Music and Veganism

I don’t usually make resolutions for the New Year, because I feel like they will fail.  And besides, all the things I do want to resolve to do this year should just be done because I need to do them, not because they are a “New Year resolution”.
So I thought of a kind of good [...]

I’m just curious: does anyone else in the world successfully go grocery shopping only once a week?  Every time I go shopping, without fail, I think I’m getting enough groceries for a week and it only lasts about four days.  Maybe it’s because I don’t plan out meals anymore– I need to get back into [...]

So, I haven’t mentioned this yet on the blog, but I officially quit consuming coffee on August 28th.  And judging by the fact that I know the date (and time passed since last cup of coffee: five weeks and five days), you may be able to guess that that is a pretty big deal.  I [...]

Today is an absolutely gorgeous day, so I thought I would finish the task that the mosquitos wouldn’t let me finish last night: baricading the backyard.
Phil and bought some concrete edgers to block off the gap between the bottom of the fence and the ground.  In particular there was a huge hole beneath the “gate” [...]

If you read this blog regularly or somewhat regularly, you may have seen a complaint or two about Philadelphia.  I’ve lived here for six years and I like to complain about it a lot, extensively.  I complain about how dirty it is, the crime, how rude people are, the racial tension, how nothing ever happens, [...]