May 2010
2 posts
“Sometimes, you love being in That Situation”
– - Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino after hitting a Grand Slam off of the Mets’ star two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana on May 2nd. Holding a 5-3 lead in the fourth, Santana missed on a full-count pitch to Phillies aging pitcher Jamie Moyer with two out, forcing in a run....
April 2010
1 post
PSL Outsourcing Symposium 4/20
A brief introduction to outsourcing and ‘Automated Automations’ online, including ODesk, Mechanical Turk, ELance etc.
You can view and download the slide in this video here or follow along below.
Making outsourcing work for you (or getting other people to do your work)
March 2010
4 posts
Steve Welch Blog: What is the Right Question? →
The following is one of a series of blog post that were written while I was in China in the spring of 2009 as part of my Eisenhower Fellowship. If you have interest in China’s culture I think you will enjoy this series.
What is the Right Question?
Who?
A question that leads to a…
8 tags
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November 2009
1 post
Dear Brooke
A writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, because everything she does is golden. In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway.
-Junot Diaz
I believe it’s more like 99.6%.
October 2009
1 post
Sandwich Diplomacy: The real reason Al Queda hates...
They’ve never had a Primo’s Hoagie! Maybe the State Department should use Unbreaded as a field manual.
“All of Human Kind has one thing in common … the sandwich. I believe that all anyone wants in this life is to sit in peace and eat a sandwich. And who am I to say that my delicious Italian Sub is better than it’s Stone Mt (Georgia) equivalent? Which is why I...
August 2009
3 posts
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When is PG too much?
Today I was notified by my alma-mater Penn State that it is hosting a contest for free football tickets on Facebook. Hey, free is free and I have a really great story I wanted to share so I indulged in their transparent ‘online marketing’ stunt.
The rules state:
Just go to the Penn State Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pennstate and post your most memorable Penn State...
Shimkonis' Philadelphia Series
Title:
My Philadelphia
Artist:
Seth Shimkonis
Desciption:
With Rocky-esque iconography Seth captures a cinematic narrative that is less cliche as it is true to the blue-collar city of sanctioned violence that is Philly. Please check out Seth’s new project that gives Orphans in Peru the oppurtunity to create art with donated digtial cameras.
July 2009
3 posts
Sometimes I wish I Did Drugs . . .
Sometimes I wish I did drugs … ya know the fun kind that makes you move like you kind of have cerebral palsy … ya know the fun kind of cerebral palsy that makes you sing like it’s only you and God alive and then goes away when the drugs wear off.
Yeah, sometimes I wish I did those kind of drugs.
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The Intervention Note Michael Jackson Never Read
We who are
your closest friends
feel the time
has come to tell you
that every Thursday
we have been meeting,
as a group,
to devise ways
to keep you
in perpetual uncertainty
frustration
discontent and
torture
by neither loving you
as much as you want
nor cutting you adrift.
Your analyst is
in on it,
plus your boyfriend
and your ex-husband;
and we have pledged
to disappoint you...
June 2009
1 post
4 tags
“We are half-hearted creatures,
fooling about with drink and sex and
ambition...”
– -The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis
Preached originally as a sermon in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, on June 8, 1942.
March 2009
3 posts
Is Philly's own Story Slam the most genuine form...
I think so :-)
“Ladies, I know I will never know the pain of childbirth, but until you’ve had your ovaries sucked out of your body and impaled by a sledgehammer you will never know the pain of running into a mailbox balls first”
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How to be an effective dissident in 9 simple...
Optional: Communication with exiles
February 2009
2 posts
Why do I Need a Therapist When Sesame St is on...
Hulu opens the Sesame St vault while Obama tries to restore confidence in America. Coincidence? Like your ‘skinny’ profile picture on E-harmoney, it’s all part of the plan.
January 2009
4 posts
Nutter's snow removal cutbacks in action: Police... →
“Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute.”
– MGMT
WatchI was waiting for somone to try this with a magic Genie, but pulling it out on Make A WIsh … pure genius.
December 2008
3 posts
6 tags
“The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a...”
– Hubert H. Humbphrey
November 2008
7 posts
What's really wrong with the Republican Party and... →
“EXORD: Short for Executive Order; used in the Military.”
