Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007

lg coffee
sausage/egg/cheese breakfast sandwich
3-4 cups of coffee
tangerine
slice of pizza
pint of beer
2 bottles of lager
two tacos
pint of lager
two tacos
espresso
2 pints of lager
seafood soup, quiche, and salad
cup of coffee
chicken noodle soup
2 sm coffees
pack of cigarettes

healthy plants:

when watering a direct-potted house plant, only pour enough water, starting at where the plant is rooted and slowly water in a circular fashion, wetting all of the topsoil until the water starts to seep out and accumulate in the dish the bowl is resting in. Stop watering and wait till no more water seeps into the dish. then fill the dish with water. using this method, will only have to water once every week or every two weeks. when deciding when to water again, pinch some soil (digging down an inch or so and retrieving a small amount). squeeze between fore-finger and thumb. if no moisture appears in the soil in your hand, water. if there is moisture, give the plant a water break. most plants die from *over-watering* not under-watering.

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Monday, Jan. 29, 2007

lg coffee
sausage/egg/cheese breakfast sandwich
sm coffee
2 bottles of lager
single espresso
2 pints of lager
glass of fountain coke
2 mugs of lager
cup of veggie soup
2 sm cups of coffee
pack of cigarettes


oldie but goodie, click here

clandestine operations:

was told to go to this coffee shop but call first (had passed by the place before and probably purchased a cup or two previously) and tell them to save a copy of (deleted) magazine. If you just go in and ask for it (magazine), they will deny you.

anyway, happened to walk by, so went in and bought an espresso and asked for a business card. they didn't have any so I asked if they could write down the phone #. One employee didn't know it but the other did. Drank the coffee and asked for a copy of (deleted) mag. Cold shoulder. guess you really do need to call ahead and reserve.

impulse purchase (1/29): Fugazi - Furniture (ep) $3.99

also, thought it funny so started to tell record store owner about coffee shop/mag/phone reservation. Turns out the record store also carries the magazine.

addendum: ended up giving the magazine to the barkeep who added the Joos' song "Night People" to the jukebox at (bar name deleted).

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007

bottle of water (16.9 fl.oz.)
2 sm coffees
2 honey buns
cup of coffee
glass of fountain coke
2 egss overeasy (with tabasco sauce, salt/pepper), bacon, french fries, and two slices of toasted whole wheat bread
bottle of orange juice (15.2 fl.oz.)
pint of lager
3 taquitos
3 pints of lager
1 mug of lager
1 tangerine
bottle of water (8 fl.oz.)
1 ham/cheese/mustard sandwich
sm bag of sour cream/onion potato chips
slightly less than a pack of cigarettes

When it's snowing, the outdoors seem like a room - David Berman, author of Actual Air, and ringleader of the Silver Jews

last night, Philadelphia was covered by about an inch or so of snow. beautiful site sight. just sayin'

more tales from the sixth borough:

coffee cart vendor: large coffee?

A.A.: yeah, and an egg/sausage/cheese on a hero roll.

c.c.v. with quizzical expression: pita bread?

other customer to vendor: no, he means a long roll.

o.c. looking at me: you must be from New York City.


more squab:

also, saw the red-tailed hawk munching on another pigeon yesterday (1/28)

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007

sm coffee
2 pints of lager
double espresso
bottle of lager
bottle of orange juice (15.2 fl.oz.)
2 pints of lager
seafood soup/stew with side of tomatoes topped with blue cheese and some baguette bread
pint of lager
2 cups of coffee
2 mugs of lager
taquito
2 pints of lager
2 "tooters" (adult beverage pre-packaged in a tubeglass)
sm coffee
2 bottles of lager
glass of fountain coke
slice of pizza
pack of cigarettes

cool barkeep's band, click here

singles going steady:

The Beatles - Within You Without You

Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone

The Pixies - Alec Eiffel

Roy Orbinson - Pretty Woman

Eddie Holman - Hey There Lonely Girl

five jukebox picks from last night (1/27)

There are two kinds of people, THE IRISH and those who think they are Irish - humorous signage on a bar fridge spotted last night

