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1. One Hundred Years: (Chris's Blog); ... years. I am sorry to not be at the funeral, but I'm glad I shared her 100th with her when we did. It's a simple reminder that once again, enjoy those things you love because we're not all going to live ...; Created on 10 June 2010
2. Moving Monique - Part I: (Chris's Blog); Many of us have moving stories. We've all had relatives, friends, ex-roommates, acquaintances and hangers-on who, over the years, have innocently asked us: “Hey, can you give me a hand moving this coming ...; Created on 25 February 2015
3. Who Needs Thumbs?: (A Bears Own Story); ... been with them a long time now, a lot longer than some of the other bags-o-fluff around here. They found us (me and my pal Paxton) in a place called Provincetown... probably about 1,000 years ago. I don ...; Created on 22 May 2014
4. Dangling Outliers: (Social Commentary); ... make you stop and think, “Is that true?” Even yet, some cause you to say, “That's pretty nasty!” I'll admit it, I get worked up during election years. I'm surprised many of my friends remained 'friends' during ...; Created on 04 September 2012
5. The 'Stuff' of Dream: (Chris's Blog); ... 15 years. I did feel a bit awkward about the amount of trash we were discarding at the side of the house. I'd always been annoyed when people had moved out and left a glacier of crap behind. Unfortunately ...; Created on 11 July 2012
6. A Test is Just a Test: (Chris's Blog); ... that is generally our problem. Fifteen years of settling into apt #1 at the Bonaparte House had left us with a massive accumulation of STUFF. Books, cds, vinyl records... these were the bulk of the 'raw ...; Created on 10 July 2012
7. Making Room: (Chris's Blog); ... concept, I'm sure, was explained on Sesame Street, or at least Mr. Rogers a thousand times during my formative years... or was it? The discussion group moved on in topic as I sat there stewing in my WTF ...; Created on 14 October 2010
8. A Spot In The Sun: (Latest); ... in your life is never easy. Fast forward eleven months -- we said goodbye to our other cat, Jones, this morning. And it’s still not easy. Jones was going on nineteen years. We estimate she was born ...; Created on 14 September 2010
9. Inside The Yellow Box: (Social Commentary); ... there, retiring in 1986 after 42 years of service. Most of my family either worked there, or had at some point spent time with them. Needless to say we took pictures...lots and lots and lots of pictures. ...; Created on 29 June 2010
10. Who Knew?: (Chris's Blog); ... that changed a fundamental belief I have been holding on to for many years now: kids? Dave and I are now in our 19th year together. I have spent my entire adult life here in Philadelphia, living in ...; Created on 15 June 2010
11. Pull Me Out: (Chris's Blog); ... float or tread water. Treading water is the thing I’ve been doing for the past two years. I don’t know. I have nothing to say tonight and I’m doing a very bad job saying it. One thing I know is tomorrow ...; Created on 07 June 2010
12. Duck inna Window: (Great Shots); This was an anniversary present I don't know how many years ago from Dave. Wind it up and it goes. Perhaps he was trying to tell me something? ...; Created on 03 June 2010
13. Exactly what is it that you DO do...?: (Chris's Blog); ... and where she came by my number, which turned out to be a contact a few years old. Her secretary had been cleaning her desk and came across a card, so I can't blame her for trying. I don't mind helping ...; Created on 03 June 2010
14. The Little Things: (Latest); ... has lived in the same house now for 51 years.... the house I grew up in. Is there guilt about not coming 'home' more often? Do I feel strange about calling it home (in quotations?) Yeah, I do. Sleeping ...; Created on 02 June 2010
15. It's sad to say this..: (Latest); ... new home this time next year. Why New Orleans? It was a hard sell actually, for me. Dave fell in love with the city the first time he went there back in 2004. It grew on me over the years to the point ...; Created on 27 May 2010
16. Remembering: (Latest); ... She was still the wonderful, funny, witty, warm, (slightly) sarcastic lady I had known for the prior 8 years and we were simply being friends once more. It didn’t matter that this was the last time I ...; Created on 28 October 2009
17. "War," Sarah Palin said with seeming utter sincerity, "is hell: (Chris's Blog); ... I could support or at least believe in it was him. The man running for the White House right now? That's not the John McCain this country has gotten to know in the past twenty plus years in Washington. ...; Created on 14 September 2008
18. Straight Outta Compton: (Chris's Blog); ... on the act for many, many years. So in the spring of this year when California began allowing same sex marriages we thought, 'Hmmmmm.' (Massachusetts had allowed for marriages to that point, but you ...; Created on 10 September 2008
19. Bananas? You're kidding, right: (Things You Have Always Wondered About); ... of plastic packaging these 'peanuts' weren't widely available year round, but then voila! Fast forward a hundred or so years and In 1963, General Mills vice president John Holahan inventively discovered ...; Created on 27 August 2008
20. Job du Jour R.I.P.: (Latest); ... can you like or, even stand, everyone you work with. I was reminded today of a funny exchange I once had with a 'supervisor' at a temp job years ago. I was doing telephone sales for a nationally known ...; Created on 29 February 2008

From the $1 Menu

I didn't have any particular direction or topic, but an egg mcmuffin popped into my head. I...

Coliseum Park Fountain

The park between Camp and Coliseum Streets in the Lower Garden is a nice place to go...

Dangling Outliers

Ah, the freshness of a recently re-air-conditioned apartment is something to be savored. There is...

The Day They Gave Brains Out

Late summer, 1998: The rain was whipping up outside my office windows. Hurricanes...