Oh, there is a new Wasted Words podcast, hooray, hooray.

Craig Gaines stopped by to discuss a bar that may not have been serving what they said they were here in Phila. Also, a woman who drunk drove a horse. It's all there, in an episode we like to call-

Show 43: “Order a Maker’s Mark and Go ‘Wink Wink’”Hey- want to know a great way to get ( Read more... )

One of my favorite bits from Bob & Ray - The Ralph Bellamy Look Alike.

Listen, won't you?

"Knowledge is harder to generate than information, and knowledge suffers when you tailor it to your audience."

Read this essay by no_ghost. It is rather good.

This weekend, I read about some oddly specific funds and trusts administered by Philadelphia, up until (at least) 1963 and thought- hey, there's a good thing to borrow that will be dry and weird and probably not at all funny. In other words, perfect for...

The City Desk: The Board of Trusts and the City’s Generous Dead

An example-
:: Up until ( Read more... )

My elementary and secondary education was a little jumbled. K-First, public school. Second-fifth, a Catholic (not in the "universal" sense) school the next town over, back to public for sixth-eighth, then over to another Catholic (FOUR towns over) joint for high school ( Read more... )

Recently, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Boston.com's wonderful Big Picture weblog posted a collection of forty lovely photographs from the event.

In the comments, number 56-
[In photo number] 17, That's some shoddy looking workmanship around the thruster nozzles. I hope the next generation Moon gear has a ( Read more... )

PEOPLE LIKE TO ASSUME THINGS ABOUT ME AT BREAK-FAST TIME1) Awhile back, I took the bus to work and stopped in the Au Bon Pain between the stop and my office to pick up a coffee and bagel with swiss/tomato. It cost $3.50. This will be relevant soon ( Read more... )

Mark Sandman, 1952-1999

I had meant to make note of it when it came around, but completely missed it. One week ago today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Mark Sandman, frontman for Morphine. I remember exactly where I was when I heard, in my bedroom in an odd apartment in Ann Arbor, listening to WCBN. I cried a bit when I heard the news ( Read more... )

Today is Canada Day.

In celebration, over on the Twitter ( rj_white, if you are inclined to add), I have been posting True Canada FactsA sampling ( Read more... )

calamityjon has most of the items in this-

Friday Facts: Charlie’s Angels Lunchboxes, Roadside Cabbage, Fake Squid

So- at what other 70s licensed properties could that ordinance have been aimed?