Food Stuff Comsumption And Miscellany

Friday, Jan. 26, 2007

lg coffee
hash brown
3 cups of coffee
kaiser roll with butter
bottle of orange/mango juice (17.5 fl.oz.)
pint of lager
pretzel with mustard
hotdog with mustard, raw onions
2 pints of lager
glass of fountain coke
two hard-boiled eggs with salt/pepper
lg coffee
two cheesburgers & med. fries (mickey d's)
biscuit
salami/cheese hoagie
bottle of water (16.9 fl.oz.)
4/5 pack of cigarettes

new and improved

fyi: Book Corner (20th/Wood) is the new home of Chris' Corner, which means an expanded and very good children's and young adults section. Book Corner is a non-profit that works in tandem with the Free Library of Philadelphia.

visit an old school type old-man bar before it closes on Feb. 3:

Penn View Grill located on 13th/Race. Even has a large banner outside boldy stating "Cocktail Lounge". Will close cause the Convention Center is expanding. Been in business since 1976. Doesn't really seem that old, but that's a total of 31 years.

tiara sightings:

about an hour ago (1ish pm - eastern time) saw a girl/young woman (guesstimate age: 17-24) wearing a "crown"... thought that sorta funny/strange till remembering that Charles, the prince of Wales, and his wife, Camilla, the duchess of Cornwall, are in town for the weekend.

More pub/lounge info:

just had a pint at Las Vegas Lounge. when entering, the barkeep was playing Sonic Youth's "Teenage Riot". Not bad for an old man/mixed crowd type of place. Also their pints are larger than regular pints. They call 'em "royal pints" though I seriously doubt they accept Euro notes there. But why would they? American cash for tab/gratuity gladly accepted.

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007

ham/cheese/mustard/mayo sandwich
5 cups of coffee
16 oz. can of beer (brown bagged)
2 pints plus lager glass of lager
3 cups of coffee
2 pints of lager
slice of cheese pizza
3 pints of lager
lg coffee
slightly more than a pack of cigarettes


Man and Beast

The front page of today's (Jan. 26) free daily spotlights the homeless, and because of frigid temperatures, homeless advocates have been working overtime trying to get them off the streets and into shelters. A Code Blue warning has been issued meaning if a homeless person refuses to go into a shelter, the police can and will be called at the discretion of the homeless advocates. serious and deadly stuff. Code Blue warnings are issued by the city when windchills drop below 20 degrees. This past Fri. and Sat. Code Blues were also issued though it didn't make the front page.

Its been really good hunting for the three or four red-shouldered hawks (wingspan guesstimate - 2 1/2 ft) I see around the parks. In the past week I've seen two of them snagging and eating well-fed, fat city pigeons. The pigeons are moving slower and looking/working harder for their food because of the cold and sometimes just standing still on the grass trying to avoid the wind. Also, noticed a new hawk in the area. It was a red-tailed hawk (slightly smaller than the other type of hawks) and it was also eating/enjoying a pigeon.

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007

turkey, cheese, mayo sandwich
ham, cheese, mayo sandwich
lg coffee
8 cheese crackers with peanut butter
6 "oreo" type cookies (strawberry creme)
sm coffee
3/4 pack of cigarettes

list of books (interesting titles once noted for purchase/to be read but as of yet, not)

Decline of the Lawrence Welk Empire - Poe Ballantine (Hawthorne Books)
The Field Guide To Prehistoric Life - David Lambert (the Diagram Group)
The Libretti of Venice - Rodney Bolt (Bloomsbury)
One Way Street - Walter Benjamin
Shadows of Reality: The Fourth Dimension In Relativity, Cubism, and Modern Thought -Tony Robbin
The Nimrod Flipout - Etgar Keret

public library discard found on the street:

Rays from the Rose Cross
A Magazine of Mystic Light
edited by Max Heindel
Vol. 8, No. 4
Feb., 1918

early "Australia Day":

click here for barkeep's band, a McCrossen Tavern production*

http://www.myspace.com/unlikelycowboy

*that was a joke. it's only one of her day jobs

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007

turkey, cheese, mayo sandwich
ham, cheese, mayo sandwich
5 cups of coffee
sm bag of ritz bitz
4 cheese crackers
sm hot chocolate (though drunk cold)
4 cheese crackers
1 Nurti-Grain blueberry cereal bar
Tastykake Graham pie with vanilla filler (net wt. 4 oz.)
4 peanut butter crackers
6 "oreo" style banana creme cookies
1 orange
ham/cheese sandwich
pack of cigarettes


