S/O to Stephanie Farr of the Philadelphia Daily News/Inquirer for name-checking me and my interview with the Vine Street Canal Diver in her 10 Weirdest Stories of 2021 in Philly story last week!
It’s that time of year, again: that’s right, when the Philadelphia election powers-that-be email me a list write-in votes cast in the recent election. This time, it was 435 pages of votes cast in the 2021 Municipal and Special Election…
As most of you have probably figured out by now, I haven’t been writing for journalistic publications since leaving the field for a marketing/content job at Thomas Jefferson University. Well, I always said that I’d write again if the right…
Folks, this is an exciting moment! Though no longer an actively writing journalist, I still feel responsible to share with you the highlights from the write-in votes from the Philadelphia area each election cycle. It’s a calling and a passion,…
What hasn’t changed is Philadelphians’ penchant for writing in votes on election day and — despite no longer being a journalist — my desire to see those votes and share them publicly.
Writer’s note: This post has nothing to do with my current job, but an old friend who reached out from my journalism days to get word out about the difficult medical times he’s facing. “I have not up to this…
Always one to over-prepare, I started setting aside noteworthy tweets on January 1, 2019 figuring I’d do my annual Tweets Of The Year post for the media outlet where I worked. Well, I don’t work at a media outlet anymore!…
Many of you have asked whether I’d be doing my regular recap of write-in votes across the Delaware Valley, what with me no longer writing for my former place of employment. The answer, of course, is yes! This is a…
Back in March, I wrote a puff piece which was ostensibly about a woman from the Philadelphia suburbs who wanted to get more women into powerlifting. You can read that story here. It was a matter of hours before the…
Back in early October, I brought Philadelphia readers the tale of the E-Z Park lot at 12th and Winter streets in Chinatown. tl;dr? A tipster told me that he’d noticed they’d paved over half of the sidewalk to expand their…