– Used in a sentence: After years of pleading, Rumsfield convinced Bush to issue the “Al Qaeda Network Exord” which streamlined the approval process for the military to act outside officially declared war zones in countries like Syria, Pakistan and Somolia to capture or kill Queda...
“I am embarrassed to report that I know for a fact that John McCain’s...”
– Economist Live Blog on Nov 4th, 2008
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“Women, children, men,
Take it into the palms of your hands.
Mold it into the...”
– Inaugural Poem
Maya Angelou
20 January 1993
courtesy Episcopal’s Head of School, Ham Clark
Undercover PA Voting Footage Exposed
OK, that headline sounds a little more sensational than it is accurate, but maybe that’s the best news we could have hoped for. Besides two elderly ladies butting in front of a retired Navy Vet, voting at the East Brandywine Fire Hall in Guthriesville, PA ran like buddah this election day. It’s not going to challenge the infamous Rodney King footage for historical impact, but it sure...
Standing Accountable To History or Political TMI?
I realize that for a lot of people the right to anonymity during the election process is something they can’t imagine not exercising. Personally, not so important, but I believe in that right to the point that I would physically fight for it. That being said it is a right not a mandate and sometimes revealing a little more about yourself than you have to can be cathartic (or a complete and...
October 2008
4 posts
Phinally! Celebrating a World Championship in...
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Don't miss this unflinching documentary of tragedy...
Three years ago my friends Scott and Brad left the safety (relative to where the were going) and familiarity of Philadelphia to capture the tragically over looked treatment of women during war. Their adventure took them overseas to the Congo to the remains of a nation torn apart by an especially brutal civel war. Along the way they met women like Helene and Bijoux who were brave enough to share...
“This great evil - where’s it come from?
How’d it steal into the...”
– “Have You Past Through This Night?” - by Explosions In The Sky
September 2008
3 posts
Hey Phoodie Bloggers: try a Healthy Breakfast on...
With Better Breakfast Month well underway- I wanted to invite you to our blogger breakfast on Friday the 26th in Philadelphia.
The “Better Breakfast Hour” as it’s called, will be an informal event at your local Starbucks that will give you the opportunity to chat with other bloggers about breakfast trends and the importance of starting off your morning with a healthy routine. We’ll...
Who wants to watch me break a World Record at...
Stop by Pat’s and Geno’s playground this Friday, September 19th, to watch us break the World Record for the longest running kickball game in history!!!
On September 19th, 2008, a group of volunteers from the Helping Hand Rescue Mission, including me, will attempt to set the World Record for the longest game of kickball ever played. Our group from Philadelphia will attempt to...
August 2008
1 post
In honor of the upcoming ‘It’s Always Indy In Philadelphia’ anniversary party on the 31st, I thought I’d get everyone warmed up with a little pre-party music video courtesy of the best show on TV. Enjoy and see you at Triumph Brewery in Old City on August 31st.
July 2008
5 posts
“There is a thought that stops thought. That is the only thought that ought to be...”
– G. K. Chesterton
Philly Street Art: Mic Check on 3rd
http://piurl.com/7yM
Watch“I’ve got one or two things to say about change, like the change we must change to the change we hold dear. I really like change, have I made myself clear.”
Note To Self: Get back to Story Slams at Letage...
A year and half ago during a distinctly cold Philly night, you know the kind when your malt liquer freezes in it’s paper bag, I experienced one of the greatest nights of live entertainment/theatre ever (which really isn’t saying much when you consider my favorite play is West Side Story; the movie). First Person Story Slam is simply a night of very funny people sharing their...
June 2008
3 posts
An unflinching look at the beauty and contempt of...
“Thousands of women have been victims of violent gang rapes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since Hutu rebels, known as the Interahamwe, fled Rwanda after the genocide in 1994. The DRC was officially at war from 1998-2003, with seven neighboring countries invading the vast nation at one point. As many as 20 rebel military factions remain, preying upon poor villagers,...
Spurn, Spurn - ing, Spurns
Spurn (spûrn)
v. spurned, spurn·ing, spurns
v.tr.1. To reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn. 2. To kick at or tread on disdainfully.
(This image is an example of what happens when we get spurned in Philly and this is how they do it in Tokyo)