Though I love food, I am not one to frequent many restaurants. When I do, they tend to be large chains that specialize in salad entrees topped with fried bits of chicken and candied cranberries, or nacho dip cleverly renamed “South of the Border Three Cheese Soup.” That is not to say I’ve never enjoyed extraordinary food. … [continue]

In the year 527 al (after launch) the captain/navigator Constantine Smith arranged for his son Commodus Smith, to inherit civil and navigational command of the ship. Thus was born the Smith dynasty, which ruled unchallenged until the ascension of Quintus Smith to the throne in 811 al.

Shortly after Quintus took the throne he began a massive … [continue]

FERME DE CAMUS, France - This week the American dollar fell to a $1.54 against the euro, a record low. Unstable currency exchange is just one of the hurdles that business must leap in search of profits. For some wholesalers and manufacturers the tumbling dollar has created a windfall, others have found their profits gutted, and everyone has one eye … [continue]

By Chicken POS-3378-4457-1975

These days you hear a lot about free range or cage free chickens, and that’s fascinating I guess. I’ve even thought about it myself, getting out there in a farmyard, eating bugs and rocks and whatever else I find. It does have an undeniable pull, to live in the outside world as countless chickens … [continue]

Reflections on driving a cab. Waking up early, like 4 am, the city of Philadelphia and its surrounding environs have a quiet beauty, particularly some of the worst sections. The kind of surreal stillness that the city has between breaths, where just the bones are alive, all the human and automotive muscle stripped away, exposing just what’s left: the … [continue]

8 am, April 8: Early morning sunlight floods my apartment, a large kegerater forages in the shadows and in the distance one can hear the mating call of a junk mail herd. In the midst of all this natural glory is a steaming heap of plastic bags. Apparently these common plastic bags, plastico ubiquitos, are not just an eyesore. … [continue]

Well, it’s about time for another entry on this blog (I know you still get no input… hang on… I’m lazy). Let’s talk about diets. I’m on one. I’m always trying to be on one. It rarely works. Here’s the thing about diets: the word doesn’t sound particularly healthy. I mean any word that begins with “die” is … [continue]