Archives
2024
April
04.21.24 A Matter of Public Record
04.14.24 And Then, Suddenly, a Nap
March
03.31.24 Gluttony and Greed, Unpausing
03.27.24 It's After Work
03.24.24 Another Go at Screen-Free Saturdays
03.10.24 A Parade Come Too Early
03.04.24 A Timely Bit of Insight
February
02.13.24 number15
02.08.24 On Passing in Passing
January
01.28.24 Lazy Rainy Sunday
01.21.24 Sugar in My Coffee
01.18.24 Out of the Woods and Into a Glade
01.15.24 Ode to an Egg or Several
01.14.24 Broken Tooth Boogie-Woogie
01.07.24 An Epic Tale of Tooth Decay
2023
December
12.31.23 Hot Fleas in the Gulping Dark*
12.25.23 Let’s Not Make This a Tradition
12.17.23 I Am Returned From MCO
12.10.23 Into the Wild Blue Yonder
November
October
10.30.23 Another Year, Another Year
10.01.23 Twenty-Six Minutes
September
August
08.26.23 Overing the Morn' and Onto Noon
July
June
06.24.23 Facebook by the Numbers
06.22.23 Them's a Lotta Lenses
06.04.23 Dubuffet on Cultural Parasites
May
April
04.19.23 404 Future Not Found
04.12.23 Once More Around the Block
March
03.20.23 Oh, But Maria, It Was Spring Today
February
02.26.23 Don't Stab the Messenger
02.12.23 Every Day Is Like Super Bowl Sunday
02.05.23 About a Couple of Books I'm Reading
January
01.31.23 One-Hit Kinetics
01.27.23 Sometimes I Swear but Not Today
2022
December
12.31.22 New Year, Same Old Me
12.26.22 Bomb Cyclone: It's Freezin' Season!
November
11.18.22 An Ode to Health Insurance
October
10.28.22 Liberal Tears Aside
September
09.19.22 As One Might Expect
09.05.22 This Is Phine
August
08.07.22 Let's Get Ready to COVID!!!
July
07.04.22 Too Much Computers
June
06.25.22 At the End of the Day
06.05.22 Hell Is Murky
May
05.22.22 Sunshine and Thunderstorms
April
March
February
02.20.22 At the Brink Yet Again
02.05.22 Philly February Photography Fupdate
January
01.22.22 Something About My Eyes
01.01.22 A More Colorful Tomorrow
2021
December
12.31.21 Brace Yourself, Another One's Coming
12.27.21 Booster, Part I
12.24.21 Color Me Selenium
12.21.21 Comprehensively Meaningless
12.19.21 Killing the Host
12.14.21 The Vast Quittin'ing
12.11.21 Oh, Snap, It's Omicron!
November
11.07.21 On My Eyes and Me
October
10.29.21 Take Fifty-One
10.10.21 The Local Event Listings
10.01.21 Friday Is a Blessing
September
09.13.21 On Summer Breezes, Autumn Approaches
09.06.21 Mask Slackers and Not-a-Vaxxers
09.04.21 Something About a Storm
August
08.23.21 The Doomed Set
08.14.21 I've Got Them COVID-Crazies
08.01.21 Monday’s Dilemma
July
07.26.21 Time Flies When You’re Off
07.21.21 We All Saw This Coming
07.19.21 It All Happened Yesterday
07.11.21 I Drank Too Much
June
06.13.21 Americano Rising
06.03.21 The Early Bird Catches the Shoe
May
05.22.21 Made in Japan
05.16.21 Why the Camera?
05.13.21 I Know, I Know, I Know
05.02.21 At the End of an Era
April
04.26.21 On Pins and Needles
04.13.21 Here’s a Picture of Nothing
04.08.21 Romulus Turns to Me and He Says
04.03.21 The Crying of Lot EM9810
March
February
02.21.21 I Dunno, Karen
January
01.24.21 Giving It Another Go
01.20.21 That Was Intense, Am I Right?
01.01.21 Phew! I'm Glad That's Over...
2020
November
11.11.20 Here We Go 'Round Again
October
