Shabby Chic
In my continued pursuit of finding office space in Atlanta, my friend Kenny stumbled across a real estate listing for a house in my part of Atlanta. Not just any house, but one I immediately recognized, for it was the cover story of Dwell Magazine about a year ago. Now, normally I wouldn't have looked at residential housing for office...Continue
March 06, 2007Breakups are hard to do
There comes a point in some relationships where you feel, in your gut, that it's time to move on. This was the case for me a little over a week ago when I submitted my resignation as Creative Director of Super Deluxe, and effectively ended my full time employment at Turner. Some will likely wonder, wait a second -- didn't...Continue
March 03, 2007Registerfly meltdown
Do you have an account at Registerfly? Does it manage domain names you care about? If so, you should consider moving them away immediately. The reason? Well, looks like they may lose their accreditation in the next 10 days. This comes after a series of months where at least 75,000 customer domains expired, one of which belonged to me. Back...Continue
December 13, 2006Rip and Goodbye, Follow Up
Over a year ago (good lord, where did the time go?) I wrote about how I was ditching almost my entire CD collection. I had grown tired of the physical space they consumed, and I rarely listened to any of them because of the instant accessibility of digital music. So in October 2005, I set out with a goal. To...Continue
August 07, 2006August
It's August, 2006. Hot as hell, and I haven't felt the urge lately to write about anything in particular. So to keep the wheels from rotting off, here's a round up of bits and things. I'm still working on a new project over at Turner Entertainment, and I still can't write anything about it. Or at least anything specific. But...Continue
March 16, 2006Advice for expectant dads
When Sophia was born a week ago today, I knew I was in for quite an experience. Everyone has heard the horror stories of how exhausting, yet exhilarating having a newborn baby can be, but take it from me -- it's impossible to know how intense the experience is until you've lived it. So with that, here's a few tidbits...Continue
March 08, 2006My topic for An Event Apart
When I was invited a few weeks ago to speak at An Event Apart Atlanta (which recently sold out by the way), I had no idea what I was going to talk about. I'm anything but a regular convention speaker, so I didn't have a ready-made presentation to dig up, or much of anything to immediately pull from. But I...Continue
October 17, 2005Rip and Goodbye
I started working on a new project this past weekend. Not a freelance design gig or anything web related, but something bigger, more time consuming, and potentially overwhelming -- the complete dissolution of my library of compact discs. For most 'normal' people this wouldn't be a big deal, but I'm out of the ordinary. I worked in the music...Continue
September 07, 2005Backyard Update
A while back I promised to post some pictures of the architectural project that's going on in my backyard, so here's a couple of sneak peeks into what's been done thus far: Photo 1 | Photo 2. Both images link to the personal blog of William Carpenter, who's the architect (and genius) behind the design. The "Pavilion" will eventually include...Continue
August 31, 2005My Kind of Town
My wife and I recently returned from Chicago, a city that until last week I'd never set foot in. I've always meant to visit, but never had a reason. So I was thrilled when the invitation came from a couple of friends who live 10 minutes outside of downtown to fly up and check it all out. And that we...Continue
November 15, 2004This and That
A few Monday morning tidbits to chew on. Sideways (movie) -- If you live in a city presenting Sideways, don't miss it. The dramedy about two guys -- one a burnt California actor, the other a middle school English teacher and full time wine aficionado -- hitting the road for a mid-life bachelor's party is hilarious, poignantly melancholy, and rich...Continue
October 07, 2004Going down to Charleston
Today I'm leaving for Charleston, SC to catch up with old friends, eat in some of the best restaurants in the country, and to soak up copious amounts of southern charm in the little colonial city by the sea. I lived there from 1991-2000 -- nine years of incredible change in both my personal and professional life. I graduated from...Continue
July 27, 2004Dumped
This past Sunday morning I was working outside my home -- pulling weeds, trimming hedges, and picking up loose debris -- when a scent hit my nose. It was soft, and slightly sweet, but with an edge like spoiled eggs. Chalking it up to garbage, or a compost pile baking in the Georgia summertime heat, I ignored it. A couple...Continue
April 02, 2004This is a website
