SkaroffBlog

I haven’t blogged in a couple of days because I’ve been busy at work and occupied at night. Pretty much my favorite thing to do on any given night is go see live music. I started with Dave Matthews Band when I was in high school and since then have expanded into so [...]

Welcome to Philadelphia, a city with heart and spirit, but beset by many problems. One of the areas of city government that has been least responsive to the needs of the citizens and least effective has been Lynne Abraham and the District Attorney’s office. LA seemingly has a lock on the labor organizations [...]

Consumer Reports: Complaint Rates for Cellular Providers
The Best of Photojournalism 2005
Apple’s OS X 10.4 Tiger available for pre-order
The Mobile Music Blog
Oh No! TiVo tests pop up ads
What’s Next For Apple?

A fantastic show of live acoustic music from Nugs.net

Robert “Douchebag of Freedom” Novak says we’re pulling out of Iraq soon
WSJ hedging its bets on Delay

I would [...]

(ed. note – The following is the first of what I hope will be many guest bloggers. Everyone say hello to Bec)
Today is my birthday, and even though it’s the first birthday that’s made me feel old, birthdays still inspire a childlike spirit of make-believe in me. This week, I’ll pretend that food dipped [...]

I’m amazed that it happened as quickly as it did, but a little over a week after starting this new home on the web, a google search for ‘Skaroff’ yields this site as the first hit. I think it’s mostly thanks to SDR’s link back after my podcast entry. But rest assured [...]

Here in Pennsylvania we’re looking at the start of potentially the largest and most contentious Senate race of 2006. In one corner, the incumbent right-wing zealot and Bush Social Security plan schill, Rick Santorum. In the other, Bob Casey:
Several recent polls confirm that Bob Casey is the Democrat in the strongest position to defeat Republican [...]

One of the most interesting and rewarding things I’ve done in my life was a year of interning at 88.5 WXPN here in Philadelphia for David Dye and Live at the World Cafe. I was a Production Assistant which meant that I set up the studio for bands, assisted during recording sessions, edited live sessions [...]

Faith Voices for the Common Good Launch “People of Conscience Write-In�
Join a nationwide “1,000,000 PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCE “WRITE-IN” on March 30 to end the Iraq War. REGISTER to participate in this online event BEFORE 7 pm EST March 27 at www.peacenotpoverty.org, where you will find details.
Participation is open to anyone with an internet accessible computer, [...]

Approximately 38% of the time when my phone rings it’s someone asking for help with their computer or other personal electronic device. This is actually a trend that began before college when my grandfather – a man who worked for alternatively Hewlett Packard, Hughes, and NASA – began deferring to me for computer advice. Sometimes [...]

I often work from home on Mondays. It’s nice to get away from the stresses of the office for a day and have uninterrupted time to work. Generally very productive days. Unfortunately I often put CNN on in the background while I’m working. Much like last week was 24 hours a [...]