September
09.27.20 In Memoriam of Someone Else
09.06.20 Ice Cream and Updates
August
08.16.20 Lockdown 2020, Forever
08.09.20 So, I Bought a Sword
08.06.20 What Ever Have I Done?
July
June
06.14.20 Here, Now, Then, and There
06.01.20 Caution: Contents Under Pressure
May
05.31.20 Rubber Bullets and COVID-19
05.25.20 I'm Not Making You Read This
05.17.20 Soaking It in Rice
April
04.26.20 My Hangover and I
04.21.20 Social Distancing on Social Media
04.19.20 Catching up on My Reading
04.04.20 Thus Far, I've Survived
March
03.19.20 Looks Like I'll Be Here Awhile
03.15.20 Nobody Said You Can’t Go Outside
03.14.20 Please Don't Squeeze the Bog Rolls
03.08.20 Desperate Acts in Dark Times
03.02.20 Wholly-Moly, the Supermarket
February
January
2019
December
12.31.19 Can I Go to Bed Yet?
12.11.19 A Dream I Once Had Last Night
12.07.19 I'm on Needle Drugs
12.01.19 Perhaps a Day of My Own
November
11.26.19 All Aboard the Hedonic Treadmill
11.09.19 All Better, I Guess
September
09.09.19 Heaven Help Me, I Tweeted
August
08.20.19 Julia Rising
08.18.19 Lady in the Window
June
06.21.19 Not a Mark on Me, I Swear
April
04.10.19 On Waking Up (No, Not That)
2018
December
12.31.18 Another One Already?!
12.16.18 Wake Me in Spring
October
10.06.18 Instant Moments
10.01.18 That Didn't Go Well at All
August
08.22.18 My Ear Hurts
July
07.22.18 New Phone, Old Computer
07.11.18 Give Me Freon, or Give Me Death!
07.04.18 Helter Swelter
May
05.29.18 Assorted References in a Jumble
05.28.18 She Says I Don't Have Glaucoma
05.03.18 A Lovely Day for a Nap
April
04.22.18 My Computer Died
March
03.31.18 I Hate My Phone
03.28.18 Patched, Baby!!!
03.20.18 I Guess I'm a React Developer Now
February
02.15.18 I Never Saw It Coming
02.08.18 It's Finally Over, Almost
January
01.27.18 Here's Hoping It's Nothing
01.12.18 Nevermind, It's Freezing Again
01.08.18 Calling In Slick, Money
2017
December
12.31.17 I Won't Be at the Party Tonight
12.14.17 Report from Base Camp Alpha
12.06.17 Extreme Chess
12.04.17 Winter, Yet Again
November
11.05.17 Somehow, I Survived
October
10.31.17 Another Birthday Come and Gone
10.08.17 Mug, Mug, Mug
10.01.17 They Say She Slipped on Ice
September
09.26.17 Inky
09.16.17 There's a Punk in the Birdbath
August
08.26.17 Had Only I Listened
08.08.17 The Fire and the Fury
July
07.02.17 The Elephant in the Chatroom
June
06.17.17 Chinese Lantern Festival
06.14.17 No, We Ain't Right at the Stop Light
May
05.31.17 The Plan, All Along
05.29.17 Nothing In Boxes
05.20.17 Zero Hour Nine AM
05.06.17 Waiting on Amazons to Deliver
April
04.30.17 Spaghetti with Butter and Ice Cream
04.29.17 I've Signed the Lease
04.15.17 It's Official, I'm Outta Here
04.08.17 You Never Outgrow It
March
03.25.17 I Had a Nice Time
03.16.17 One to Beam Up
February
02.23.17 Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Bore
02.19.17 Oversharing, On My Own Terms
02.14.17 Damsel in Distress, Kind Of
02.12.17 Add Me
January
01.28.17 About a Cutting Board
01.26.17 Once More, Out of Ginger Ale
01.23.17 I've had One Too Many Internet
01.13.17 I Ain't Doing Nothing
01.09.17 Getting Going on My Resolutions
01.01.17 I Survived 2016 (GMT-5)!!!
2016
December