gross income progressive flat tax proposal:

less than $25,000 - pay no taxes
$25,000 - (but less than) $50,000 - 2.5%
$50,000 - (but less than) $75,000 - 5%
$75,000 - (but less than) $100,000 - 7.5%
$100,000 - (but less than) $500,000 - 10%
$500,000 -(but less than) $1,000,000 - 15%
$1,000,000 - (but less than) $10,000,000 - 20%
$10,000,000 or more - 25%

response to the Mallard Fillmore cartoon published last month dealing with a flat tax

note: if found on the web, will post the cartoon

email sent to (dated tue, 12 dec 2006) but not responded by:

kfs-cartoonists@hearst.com

Dear Sir,

Would you kindly reply with the email address for Bruce Tinsley, the cartoonist who draws Mallard Fillmore?

Thankyou

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Monday, Jan. 22, 2007

3 lg coffees
peanut butter and jelly on whole wheat sandwich
bag of Mini Oreos bite-size (net wt. 1.25 oz)
6 "oreo" type chocolate creme cookies
1 tangerine
bag of teddy grahams honey cookies (net wt. 1.25 oz)
1 orange
fruit, yogurt, & granola parfait
6 cheese crackers with peanut butter
1 tangerine
sm coffee
1/2 pack of cigarettes




note: image cannot be made with one continuous line unless you backtrack/double over a previous line/mark. when self-published, will use this icon, or a variant, as the imprint design.

noticed when passing McCrossen's Tavern (20th/Spring Garden) this morn, a sign stated "Australia Day" - Friday, Jan. 26. Another good reason to hoist an extra pint or two.

click here for a philly ex-pat now living down under

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007

1 honeybun
ham/cheese/mustard sandwich
turkey/swiss cheese/mayo sandwich
tropical punch juice cooler pouch
small glass of water
small bag of Chips Ahoy! Minis
sm amount of coffee
tangerine
cherry pie (net wt. 4 oz.)
peanut butter/jelly/nachos cheese flavored tortilla chips sandwich
tangerine
4 cheese crackers with peanut butter
sm box of raisins
Nutrti-Grain strawberry cereal bar
4 Chips Ahoy! chocolate chip cookies
caprisun mixed fruit flavored punch drink pouch
1/2 pack of cigarettes

good food alert (hawaiian dish)

one bowl of freshly steamed white rice topped with
two fried eggs (over-easy)
3 strips of crispy fried bacon and
add oyster sauce (to taste)

note: oyster sauce comes in a bottle and can purchased at a grocery store. if not, go to an asian grocer or your local korean deli/bodega. oyster sauce is semi-sweet with a consistency between pancake syrup and honey.

yin/yang of capitalism:

on Thurs/Fri plan to purchase-

cd discman (guesstimate cost: $30-$45)
one cd (unknown artist, will be an impulse purchase)
ticket for The Howling Hex (March 16) ... hope its not sold out

also, need to square my account with the coffee cart man. currently owe him for 2 sm coffees ($0.60 apiece) and 2 lg coffees ($1 apiece). will probably purchase a large coffee and give him a 5 spot to cover all bases/gratuity.

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007

sm coffee
med coffee
lg coffee
4 hot dogs on two hotdog buns
2 Hi-C tropical punch boxes (6.75 fl.oz. apiece)
1 turkey, swiss cheese, mayo sandwich
3 sm coffees
sm cup of green salad
2 Hi-C tropical punch boxes (6.75 fl.oz. apiece)
2 bologna/cheese sandwiches
6 cheese crackers with peanut butter
2 honey buns
pack of cigarettes


Lady Obsessions and Lady Insultations

The word on the street was that
this particular lady was insane.
I thought to myself that just because her
shoes didn't match, one being a high top,
and the other a low cut, didn't necessarily
make her insane. The car that she would one
day own would have two different license plates.
Still, that didn't make her insane.

My neighbors said she was trying to
visually capture
every possible angle, of every object
in the world.
I had seen her on the streets once
or twice. Maybe it was three times,
I had been waiting to approach her.
It was on the weekend that
I finally did. I figured she'd be in
a good mood on the weekend.

