Wire Management

by | Mar 19, 2026 | Uncategorized

I’m sure everyone struggles with organizing all the cables and wires it takes to navigate this modern world.  There’s the cable box wire, the wifi wire and the power wire.  I have remote screens in my living room.  Well it seems the battery inside each...

Idiot

by | Mar 17, 2026 | Uncategorized

So we moved into Philadelphia one year ago today.  After closing on our new house, we took a getting to know you trip around the city.  Well the Liberty Bell is pint sized compared to what you see in a U.S. History textbook.  The cobblestone sidewalks are quaint until...

What Is Hip?

by | Mar 15, 2026 | Uncategorized

Back in the 70s, Tower of Power cut a song called What Is Hip? and it so was.  Some fifty years later, I ask myself that same question.  What is hip?   Down in these here parts, all three nights leading into Saint Patrick’s Day qualify as party friendly.  So I...

Lunch Lady: The Demise

by | Mar 11, 2026 | Uncategorized

All good things do have to come to an end, which implies all bad things (King Donald) do not. Just had to get that one in.  My lunch lady career crossed the finish line one Friday afternoon.   I was caught taking pictures and videos of the kids on the playground.  It...

Lunch Lady: Part One

by | Mar 10, 2026 | Uncategorized

I’m trying to find a little part-time job to fill a little of the lot of idol time I have.  It’s a lot yet I love being retired as it represents forty years of working like a dog to enjoy life before I croak.   My first part-time job in retirement was...