Lately I've been thinking about blogs. You know, weblogs -- those magical online creations of semi-ordinary people like you, me, your mom, your dentist -- all expressing the banal, the extraordinary, the helpful, and the controversial, for web surfers far and wide to read and comment on. They've helped change (and in some cases refine) corporate attitudes towards their online...Continue
February 06, 2004This Old Video
One of the main reasons why I purchased a new G5 was to finally own a DVD burner. Not just to back up data, but to rid myself of the various VHS tapes I have been hauling around from various college dorms and apartments. Most were taped anywhere from 1985 to 1992, and since ripping the tape gun across the...Continue
January 05, 2004Reboot
Two weeks of watching movies. Two weeks of booze. Two weeks of sugary treats. Two weeks of family and friends. Two weeks of consistently sleeping in, and dozing off, later than I have since my college days. And, of course, two weeks of zero content on this site. Today it is "back to work" after two very long, relaxing, thoroughly...Continue
December 16, 2003Excuses, Excuses
While weblog entries lamenting the lack of updates to a web site border on inflated ego (my audience misses me!) and frivolity (writing about the lack of writing), I'm writing one anyway. The reason for my absence should be pretty easy to guess -- that final, mad dash of responsibilities (both personal and professional) that always seem to pile up...Continue
July 15, 2003Old School Mowing
Buying a home comes with all kinds of experiences, revelations, and new-found responsibilities; one of which is taking care of the unused outdoor portions of your acreage, otherwise known as "the lawn." The experience, for me, is totally new. I haven't mowed a lawn, clipped a hedge, or pulled a weed since I was fourteen. Up until now, I've lived...Continue
June 26, 2003Shaft
Good ol' Comcast. I recently moved my existing Comcast digital cable / broadband service from my old apartment to my new home. On installation day, the Comcast rep informed me he had to run a "new drop" from the outside of the house. Okay - I thought - whatever you have to do. Within an hour, the service was up...Continue
June 18, 2003The Big Move
Yesterday was the beginning of our two-day back-breaking odyssey from our old rental in Virginia Highlands, which we lived in for three great years, to our first home as homeowners in Decatur. The entire day was spent hauling breakable, sensitive items - like vases, glasses, three Macs, stereo equipment - as well as continually opening the front door to meet...Continue
June 09, 2003Signs You Painted a Room the Wrong Color
"Wow -- it sure is...different.""It's only the first coat.""Are you sure this isn't the primer?""Maybe the lighting in here is making it look strange.""Maybe it'll look normal when all the walls are done.""Is this what the chip color looked like? Where's the chip?""The second coat should help darken it some.""It'll grow on me.""Maybe it looks weird because we're so used...Continue
May 24, 2003Less is More
In my early adolescent years, the cassette tape was the musical medium of choice. My entire collection of music - all on cassette - fit in one 60-slot, tan pleather briefcase that sat on the floorboard in the back-seat of my 1983 Toyota Celica. At the time I thought it was such a cool case. Before hitting the road, I'd...Continue
May 21, 2003Burning Down the House
At about 11pm last night, while sitting on the living room couch, I smelled something. Not a strong odor - but a light, sweet, rubbery scent that barely caught my nose's interest. At first I thought I was hallucinating, but I got up anyway and walked to the kitchen to double check the appliances. All the burners on the range...Continue
May 15, 2003House Update
Nearly a month has passed since I last wrote about our house buying escapades here in Atlanta, and since then we cleared two important hurdles, in addition to finding out some interesting history on our new home. After weeks of asking for bids, nit picking over tiny details, and handing to complete strangers our entire financial history in the form...Continue
April 21, 2003The Hunt is Over
Granted, I haven't written a lot of content lately about my usual topics - web design, Apple, crap television - but in my own defense, buying a house is right up there (at least in my mind) with marriage and having a newborn on the scale of life altering events. For the first time in your life, you are no...Continue
April 18, 2003The Hunt, Part Two
The one positive experience that came out of our recent house hunting escapade in the Grant Park area of Atlanta was a refocusing of priorities. Before we almost purchased that house, most of our energy was focused on the house itself. If the neighborhood was nice, and there were signs of life within walking distance, that was gravy. But something...Continue
April 14, 2003The Hunt
Standing on the back porch, soaking in a gorgeous sun sprinkled with just the right wisp of cool morning breeze, I cracked. My enthusiasm, and dreams of what-could-be, vanished. My surroundings turned distant, with the awkward presence of an ex-lover. Our differences of opinion were insurmountable. The relationship wouldn't work. Strolling out the front door, head hung low, car keys...Continue