I told her she'd be dead by the time she
achieved her goal,
and if she did, by miraculously living
forever, I asked, what would the real
accomplishment be? She was silent
until she spit straight up, I stepped back.

I asked her what she defined as an object.
She said, "anything that stands as
it's own, like lithium carbonate."
I asked her if each picture in a family
photo album was an object.
She said, "an eye on a face, in a picture,
in a family photo album, is an object."

I was confused. I asked her how
it would be possible to live this way without
trespassing. She said that she was like air,
and was welcome anywhere.

In the beginning of our conversation I had
a little bit of sympathy for this lady. Any
sorrow for her dissapated. She had that
pompous glow and the curled up
in the corner of the couch while everyone
else in the room is focused on the weather
channel look on her face, bored.
Like her hobbies were the secret to an
everlasting life, like a spoiled house cat,
with a special never heard before animal name.

I rolled my eyes and mentioned to her that
while we'd been talking, she hadn't looked
at my shoes.
She replied that she had and that they
were ugly. She said that she needed me to
turn ninety degrees, and then turn a little
more, and walk away
for her to feel complete.

Nathaniel Brennan (2006)

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Friday, Jan. 19, 2007

sm can of chicken vienna sausages
egg salad sandwich on multigrain
MDX energy infused soda
bologna/cheese/mustard sandwich2 bologna/cheese on hamburger bun sandwich
turkey/swiss cheese/mustard/mayo sandwich2 sm slim jim
2 milkyway candy (fun size)
fruitpunch (caprisun) beverage pouch
lg hot chocolate
fruit, yogurt & granola parfait
3/4 pack of cigarettes

sample/slice of pi:

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209
749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132
823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019
385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756
482337867831652712019091456485669234603486104543266482133
936072602491412737245870066063155881748815209209628292540
917153643678925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116
09...


note: when previewing this entry prior to publishing, pi is formatted correctly. after publishing, pi appears skewered though it's one continuous number. the preview is not giving an accurate published portrait. for those annoyed by the gap like me, just stop reading the entered number after 3.141... or the first couple of lines. thank you*

also noticed when working with firefox blogspot.com re: yestereday's entry was not able to format/add blank spaces where wanted.

*addendum: check comments section for interesting graphic link

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007

ham/cheese/mustard sandwich
turkey/cheese/mayo sandwich
bag of pork rinds
1/2 pint of lemonade
2 cups of coffee
4 bologna/cheese on hamburger bun sandwiches
1 bottle of water (16.9 fl.oz.)
12 "oreo" style cookies
tastykake lemon pie
two oranges
tangerine
4 peanut butter crackers
sm coffee
fruit, yogurt & granola parfait
granola bar
very veggie sandwich (tm)
cherry fruit pie (snack size)
pack of cigarettes


lose wait-

weekend parking lot info for the Museum of Art*:

There are two parking lots. The larger of the two is located in a park near the main (southside) entrance. After parking your vehicle you then walk 235 paces (med. stride), cross 2 two-lane streets (39 paces), 84 paces to reach the steps (think Rocky, the movie), 104 paces upward (skipping every other step), cross a plaza/climb more steps (135 paces). You may now enter the museum. cost to park your car - $7

Northside parking lot near auxiliary/secondary entrance - from vehicle to Museum door... under 100 paces. cost to park your car - $5


questions addressed to Neal Pollack, author of Alternadad, during last night's reading/discussion at The Free Library (1/18)*

A.A.: At what age will you allow your son to pick the songs for the mix-tape to be played in the car? Also, when will you allow him to make a mix-tape for a girl? And will you help him?

N.P.: He's already picking the songs... and meeting girls.

note: Elijah is 4 yrs old

more Alternadad click here


*location - Philadelphia

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007

lg coffee
2 ham/cheese/mayo sandwiches
12 "oreo" type cookies
1 granola bar
tastykake (chocolate jr)
glass of water
3/4 pack of cigarettes


"You've used procrastination with success in your life, but this is no longer what you want to do. You're ready to create movement in that area that has been dormant."

"Enter into partnership with a buddy - all will go well."

"You might want to discuss something you feel is important in a relationship. Decide to approach the topic again, experiment with a different attitude. Be more in touch with postive feelings rather than anger. Tonight: see who offers what."

