Friday night I had some friends over to hang out in the city. First, we hit up some Northern Liberties bars — The 700 Club and The Standard Tap to be specific. Good times, but like the U2 song says, they just didn’t have what we were looking for. We headed south towards Market and, […]

I was listening to NPR on my drive home. The London terrorist bombings were all the news and it was very much the subject for the entire length of my drive. At one point the host introduced Jessica Stern, Malkin professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. I wish I’d […]

Remember when I used to own three pinball machines? I sold two of them back to the guy I bought them off of, and the third I sold to a co-worker’s neighbor. This time around, I’m keepin’ my machines! I’ve been watching ebay like a hawk trying to get a good deal and my patience […]

I have a paperback journal that was given to me when I was substitute teaching at Jersey Village High School back in November 1995. Now that I think about it, I may have hijacked one that wasn’t being used. Whatever. I made semi-regular entries in there for a while and I’ve decided to put those […]

Flew to Houston Tuesday night. Endured grueling three hour delay for departure which saw us waiting 47th in line to take off. Gawd! I was sitting in a row all by myself — minor bonus. I arrived in Houston and resolved my first major task — locating my missing keys. In fact, the stupid keys […]

Had a rough leg workout this morning although, like a trooper, I forged onward and did as I was told. I suspect I will be limping around in the next few days as a result. The last time I did legs was around four weeks ago and, despite mucho pain, I canvassed Northern Liberties later […]

Last Wednesday night, I visited the IMAX in King of Prussia to see BATMAN BEGINS. The quickie review? Loved it! The one thing that bothered me was the fact that the director of photography chose to film nearly all of the fight sequences in a tight close-up. Other than that — the direction, design, acting… […]

Even though I’m staying at a Holiday Inn with free wireless internet access, I haven’t had any internet goodness for a long time. My bed also had a crack in the frame which gave it an annoying dip. After minor begging and crying, the staff finally agreed to move me from the 7th floor to […]

I’m back in Phila for the summer. I got some bonding time with my cars and took care of that nasty warrant thingy. The only car that I’ve got valid insurance for is the DeLorean, so I got a lot of fun out of that. On Saturday there was much goofing off and some playing […]