April 03, 2003Crack Pipe in a Cube
I'll admit it -- I lied. I have disavowed my initial brush with game console pipe smoking and purchased my very own Nintendo Game Cube. Sure, Playstation 2 has more titles, and there's no way in hell I'd ever buy an X-Box (I don't care how good Halo is), but the Game Cube seemed to offer the experience I was...Continue
March 16, 2003Stranger in a Strange House
Nice picture frame - where have I seen it before? Ah, right - Bed Bath & Beyond. They have great frames. The people in the photo look nice. We'd probably be friends if we worked together or were neighbors. What's that sound? I know that song - that's Miles Davis. Interesting - they purposely put on this CD before we...Continue
March 11, 2003Impressions of Austin
One of the reasons why I came to Austin, Texas for the 2003 SXSW conference was to see what the city was all about. This is the first time I've set foot inside the grand state of Texas, and while Austin may not be indicative of the rest of the state (I've heard Dallas is a sprawling suburban nightmare like...Continue
March 09, 2003Vanity, Shoes, and the Magic Wand
A curious sight on the way out of Atlanta yesterday on my way to Austin. While standing in line at the x-ray screen machines and bored, apathetic personnel, a uniformed security guard was walking down the line and addressing each person individually with a unique proposal. "Ma'am, have you worn that pair of shoes on a flight before?" "No," the...Continue
March 04, 2003Bliss
Bliss is when you leave the house early in the morning, work full steam for ten hours straight, slog through traffic on a rainy night home, greet three excited animals at the door, drop your bag on the floor, open the fridge, mix a cocktail, discover you are out of tonic water, and then noticing a fresh, new bottle from...Continue
February 13, 2003Duct Tape Anxiety
Perhaps it's just me, but there seems to be a palatable level of anxiety now - right now - in the American public, which, in turn, breeds bizarre behavior like dashing off to the corner Home Depot to load up on duct tape. Perhaps I'm missing something, but I have a hard time believing duct tape, when applied to windows,...Continue
February 05, 2003Spring
We're only in the first few days of February, and already Spring is starting to look quite busy; busier actually than any time in recent history. This, I should note, is a very good thing. Dominey Design has multiple projects in development at this time, with one in particular that will offer a considerable amount of time with a very,...Continue
February 04, 2003I Have A Dream
For nearly ten years now, I've been periodically assaulted by an odd dream involving college. Not the college I attended per se, but just some random collegiate environment. None of my college friends are there, or any of my Professors (at least ones I remember). What is there is the familiar process of registering for classes at the beginning of...Continue
January 31, 2003I Haven't Got Time for the Pain
Today is the first day since Monday I've actually felt somewhat lucid and normal, though like any good party, there is a ton of leftover trash to sweep and bag. Within those few days, a few things happened here and there that I'd like to quickly point out. Ted Turner's recent departure from AOL Time Warner may prelude a move...Continue
January 28, 2003Aaaaaachoooo!
Sniff. Snort. Cough. Yuck. I've been out of commission for the past two days thanks to a nasty spot of the flu, or something close to it. Fever, chills, insanely bad headaches, and lots of falling asleep on the couch listening to cable news pundits talk about Iraq, and then waking up later in an Alka-Setzer haze to the very...Continue
January 25, 2003Crack Pipe - The Thrill is Gone
The crack pipe has finally left the building, and the truth is I'm glad to see it go. My brief experience "owning" a PlayStation 2 was an interesting one, but I'm not at all eager to run out and replace it with my own chunk of plastic and silicon. There were, quite simply, only so many cars I could steal...Continue
January 18, 2003To Edit Thyself
A number of years ago I was a freshly scrubbed, enthusiastic, thoroughly inexperienced and ignorant twenty-something entering the work force out of college. More than anything, I wanted to do a good job - hell, a great job - and was willing to do just about anything to keep what, at the time, I thought was a privileged position. I...Continue
January 15, 2003Crack Pipe
A few nights ago my sister-in-law (I'm still not used to that) phoned me up to tell me her television blew out, and that the brand new Playstation 2 she and her significant-other had just purchased was, thus, unplayable, for they didn't have another boob tube to hook it up to. "Can we bring it over to your house?" Since...Continue
