For the second year in a row, I headed to the Kuztown Pennsylvania German Festival in good ole Kuztown, PA. I always love visiting Kuztown for the memories alone, having spent 4.5 years there earning my B.S. in Telecommunications with a minor in Evan Williams whiskey.

The Kutztown PA German Festival is loads of fun for anyone that enjoys to casually walk in the sun, gorge your face with fatty varied foods, drink beer, check out some antiques & hand crafted goods, listen to live music, watch an ox get slow roasted, and maybe learn a thing or two about the days when English was hardly spoken in Berks County.

Melissa and I decided to eat something that we never had before, so we tried these banana fritters. Eight pieces of gloriously fried bananas sprinkled with powdered sugar. You need to get your potassium somehow.

Who doesn’t enjoy a hex sign or two? They are loads of fun. Which one will you buy?

A simple "Lemon Drinka" may have been the healthiest thing to eat at the Kutztown PA German Festival.

What is that guy doing with his left hand in his pocket? Hmmmm…Melissa almost knocked down this little PA Dutcher Dude. Be careful if you plan to lean on him with all of your might.

After the Magic Garden fun, I met up with the Virginville Crew and Richie-Rich, along with the Celebrity Kids Duo for a smoldering hot day at Citizen’s Bank Park. Being the longest day of the year and sitting above right field made for non-stop sunlight action. Luckily, I wore sun screen and kept getting up to eat as much as possible. We ended up at Johnny Brenda’s, of course. Where else?

Richie Rich enjoys a hot dog and a brew. That’s a New Hampshire shirt he’s wearing, not a Yankees shirt. (A drunk guy in the bathroom was barking at him about it.)

Jen and Wayne chillin’ in the sun.

And the sun keeps hanging on. Richie Rich sporting a beard longer than Wayne’s?

Wayne and his blue cast, soon to be departed from it.

Wayne outside of Johnny Brenda’s with his Smurf blue cast.

Philadelphia’s Magic Garden at 1020-1022 South Street is a site to behold. I recently went there for the Summer Solstice Reverie event which featured improvisational dance and music. As you walk through the pathways, you never knew what you’d bump into performance-wise.

The best part about the Magic Garden is that you can actually rent out the mosaic of beautiful madness that it is for weddings, parties, events, etc. Very cool.

Check out some video and photos below:

Santucci, our cat, is most often referred to as "Tooch" for short.

I recently checked out "Tooch" on UrbanDictionary.com and was amazed to see how un-urban I am in knowing the many facets of the word "Tooch".

Here are a few meanings:

• A computer whiz who is proficient at many things, ranging from physical feats back to other various mentally stimulating activities. aka a renaisance man.
• Another word for cooch, vagina, pussy, cunt, twat, snatch or other words for the female genetals.
• A kick ass percussionist and vocalist who is a necessity in any experimental pop band.

…Not me personally, but somebody does in Fishtown.

The banner below hangs on the side of a house facing the Bank of America on Girard Ave.

If you’re ever been to Canvas Coffee on Girard, head east about a block and then look to your left. You can’t miss it.

No one seems to be sure why someone had this banner created. But the way it is positioned is sure to alarm every BOA customer walking in and out of that place, as well people just passing by. Here is a thread on PhillyBlog.com of people trying to break it down.

Gotta love minimal graphic design and freedom of speech used as revenge.

April was a great month for the Phils, even with J-Roll’s injury and Howard’s miserable slump. This past Friday, we went to see the first game in a series against the Giants. NEVER again will I leave a tie game at the top of the ninth just to beat some traffic and meet up with friends. I missed a 2-run game winning home from Pat Burrell at the bottom of the 10th! Damn’t!

Below is a shot of us checking out the bleacher seats. This is a really cool area to hang out in, right near Ashburn Alley where you can taunt the opposing team’s relief pitchers warming up.

So, even though it has been out since August of ‘07, I have just discovered Hulu.com and am just blown away by how fast the videos load and how crisp the quality is.

Even though there are sometimes short commercials that you have to sit through upon loading, Hulu offers content from over 50 providers including NBC and Fox. For example, you can watch the entire episode of the latest The Office episode that aired just two days ago on NBC. Very cool.

Here’s an episode of Laser Cats 3, an SNL short:

At the Philly Sound Clash last night, this impromptu dance competition occurred on stage in between one of the bands setting up. Killer dance moves outweighs boobs!

Ahh, the joys of clipping someone’s head out with image editing software and using it for fun and humiliation! View Carl, Melissa, and Bridget dancing as elves.

My Mom set this one up and she seems to be really into finding these things!

How can you not like Sarah Silverman? I love it!