On the eve of the Pope’s passing, I thought it poignant that my wife found, in her memory box, a supplement commemorating his historic visit to Philadelphia.

You can see scans bere: October 3rd and 4th, 1979, Pope John Paul II Visited Philadelphia: a special image gallery at Philly Future.

Note the updated link to the gallery.

I’m having some issues with paradox1x right now. Apologies for the weekend posts disappearing.

This thing is in massive need of a redesign anyway 🙂

Read more here.

Tonight I finally get a chance to meet a bunch of great folks I’ve been talking to and working with over the past few years (ok… months in this iteration of the site!).

I think we have something special here in Philly. Every day I get surprised at some new discovery, some new point of view. We’re a small bunch in comparison to other cities, but we have so much talent. So much passion. So much fun… We’re growing everyday and sooner or later the mass media will be forced to take notice.

We probably have the greatest concentration of Democratic/liberal blogs that can be found anywhere. But that’s just one way of looking at us online. Among us are terrific writers, technologists, pundits, lawyers, musicians, artists, doctors, teachers, journalists and more. All sides of the political spectrum. We are connecting across neighborhoods and across counties. We’re diverse. We’re communicating.

That counts for something. What? Well we’re all still trying to figure that out right?

Our Philly Blogger meetup is starting small at a pub, but I’m knocking on doors and calling in favors. I’m sure soon we’ll have events that will go beyond your average get together and may resemble something closer to a user group or an association. Along the way I hope Philly Future can become a shared resource for the region. Special thanks to our growing team and what they are helping accomplish.

I hope these meetings empower us. To learn from each other. To help one another. To share with one another. To form new friendships in our community that might not have come before.

After all – that’s what blogging is about.

Paul Graham: How to Start a Startup. Food for thought.

Since I’m posting more on blogging and politics at Philly Future, I’m probably going to re-orient my homepage back to personal matters. That means technology, music, movies, and anything else that gets me jumping. I know I said I’d do this before, but the last few days I just couldn’t keep pace at both sites. Too much going on and you got to keep priorities straight.

Jason Sweeney’s killers have finally been convicted. And I have something to say for those arguing for the death penalty.

Yahoo!: For 20 years, Sarah Scantlin has been mostly oblivious to the world around her — the victim of a drunken driver who struck her down as she walked to her car. Today, after a remarkable recovery, she can talk again. What a powerful and inspirational story.

I don’t know if this is a joke or not, but this guy is a genius. One of the simplest, yet sickest and clever sites I have ever seen.

I had a pet bunny for seven years. I hope it’s a joke.

I don’t like Valentine’s Day. Every day should be one that you celebrate your loved one. But still… I know I’m a blessed man to have the wife I have. Far too many I know sacrifice their families for their career, so this stupid day grows in importance for them as they try and make up for time lost. You can’t. You can’t make up time lost. For us, it’s just another day. Albeit with flowers 🙂 Love ya sweetie.

BTW Philly Bloggers do it better. Couldn’t resist.