January 03, 2003The 2002 Goodbye Hello Awards
My initial game-plan for the year-end rollover was to simply avoid it like the plague. That meant no talking, celebrating, or reflecting about 2002 with that misty, doe-eyed nostalgia some people seem to enjoy doing. But now that we're a couple of days into the new year, I feel the need to record the moment. Truth is, for me anyway,...Continue
December 30, 2002Down is Up, Up is Down
With all the year-end noise on television and in newspapers touting the "worst holiday shopping season in 30 years" for retailers, most Americans would naturally assume that holiday sales are down, and that retailers are moving less product this year than they were last year. Not so. According to this refreshing piece in Slate by Timothy Noah, Americans were purchasing...Continue
December 26, 2002Morning Debug
I awoke Christmas morning at our family's retreat in the North Georgia mountains to a light sprinkle of snow on the ground, frosted windows, and the warm realization that I didn't have to get up and rush anywhere. Instead of falling back asleep, I laid there for a while; staring at the ceiling and enjoying the soft silence. While laying,...Continue
December 20, 2002Those Damn Phone Books
Tipped off by Jason Kottke's post about NYC recycling, or the lack thereof, I recently received that annual *thud* of paper on my doorstep known as the local phone books. In most towns this probably isn't an issue, but in Atlanta the phone book situation is completely out of control. We have two giant White pages books, two giant Yellow...Continue
December 06, 2002Limbo
"So, what's new with you? Yeah, not much here either. I've been working on a few different things. Well, nothing you can actually see. Business has been kind of weird lately because I seem to be spending more time talking about work than actually doing it. Lots of typed up proposals, submitting estimates, waiting...oh - of course! I'd much rather...Continue
November 27, 2002Turkey and the Big Green Egg
By this time tomorrow I will be sitting in the backyard, drinking wine, watching giant plumes of gray smoke fill the noontime air. Thanksgiving - that distinctly American celebration of turkey, stuffing, and the pursuit of getting plump and loaded - will bring yet another family get together, and a bit of anxiety, to my house. Unlike previous years, this...Continue
November 26, 2002Damn't TiVo - I'm Not Gay!
Today's Wall Street Journal has a hilarious article about a problem plaguing TiVo owning men who enjoy tv shows the "average male" typically does not - their TiVos think they're gay. The article, which unfortunately doesn't have an online free version to read, mainly focuses on 32 year old film student Basil Iwanyk. According to Iwanyk, his TiVo inexplicably keeps...Continue
November 17, 2002Saturdays At Costco
Once a month, typically on a Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning, I fire up the car and drive 30 minutes north to visit that monolithic icon of American consumption known as Costco. For me the trip is akin to visiting the dentist, or getting the oil changed in my old Honda. In other words, not a trip I look forward...Continue
November 12, 2002All I Want For Christmas...
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November 07, 2002A Hairy Dilemma
Yesterday I had to make a trip over to our friendly neighborhood Apple retail store in Lenox Square to ask their "geniuses" to have a look at our beloved iBook named "Scooter." His power jack was loose, and the electrical plug wasn't fitting as perfectly as before. So I wandered into the back of the store, sat on a stool,...Continue
October 16, 2002The Church of the Fuzzy Bunnys
Four years ago when I was living in Charleston, South Carolina, the local news stations broadcasted a rather bizarre story for a series of evenings. At first it was just another clash of morality, religion, and politics in the Southern Bible belt, which was really nothing new. What was different about this particular story was how it ended, and the...Continue
October 02, 2002Germ Tube
It has happened to me again. That alien creature that rudely invades my carcass every time I get on and off an airplane. Somehow, someway, I picked up a nasty cold immediately after returning from my Michigan trip. I've spoken to one other person who always seems to get sick or pick up a bug of some kind after extensive...Continue
September 30, 2002Back to Life
Safely back in the A-T-L after three wonderful days at Interlochen Arts Academy up in Traverse City, Michigan. The weather, as expected, was near freezing at night, but gloriously crisp and cool during the day. I met countless wonderful people - professional dancers, actors, musicians, creative writers - and could easily have seen myself attending the school and making the...Continue
September 26, 200234 Degrees at Night
