Archive for the 'Philadelphia' Category
Piggie of the Week: Charles Murray
You’ve probably heard about Charles Murray: he’s the right-wing clow— I mean Very Serious Scholar Who Is Not a Racist At All So Stop Saying That— who is currently shitting all over Fishtown.
Well fuck him. I’d like to see Brad Lidge use his fat head for batting practice.
Scrapple News: Dateline January 31, 2012
This week in Scrapple News: Chris Christie is an ignorant racist fuck! Mitt Romney is a robot who wants to be a real boy! And, Joe Paterno is still dead. That and more!
Read More..>>Piggie of the Week (New Year’s Edition)
I took a stab at writing the news this week:
Piggie will be up soon, but it’ll be a different editor (Sam’s here and my time is spoken for this week).
Read More..>>Goddamn Static
My colleague Scott Colan at Scrapple TV wrote and produced this incredible Life Lesson.
or rather, his father wrote it, in between a relatively minor stroke and the one that left him a permanently changed man. I think the space of time in which his father wrote the poem was about a half-hour.
Overdue Piggies
a few overdue piggies…
Read More..>>Driving in Philly, 10/3/2011
I was on my way to Northern Liberties, a neighborhood just north of old Philadelphia, when I got involved in some classic Philly driving.
Let me set the scene. I was headed north on 7th Stree, behind an enormous maroon Durango, one of those SUVs that are so big they look like some kind of [...]
Philly
I really need to start carrying around a camera.
This past Thursday I had to drop off my car for repairs. My mechanic (the only place I trust in this city, Schummer’s Super Sunoco) is located in the Mayfair neighborhood of northeast Philly, a good 30 minute drive from my place. There’s a bus [...]
What Is This Thing Called Love
Read More..>>Two Weeks Back
About two weeks ago, i was heading home on the eastbound Schuykill Expressway. As i drove along the stretch that goes under 30th Street Station, I saw in the westbound lane, a man on a road bike. He was all done up in lycra, wearing a helmet, and leaned up against the jersey barrier, studying [...]
Read More..>>Thoughts on Jesus and Joey Vento
Hot off the griddle from Scrapple TV. Please share with your xenophobic friends.
And now a thought on Jesus and Joey Vento. No, not Jesus Christ: if he really was Yahweh made flesh, then whatever He and Joey have to talk about is not my concern.
No, I’m talking about Jesus Ayala, who I worked [...]
