Do you know whether to give a tip or a gift to your hairdresser? What is appropriate for a boss? How about a dog-walker? Niether did I. So this article by Real Simple was real useful is planning how to deal with holiday tipping.

Holiday Tipping: Who? How Much? by Real Simple… [more]

A group of my friends with too much time on their hands and an email list were given a bracket of 64 films to determine what we as a community consider the “best film”. There were no metrics provide, it was completely arbitrary selection.

As we approach the final rounds, I find myself with the highest… [more]

There were many years there where I thought that Sixers GM Billy King was the best manager of the four Philly sports. Andy Ried was continually missing the boat with first round draft picks (how’s Freddie Mitchell doing for ya); Bobby Clarke was still wearing the black eye of his vendetta with Eric Lindros and… [more]

At the CVS at Farragut North three cashiers stood idly waiting to serve someone in the line. Five feet to the right I stood at the photo counter awaiting assistance. The inevitable resolution was that I need to go walk through the cashier line to get a clerk to walk back over to the photo… [more]

I’ve never understood the fascination Mid-Atlantic folks have with the Outer Banks. It must be for days like today.

“A cargo container that apparently fell from a ship washed up on the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Thursday and spilled thousands of bags of Doritos brand tortilla chips on the beach. People collected the chips… [more]