I wrote a story about a South Jersey guy named Leroy Black — aka Blast — on Friday that garnered quite a bit of attention. It was about his wife and girlfriend posting dueling obituaries. You can read it via…
Ever since we moved up to East Falls from Fairmount in 2005, I’d wondered who was behind the big shamrock that’s annually painted at the intersection of Midvale and Ridge aves. Spurred on by seeing it during last weekend’s EF…
No, you haven’t? Oh, you must. Per the rules of said contest, you only have until Sunday to enter by way of sending a selfie of yourself — duh — holding an “imaginary ‘Marshmallow-Only’ box of cereal” to Lucky Charms’…
No idea how, but we ended up catching a few minutes of “America’s Got Talent” last night. Just so happened that a contortionist from Seattle (via the Ukraine) by the name of Vita Radionova was on at the time. Suffice…
Listen, that video out of McKinney, Texas is nothing short of disturbing. But I, like many others, got a kick out of Cpl. Eric Casebolt doing a totally unnecessary barrel roll while chasing teens who offended some folk at a…
I get many unusual pitches for this here blog. Many get dismissed outright. Some get a little consideration. Some are no-brainer posts. This one falls into the latter category. Why? Because I’ve long been a Jennifer Love Hewitt fan. And,…
Joyful moments amid chaos. They’re nothing new. But this one here, a man dancing atop a yellow truck as Monday’s Baltimore riots started popping off is the starkest one I’ve seen of late. You CANT make this up . #BaltimoreRiots…
The Philadelphia Zoo is doing some cool stuff with recyclables turned into art for a “Second Nature” exhibition. Introducing Second Nature, an array of artist installations, some larger than life, each one telling stories of endangered animals through the use…
Say what you will about Philly police in the wake of all those reports and whatnot, but they are good at publicly punishing their own of late. Take this release about officer Darryl Cathey that came over the transom late…
I know not how to turn a “Better Call Saul” pun here, what with there being no indication to whom this law office on 52nd Street near Lancaster Ave. belongs. But this is an epic presentation, and I believe good…