12.30.16 Happy Anniversary Already, Is It?
12.29.16 It's About Attitude
12.27.16 Oh, Holidays, You
12.18.16 Sick on the Sofa
12.08.16 Seriously, Tigran, Relax Already
12.06.16 I Did Not Order a New Phone
12.05.16 The New Bookshelf Smash
12.04.16 All the Best Drugs Cost Too Much
12.03.16 Note-to-Self, December 3rd
12.01.16 Looks Real Enough
November
11.27.16 I Go Through a Lot of Shoes
11.18.16 Get to Stepping
11.15.16 Taking a Sick Day, Maybe Two
11.10.16 Yes, This Is Your Fault
11.08.16 Election Night, Twenty-Sixteen
11.06.16 Let's Talk About Pizza Some More
11.05.16 They Grow Up So Fast, She Says
11.01.16 Rambling, Rambling
October
10.20.16 Broken Window Economics
10.17.16 Lesbian PEMDAS
10.16.16 On Masterworks of French Photography
10.11.16 And Into the Drink
10.05.16 Squaring the Circle, Eventually
10.02.16 You Know, For Walking Around With
September
09.30.16 September All at Once
August
08.22.16 Live, Learn, Turn Up the Volume
08.19.16 On the Mattter of the Smokin' Blonde
08.16.16 Taco Night, 2016
08.13.16 August, You Bastard
July
07.24.16 I'm Almost New Here
07.22.16 It's Too Hot For Ice Cream
07.20.16 Circenses et Circenses
07.17.16 A Long, Hot Summer
07.16.16 Paid In Full, Maybe
07.12.16 No Regrets, No Masters
07.08.16 Much Ado About Manhattan
June
06.26.16 On the Tenebrous Heart of Darkness
06.25.16 A Walk to the Musuem
06.05.16 It's Cherry Season
May
05.22.16 Bashing Away on My Keyboard
05.15.16 Random Thoughts Going on 1 A.M.
April
04.27.16 Go Quantify Yourself, Why Not
04.17.16 Never Not Nap Time
04.13.16 Pizza as Religious Experience
04.09.16 I Love a Rainy Day
04.07.16 Ruminating on Vomiting
04.04.16 Pass the Ketchup, Please
March
03.31.16 I Don't Know What I Was Thinking
03.27.16 On the Contents of My Freezer
03.20.16 Like Knocking Four Quick Times
03.13.16 Internet is Rotted One Note
03.10.16 What's the What, What Now?
03.06.16 Another Weekend Come and Gone
February
02.27.16 Soggy Bottom Programmer on Drupal
02.21.16 How I Spent My Day Off
02.14.16 Happy Valentine's Day
02.07.16 It Doesn't Take Much Getting Used To
02.03.16 My Poor Heart Can't Take It
02.01.16 Why Do I Write So Much?
January
01.31.16 Organic Gluten-Free Booze
01.30.16 Today Wasn't Half Bad
01.23.16 Snow So Far and Bad Movies
01.22.16 So I'm in the Hospital
01.19.16 Art School Girls
01.17.16 Video Sed Non Credo
01.12.16 I'll Sit This One Out
01.10.16 Please Be Winter Already
01.03.16 Fuzzy Resolution Number One
2015
December
12.25.15 Seasons Greetings
12.21.15 Freedom Isn't Free, Nor Recyclable
12.12.15 On Four Lions the Movie
12.02.15 Second Verse, Same as the First
November
11.24.15 On the Televising of Books
11.03.15 Election Day, 2015
October
10.31.15 Where the Hell IS My Television?
10.29.15 Safe When Taken as Directed
10.13.15 No Dye Packs \ No GPS
10.07.15 An AR-15 By Any Other Name
September
09.30.15 The Women in My Life
09.21.15 An Apocalypse of Sorts
09.11.15 Who Needs Love When You Got a Gun?
09.05.15 Pigment Blue 79
August
08.18.15 You Can Keep Today, I'm Done With It
08.12.15 Philly Techno Shambles Shoutfest
July
07.23.15 Vespid Do or Die
07.15.15 Sic Semper Sciurus Carolinensis
June
