“Stupid” is being nice. “Stupid” movies are interesting. The writer must have turned We Need to Talk About Kevin into a series of flashbacks when she realized it was otherwise just a gloomy after school special.

Like a lot of hobbies currently fueled by social media I think the overabundance of information is what intimidates many from moving beyond looking at pretty, filtered pictures and saying, “...some day.” There’s also a bit of a attitude among amateur professionals that their hobby du jour is too complicated for their…

I’m a Cornell fan, but Eilish can sing and deserves awards. That said, something about her sweep doesn’t feel genuine and seems to fall under the category of the Academy trying to reach out to newer, younger viewers. Off hand I can think of at least five superior performers who had to wait for Lifetime Achievement…

If I live to see every car manufacturer go electric, I will forever shop the use lot to keep three pedals. Yes, I know it’s irrational. Yes, I know automatics are more efficient now. Yes, I know automatics are better in traffic and for commuting.

When your primary audience is so familiar with the menu they don’t even need one, any new product needs a lot more than “it tastes the same as our old burger but costs more. Try it.” The problem with meatless fast food burgers is that they claim to offer something new while simultaneously claiming to taste like…

My god she’s repulsive. Do people like this even birth babies, or lay eggs in a web under sewer pipe? I’m curious what the “bully” at Hipster Runoff had to say about her. It sounds like it was a pretty gross blog, but Grimes also sounds like a Tumblr tween who shuts down at confrontation and criticism, and with too…

Whenever I assume Big Businesses’ progressive initiatives are such blatant pandering anyone with a third grade education could see past the charade, someone comes along and says, “you should support Target, they’re friends of the gays!” No, Mary, they’re not. They’re friends of the shareholders, and legally obligated…

According to the waring label, ingesting Urnex doesn’t sound particularly dangerous. Standard cover-your-ass, “May cause stomach distress...” sort of jargon. I don’t doubt it’s pretty nasty when you’re expecting an overpriced burnt latte, but I’d hork down a whole glass of Urnex with a side of used chewing gum for…

DiNic’s is amazing, the other Philly sandwich staple. I lived two blocks from RTM for ten years and made a point to try every restaurant in there. I should have kept a journal. That part of Center City is amazing and it’s odd a lot of locals forget about it or avoid it. I mean you have Chinatown right there too which…

That is true, especially during large conventions. The trick is to go at 8am or 5pm, but lunch is always packed Thursday through Sunday. Also, Saturday at 5pm the Amish bread place is practically giving stuff away because it won’t be fresh when they return on Tuesday. I really shouldn’t be giving these tricks away,…

There are a few left in Philly but they’re primarily catering/take-out joints. I was talking to the manager of the one in Center City who said they weren’t given a lease renewal at their most popular location because it wasn’t “on brand” with the building’s new owners. Surprise, surprise, the pandemic hit and the…

$11 isn’t necessarily high for a good chicken sandwich from a mid-range local eatery, but I always felt Panera itself needed to justify its price tag. It baffles me that you can’t get out of the Panera across from Reading Terminal Market for less than $15, still hungry, and that there are a half dozen shops in the…

Nathan’s Famous is worldwide. My guess is, if there were room in the marketplace for another fast food joint, hot dogs could make it. It’s just that burgers got there first. Also, when we think of hot dogs we immediately think of lips and ass holes, “everything but the oink.” We have slightly higher standards for…

I say, have at ‘em. My sister used to sneak Milk Bones when she was a kid. One day after a long morning of moving I was hungry and the only thing in the truck was a bag of those dog treats that look like Slim Jims. It wasn’t bad, just really salty. It’s not harmful. There’s an entire career field for people who…

That might be the case. I don’t know what insurance laws are like. I’ve lived in big cities for a long time and these sorts of accidents (though not as dramatic) happen all the time. I don’t think anyone in Philadelphia even knows you’re supposed to “leave a note” when you sideswipe a parked car. But I’ve never heard…

You mention the Tesla was rented, but also call this a hit and run. It sounds more like a hit and found, which is never really mentioned here. Knowing the Tesla’s identity seems it would resolve any insurance issues. My car had similar damage (wheels bent up under the car from the curb) by a true hit and run that was…

If Jeff Bezos built a time machine they’d be going back to the Jurassic Period because he “always liked dinosaurs.” Celebrities with too much money sound so much like children it’s almost cute. Honestly, I miss thinking Pete Davison was Nick Kroll, which is to say all I wanted to know about him was “funny looking…

Of course not. Social media is nothing but toxic positivity or trolls. It’s no place for healthy discourse (except maybe in the un-grey comments on Kinja).

Never underestimate the stuffy stubbornness of old-time urbanites who think 1970 was yesterday. While we spent two years proving that to-go drinks and walktails won’t turn places like Philadelphia and Chicago into lawless wastelands of roving drunk zombies, there still exists a board of blue hairs and career cronies…

“In many ways, the food influencer is like the modern-day food critic.”