Early tomorrow morning I leave the rain drenched streets of Atlanta to attend my wife's high school reunion at Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. I've never been to Michigan, or quite possibly that far north before in my life, so it should be an interesting, shivering, experience. My wife received her formal training in ballet there before entering...Continue
September 22, 2002The FrontPage Blues
In between my fits of anger, denial, and anxiety the past couple of weeks, I found myself in one of those "pass-the-buck" scenarios you often see in design circles. The characters change names, but the story is always the same - a business hires a designer, the designer flakes out (or in the case of this story, lands in jail...Continue
September 10, 2002Anniversary
Tomorrow, as everyone in the world undoubtedly knows, is the first anniversary of 9/11. Unlike birthdays, holidays, and weddings, tommorow is the other type of anniversary - the one nobody celebrates (well, except for certain cave dwelling vermin in Afghanistan). For weeks now the television media has been racing against each another to turn tomorrow into an event - that...Continue
August 15, 2002This Old House
I'm hardcore DIY. Not because I have issues with relinquishing responsibility, but because I believe when it comes to home repair, an operating system, or just about anything electronic, I'm smart enough, damn't, to fix, modify, add-on, or repair anything a "professional" can do. Give me a book, a little time, and chances are I'll figure it out. Of course...Continue
July 01, 2002Juror 51
Today has turned out to be quite a day. Late last night our home air conditioner blew a fuse and began pumping out 80 degree air. Today, myself, the wife, and three hot hairy cats keep glancing down at the curb waiting for a truck to arrive. "Maybe today, possibly tomorrow," they said. Gee, thanks. I did escape the heat...Continue
June 24, 2002Smoke
Today was the day of the cigarette. Tobacco stocks plunged, the NY Times published an editorial pushing for a total ban on cigarettes in public places, and Dave revealed he's been in the hospital with heart problems thanks in part to chain smoking most of his adult life. As a former smoker, I know how annoying "quitters" can be. Not...Continue
June 07, 2002Crawling Back from the Abyss, Part II
Nine days after my body was invaded by an alien life form, I am finally, finally, feeling somewhat like a human being again. Trouble was, I wasn't getting an better. Day in, day out, I kept hoping to wake up and find myself back to normal, or at least somewhat physically improved, but it wasn't happening. So yesterday I hoisted...Continue
June 03, 2002Crawling Back from the Abyss
One time, I woke up and thought I was in Miami. Another, I imagined a fictitious mathematical formula and spent hours dreaming up a solution. The rest of the time, when I wasn't hallucinating, I was doped up out of my mind watching a steady stream of bad movies on HBO. Ever since last Wednesday morning, I've been one sick...Continue
May 28, 2002Plantation
So here we are. The day most people shuttle back to work, sip crap coffee in their cubicles, and chat with coworkers about their long weekend of sun, fun, and hot dogs. Myself, I've been out of town since early Thursday morning attending a friend's wedding in Richmond, VA. The wedding was held on the grounds of a old southern...Continue
May 21, 2002Oh The Pain
After all the bitching and moaning I wrote about income taxes, my wife and I recently received our vindication - a pretty decent federal tax refund. Since discovering that monetary jewel at the bottom of our joint 1040 a month ago, active conversations emerged on how to spend the money, if at all. This, incidentally for you single people, is...Continue
May 12, 2002Me and Windows NT
Just when I thought I had the next few days of my life all figured out, Friday night threw a major curve ball. A huge lightning storm slammed Atlanta Friday afternoon. My cats were panicked, the sky was black, and I was madly running around the house unplugging anything electronic (blew a logic board once in a lightning storm, and...Continue
May 09, 2002This and That
An old friend of my wife came in town last night. He does media relations for a new brand of toilet paper. We went out to dinner, laughed, drank, made predictions about Six Feet Under. I ate the duck, drank a bunch of merlot, plus a scotch or two. Woke up today at 5am. Was supposed to go out tonight...Continue
May 08, 2002Time Bandits
My new neighbor recently purchased an alarm clock. Not just any alarm clock, but an alarm clock with the exact same alarm sound as mine. Every morning this week I have awoken to the sound of what I believed to be my alarm, lifted my carcas up out of the bed and stumbled half awake over to the dresser. I...Continue
April 12, 2002Deduct This
I hate income taxes. No, let's back up and be truthful. I fucking hate income taxes. I just completed a 10-hour tango with Quicken, TurboTax and a mound of cryptic bank records and am feeling incredibly snippy, and little embarrassed. Part of the annual fun of doing taxes, especially if you're self employed as I am, is categorizing all your...Continue