06.27.15 Zeus is Dull, Dull, Dull
06.25.15 A Subtle Diversion
06.19.15 Tumblr Probably Won't End Racism
06.14.15 On the Balcony in the Media
06.11.15 The Beat Will Set You Free
06.07.15 My New Fad Internet Diet
06.01.15 Circling the Sun Again and Again
May
05.28.15 Perhaps I've Gone Too Far
05.25.15 On Hummus On Hot Dogs
05.21.15 Windsor Knots and Bloodlust
05.18.15 More Trouble Than Trouble's Worth
05.17.15 We'll Call You Phil
05.05.15 I'm an Unleaded American
April
04.29.15 Unresponsive at Best
04.27.15 It's Going to be a Long Summer
04.25.15 I Finally Bought a New Bicycle
04.21.15 Oh, No, Please Don't Do That
04.19.15 I'm Boring My Own Self Over Here
04.09.15 On The Measure of All Things Micro
04.07.15 This Actually Happened
04.06.15 Why I Don't Use a Lens Cap
March
03.30.15 Both Sides of the Story is Brainwash
03.29.15 I Wouldn't Eat That if I Were Me
03.14.15 Stratocaster V. Guitar Hero
03.12.15 A Buzzword by any other Buzzword
03.08.15 Nearly No One Else Likes It Either
03.06.15 Guitar Shopping
03.04.15 Bound to Mara's Yoke
03.02.15 Ich Bin Ein Nerd
February
02.27.15 My Gorge Rises at It
02.26.15 Rockin' the Rock Again
02.25.15 Bang the Doldrums Slowly
02.23.15 Ice Cream Will Fix It
02.16.15 Saul Leiter, Also Enrique Metinides
02.14.15 A Moody Valentine's Evening
02.13.15 Where Has the Time Gone This Time?
02.09.15 Comme Ci, Comme Ça
02.02.15 The Avocados Were Out to Kill Me
January
01.25.15 It's Nice to Be Loved by Strangers
01.22.15 In Whiskey Veritas
01.20.15 I Read Another Book, Now Listen
01.15.15 On Being on the Water
01.11.15 Not All Blog Posts Are Interesting
01.08.15 Charlie Hebdo in Paris
01.04.15 This is Going to Be a Mess
2014
December
12.31.14 Upon Further Review, 2014
12.27.14 Let Me Tell You About My Watch
12.10.14 The Great Blue Heron, Up Close
12.04.14 It's Only Natural
12.03.14 Woop! Woop!
November
11.29.14 It's All a Bit Hazy at the Moment
11.28.14 Thanksgiving and Whatnot
11.24.14 Trains, Planes, and Mini Coopers
11.22.14 Choking on the Ashes
11.14.14 The Booze to Keys
11.13.14 The Great Job Hunt Continues
11.11.14 The Color of Skies Cerulean
11.06.14 Of Prototypes and Pickles
11.01.14 Arlington is Alright
October
10.30.14 It's Totally Ridiculous
10.29.14 Look How High We Were!
10.28.14 It's Alright, If You Like Saxophones
10.26.14 Turtle Party
10.22.14 How the Day Progresses
10.19.14 Putting It Altogether
10.17.14 We Didn't Ask for This
10.12.14 Getting Nothing Done
10.09.14 It's (Nothing) Like Kicking Smack
10.07.14 And Now For Some Color
10.06.14 The Only Winning Move is Not to Play
September
09.30.14 The Monkey Has Landed
09.24.14 Rooftop Pool Party of One
09.22.14 A Commute
09.21.14 On Turning It Off
August
08.19.14 I Have a Few Suggestions
08.17.14 Let's Talk About Meat Sticks
08.14.14 Sweet Sisters of London and Brixton
08.12.14 Was You Ever Bit by a Dead Bee?
08.10.14 She Bit Me!
08.08.14 Not Much of a Night
08.05.14 It's Only Words
08.02.14 What Are We Doing Here, Folks?
July
07.29.14 The Heart May Race a Little
07.27.14 On Reading Propaganda
07.23.14 Never Ending Apocalypse
07.18.14 It's Not for Me
07.14.14 Open for Bidness
June
06.24.14 Here Today, Gone Fishing Tomorrow