"Let me clarify your situation for you. Up until a short time ago, you'd been wandering through halls of mirrors, metaphorically speaking. Then you spied a hammer on the floor, got seized by a rash impulse and proceeded to smash lots of glass - again, metaphorically speaking. That was the first step to finding your way out of the labyrinth. Now you're ready for the next step: actually escaping. As you head out, I advise you to be careful that you don't cut yourself on all the shards. Liberation is near enough; there's no need to rush. Walk calmly and carefully towards the sound of the heartbeat you hear in the distance, metaphorically speaking."

three daily(1/18)/one weekly(1/18-25) horoscope for cancer (6/21-7/22)

other signs/complete zodiac calender click here

or check your local listings

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007

1 banana
turkey, cheese, mayo sandwich
6 "oreo" type cookies
6-7 cups of coffee
pint of lager
3 glasses of red wine
3 rolls (side of olive oil)
insalata (house salad)
5-7 asparagus spears
individual pizza (anchovy, garlic, onion)
coffee
2 bottles of lager
sm cup of coffee
3/4 pack of cigarettes

random words not necessarily in the dictionary:

adedict
bergin
cigaunkeeption
corricalums
diremicraffernatted
dision
langs
mondabled
onmusconerabet
othew
ragigaling
tenneccedpoulatrol
undecalcherous
wackfindertiveramblistraw
vample

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Monday, Jan. 15, 2007

bowl of chili
2 bread rolls
2 peanut butter/jelly sandwiches
2 bags of potato chips (onion dip/bbq)
2 granola bars
1 1/2 apples
can of sprite
1 orange
2 bottles of water (16.9 fl.oz. each)
small plate of noodles with meat
1/2 pack of cigarettes


"I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law."

Martin Luther King Jr. *


Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007

two small coffees
two cake donuts
lg coffee
1 bagel stuffer (snack food as bad as it sounds)
1 orange
small cup of hot chocolate
plate of stewed chicken over a bed of white rice
2 apples
banana
assorted small candies
3/4 pack of cigarettes


"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

Martin Luther King Jr. *

*quotes included in care/handout pkgs given to the homeless on MLK day

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007

lg cup of coffee
four hotdogs on two buns (two per/plain)
lg cup of turkey noodle soup
3 slices of bread
two small cups of coffee
jelly filled donut
orange
apple
small plastic barrel of grape flavored kool-aid
small plastic barrel of fruit punch kool-aid
peanut butter/jelly/frito sandwich
peanut butter/jelly/nacho-cheese dorito sandwich
two plates of white rice, black-eyed beans, and baked chicken (drumstick/thigh)
cheese sandwich
two oreos
1 small kit-kat
6-8 jelly beans
1 pack of cigarettes

found during pedestrian travels in the past week and a half:

Euro Note (5 value)
Wristwatch (working, keeps correct time)
very good 4"x6" photograph/snapshot (suitable for framing) of the mid-morning winter sun semi-obscurred/filtered by the leafless branches of several trees

Food Stuff Consumption And Miscellany

Friday, Jan. 12, 2007

4 - 5 cups of coffee
2 glasses of water
3/4 takeout order of cheese fries
roast beef sandwich with yellow mustard
1 large cup of coffee
1 large glass of sweet tea
1 bottle of water (16.9 fl.oz.)
3/4 pack of cigarettes


Currently reading Dubliners by James Joyce

Also participate in a James Joyce book club that meets twice a month.

It used to be the James Joyce/Captain Beefheart Comparative Studies Society but the moderator dropped Beefheart because all we did was drink heavily and listen to music.

Best insight/point of departure into Joyce at the most recent meeting:

"My copy of 'Dubliners' (The Viking Portable Library, edited by Harry Levin) also contains an edited yet definitive version of 'Ulysses'. It only contains every 18th sentence of the book."

"Did you say 18 or 8?"

"18"

"Oh, I thought it was the Molly Bloom Soliloquy version. You know, another Joyce pun riffing on the eight lines."

"Actually I was joking. I just find it interesting that everbody is reading a different edition of 'Dubliners'."

There are five persons in the group with five different versions.

Note: Episode (chapter) 18 of 'Ulysses' is Penelope consisting of the soliloquy. Eight long sentences with the only puncutuation being the one period which ends the chapter and book.

Point, none. It's just fun getting together, drinking some alcohol, and discussing Joyce and his work.