http://www.soodhalter.com Allegedly, I am paid to study math. I run this website for the betterment of my fellow mans. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:19:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 16517 Happy Holidays Everybody http://www.soodhalter.com/2008/12/17/2008-winter-holiday-card Well, that's it. I am calling this one. At 9:55 PM Eastern Standard Time I am projecting that I ate too many French Fries from Five Guys Burgers and Fries and will have an extremely uncomfortable sleep. Why must they dump SO MANY FRIES in the bag? ... http://www.soodhalter.com/2008/11/04/continuing-election-coverage I am not sure what is going on, but there is a big commotion outside on Broad Street, where I live in South Philly. It may be some sort of riot. Everybody seems cheerful, but that is how these things always start. I took some pictures and ... http://www.soodhalter.com/2008/10/30/unexplained-loud-commotion-on-broad-street Here's a little tidbit of information I picked up today from a reliable source. Apparently, there are some odd statutes governing chicken ownership in Seattle, WA. Apparently, one can own no more than 37 chickens in West Seattle. If one lives in the eastern part of the ... http://www.soodhalter.com/2008/10/16/information-concerning-chicken-ownership-in-seattle My site laid mostly dormant for a couple of months as I prepared for and took some exams. The good news is, I have no more exams. That is a relief because I just do not think I can spend any more time studying for such things. Since ... http://www.soodhalter.com/2008/10/11/philly-observations 14274 I have been busy studying ... http://www.soodhalter.com/2008/09/07/my-cousin-zaid-marries-my-brand-new-cousin-denise-while-wearing-nice-prescription-spectacles A little more than one year ago, I decided to engage in a year-long social science experiment to test a hypothesis. My friend Johnny Porn is Thai of Chinese descent. I am Jewish with a Greco-Russian background. Questions arose. Could these two people coexist in one apartment ... http://www.soodhalter.com/2008/08/10/the-end-of-an-era-coexistence-does-not-lead-to-understanding 15074 When I first moved to Philadelphia, I really did not know anybody. The one exception to this statement was good ol' Homer. I grew up with Homer and his brother Granville in Houston, and Homer was up here doing Teach on Behalf of America. He immediately introduced ... http://www.soodhalter.com/2008/08/04/saying-goodbye-is-a-nontrivial-operation-even-during-a-torrent-of-happiness I just moved to a new apartment in South Philadelphia.  It is about fifteen blocks south of my current location in the Italian Market.  I had heard good things about the businesses in the area, so I decided to take a stroll to see what sort of restaurants and shops ... http://www.soodhalter.com/2008/08/03/they-all-have-their-linen-parties-and-other-lazy-assumptions Summer is moving quickly.  June is already over, and much has happened. I have photographed some of these events, and I present them here for the general consumption.  As always, you can navigate to this page to see the pictures posted most recently. 13766 13892 13810 6336 http://www.soodhalter.com/2008/07/03/the-aardvard-afternoons-of-summer