06.14.14 A Chilly Night in June
May
05.26.14 Homeward Bound
05.07.14 An Amnesia of Sorts
April
04.30.14 I Know This Sounds Crazy, But...
04.24.14 Oh, How I Wish It Would Rain
04.04.14 Easing Back Into the Flow of Things
March
03.31.14 It's Official: I Have the Flu
03.26.14 M A N D A T O R Y is a bad sign, man
03.25.14 Not Even In One Thousand Years
03.20.14 For Want of a Clever Title
03.02.14 Out of Business
February
02.27.14 Alms for the Poor
02.21.14 Why Twitter is Better
02.15.14 On Dan Simmons' 'Hyperion'
02.09.14 Starting From Now
02.01.14 To Fall From Great Heights
January
01.31.14 I Don't Know Either
01.20.14 Smoking on the Platform
01.18.14 I Can Fit Them Tallways Now
01.17.14 Give or Take a Dozen or So
01.14.14 Out But Not Down
01.10.14 On Reaching More People You Know
01.09.14 Omphaloskepsis Rex
01.06.14 Talk About the Weather
01.03.14 You See the Same Things Every Day
01.01.14 Let's Pretend We're in Antarctica
2013
December
12.31.13 New Year's Eve 2013
12.30.13 Something of an Oversite
12.27.13 Winding Down the Holidays Early
12.22.13 Up Too Late, As Per Usual
12.20.13 I Think I Hope You're Having Fun
12.16.13 One A Day Plus Photoshop
12.14.13 My Unconscious Monospace
12.13.13 Status Report
12.08.13 Snowing a Bit
12.06.13 Nowhere, No Home
12.05.13 Misty Evening Drizzles
12.04.13 Excepting Maybe Summer 2013
12.03.13 Like a Metaphor, Sort Of
November
11.27.13 Made in Italy
11.26.13 Rigor Now is Gon to Bed
11.25.13 Your Mother's a Horticulturist
11.24.13 Alleys, Alleys, Always in the Alleys
11.23.13 My Right Eyeball Hurts
11.22.13 Like Breaking Up on Valentine's Day
11.21.13 Is Nine-Thirty Too Early For Bed?
11.17.13 It's Like That One Time in Munich
11.12.13 We Can't All Be Monks
11.09.13 It's Getting Chilly
11.08.13 Love at First Spec Sheet
11.07.13 I'm Into Steichen Lately
11.05.13 Fall Falling and Art Prices Rising
11.03.13 Jack O'Lanterns
October
10.31.13 Vampires About
10.30.13 Here We Go Again
10.28.13 Chronotypes and Solarization
10.26.13 Mayonnaise
10.25.13 Philly Cops
10.24.13 A Walk in the Park
10.22.13 It's Definitely Not a Placebo
10.21.13 October Awareness Month
10.20.13 It's the Weekend
10.18.13 They Add Up
10.17.13 Ritual Columbidae
10.14.13 Chase-Riboud and Leger
10.03.13 No Instagram Hipster Left Behind
10.01.13 Inscrutable Scrupulouslessness
September
09.27.13 Jokers Are Wild
09.26.13 Repent All Your Sin
09.24.13 Dopeness Is What I Like the Most
09.22.13 Jacques Villeglé
09.20.13 As If A Log
09.12.13 Moo, Cow. Moo, I Say
09.08.13 City Shuffle on Sunny Day
09.02.13 Blown Out Lights
09.01.13 Cameo Appearance by Author
August
08.31.13 Stone Cold Dusted
08.27.13 Dreams are Strange
08.22.13 Not a Manifesto as Such
08.22.13 When did 12:30 become up too late?
08.17.13 Mike Will Think This is Funny
08.15.13 Whatcha Gonna Do?
08.09.13 Stay Up All Night
08.03.13 Oil On My Sensor
08.02.13 Today Wasn't The Best Day Ever
08.01.13 It's Disgusting Here, No Lie
July
07.29.13 A Walk in the Park
07.28.13 The Jury Is Out
07.24.13 One Wonders What Happened to Dubstep
07.22.13 You Used To Be Cool
07.18.13 Don't Call It Bling, She Said
07.17.13 She Is Full of Surprises
07.16.13 Anti-Blog