by Sam Stortz | Aug 11, 2023 | General |
I’ve lived in two Philly one-bed apartments: Old City – $1,600, 750 square feet Rittenhouse – $2,000, 810 square feet Right next to the legendary Stortz Tools is a brand new apartment building called 214 Vine (sick name). It’s accepting leases...
by Tom Stortz | Aug 8, 2023 | General |
After my haircut, I went to the Willow Grove mall to see what it looked like. I had recently read an article in the WSJ about property values plummeting and how $100 million dollar properties were being auctioned off for $9 million. This isn’t news as e-commerce...
by Tom Stortz | Aug 3, 2023 | Gambling |
Preseason kicks off tonight with the Jets (-1.5) and Browns. Betting on preseason is as degenerate as it gets because you’re working off intel about players who usually don’t get to play professional football. Aside from the first drive or first quarter,...
by Sam Stortz | Aug 1, 2023 | General |
I am a self-described podcast fiend. About 1/3 of the podcast content I consume is sports adjacent. This is good for every time of the year except right now. Lately I’ve had to look elsewhere to get my fix and this weekend I stumbled upon a podcast that I am...
by Sam Stortz | Jul 26, 2023 | General |
The other day I was going through some old things at Stortz Tools and saw what I believed to be a German passport from 1844. I could barely decipher the worn cursive writing and the parts I could make out weren’t even English. It felt like I maybe stumbled upon...
by Tom Stortz | Jul 25, 2023 | General |
Back Off Banana Breath I was reading an article in the WSJ about Twitter changing its name to X. One quote was, “Those who don’t see eye-to-eye with Musk’s politics or interpretations of free speech will back off.” This was referring to the...
by Tom Stortz | Jul 21, 2023 | General |
When I got back from Florida last Sunday, I went to my car and noticed the sunglass compartment was down. That was odd considering I don’t wear sunglasses and have never flipped it down, ever. I didn’t think much of it other than, “how could that...
by Tom Stortz | Jul 20, 2023 | General |
Holdin’ on to sixteen as long as you canChange is coming ’round real soonMake us women and men Driving down Ridge to connect to Kelly, it brought back memories when I used to chauffeur my dad to work. This was back when I lived at home for 2 years after...
by Sam Stortz | Jul 17, 2023 | General |
The 2023 Croatia / Montenegro trip is over. It was an awesome celebratory trip filled with smiles and love. I’m not going to recap it all, but below are the blog-worthy highlights. The Shrimp / Beef Gyoza Incident For the first lunch at our nice hotel, Meghan...
by Tom Stortz | Jul 11, 2023 | General |
The short answer is yes. I haven’t had the time to post while also having no good topics for quality posts. But you never have quality posts?! Har har. My golf game is shit. I’m not bowling. I’m in excellent running shape. I’ve been losing...
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