even then when new passengers boarded, we had to suck in our guts and try to [...]
A Valentine’s Day Shower
I don’t know why I’m up so early this Sunday morning. Maybe it was the cat jumping on my head at 7:15. Maybe it was the sun streaming in my window.
Or maybe, just maaaaaybe…. it’s the fact that we finished tiling the shower yesterday, and all that’s left is for me to grout the tile, [...]
Light at the End of the Tunnel
We’ve finished about 75% of the tiling. I have a single course to lay out, some tile to chisel off (design change, not structural), and then we finish the wall the spigots poke out of. With luck, I’ll get to shower in my own house for the first time since last Thursday, February 4. [...]
Read More..>>Bring. It. On.
We’re in the beginnings of Snowpocalypse: The Return right now, but frankly I’m ready to be underwhelmed. Yeah, Philadelphia finally has a right to complain about the snow (Philly generally panics when as little as an inch is predicted), but as a native New Englander, I’m kinda used to big snowfalls. And while Philadelphia [...]
Read More..>>Man Yells At Dog
We have a snow day here in Philadelphia, so I’m home from work, as I no doubt will be by Wednesday as well if the prediction of Blizzard: the Return is accurate. By any standard, two feet and change in a single storm is a pile, and with an extra foot or more on [...]
Read More..>>Real Life
Sorry for the paucity of postings. I generally don’t blog on the weekend, and I have been much too caught up in real life to pay all that much attention to the frivolousness that we call “US politics.”
But let me give you a quick update.
We finished our bathroom floor, and we’re now collecting [...]