April 10, 2002Banana Monarchy
An actual conversation between myself and an telephone operator at Banana Republic. BR: Thank you for calling Banana Republic, may I help you? ME: Yes, I just placed an order online at your web site and had trouble with checking out. I have a promotional code here from a mailer of yours, and I never found a space to enter...Continue
April 04, 2002Absinthe, and the New Neighbor
The house I live in has a small single apartment in the back that's been occupied by two different single guys since I moved here. Yesterday brought a third. Despite their close proximity, and the fact that I would often hear fights, stubbed toes and (*cough*) intimate moments (*cough*) through the walls, I never associated with either of them. They're...Continue
April 02, 2002Forests, Trees, and the Inevitable
No idea why, but this morning I busted a gut laughing at this. Seems to aptly sum up a few of the boneheaded decisions I've made in my life. And by the way, never trust anyone who doesn't "get" Far Side. Never. Just back away...slowly...and run....Continue
April 01, 2002HOW Design Conference. Decisions, Decisions
So here we are, April Fools Day - an apt title for the decision I have to make today. I simply can't decide whether to yank out my Amex and sign up for the 2002 HOW Design Conference happening June 9-12 in Orlando, FL. I hate Florida. I can't stand Orlando. Put the two together, and this guy is in...Continue
March 16, 2002Randomized Perfection
I'm almost always listening to iTunes while working, in random mode, with the cross fade effect maxed out. At last count, my library holds exactly 5900 songs, or 37.61 GB of audio. Breaking that down to a more understandable measure, that's twenty days, five hours, sixteen minutes and sixteen seconds worth of music. And that's not even counting my 90...Continue
March 14, 2002Talk About Balls
In addition to my web host catastrophe, today is turning out very weird. At 4am, my wife and I awoke to a thunderous sound right outside our window. In my half asleep state, I thought the sound was gun shots. I flew to the window to see a police car up on the sidewalk, and a couple of police officers...Continue
Rude Awakening
Let's just say I'm in a pretty foul mood this morning. I just discovered that my portfolio site has magically travelled backwards in time, and is now displaying files that are at least two weeks old. I checked the directory, and sure enough, all of the work I had added / changed / updated over the course of two full...Continue
February 26, 2002Mr. Clean
Sunday was one of those days. Every few weeks I wake up in the morning with an unbridled, borderline manic need to clean. I have no idea what drives this behavioral anomoly, but sometimes the acrid odors of bleach, lime remover, and grout cleaner smell as sweet to me in the a.m. as cream, sugar and coffee. Bills, unreturned phone...Continue
February 12, 2002Goodbye MediaOne, Hello ATTBI
Oh the joy. Today marks the beginning of AT&T Broadband's mission to move all their internet subscribers over to one consolidated domain. I'll get used to it, but the new domain is "attbi.com." It's an okay domain name I guess, but the sound it makes when rolled off your tongue is kind of clunky. Actually, the name sounds pretty good,...Continue
February 06, 2002The Big Ring
There's an old cliché that says when you marry, you're not only marrying the love of your life, but their family as well. When I was younger (read: more inward, narcissistic, 'the world revolves around me' kind of adolescent junk), I never would have believed the cliché. Besides, it's me that's getting married. We can move to France, live a...Continue
January 31, 2002My Elph Is Here
Over a month after ordering my first digital camera, late yesterday I finally received my Canon PowerShot S110. I'm totally knocked out. Last night my wife and I killed a couple of hours taking a ridiculous amount of cat photos, transferring them into iPhoto, and making some really silly QuickTime slide shows with Pizzicato 5 music as the soundtrack. Once...Continue
January 03, 2002Snowfall
Snow is falling all over Atlanta this morning. The rooftops are dripping with icycles, the bushes and cars are blanketed with mounds of gorgeous, gleaming white snow, and kids are tearing up lawns with sleds and garbage pail lids all up and down the street. This morning I stood in the kitchen, washing dishes by hand at the sink, watching...Continue
December 26, 2001Holiday Hangover
Christmas is great and all, but I sure am glad it only happens once a year. The mounds of mashed potatoes, the turkey, the wine, the garbage, the anxiety, the generational differences, the bows, tape and paper...bah! The past few days have been filled with these holiday "delights," and now is the time to regroup, sleep, and drag my crispy,...Continue
December 13, 2001Fortune Cookie
So what exactly does it mean when you crack open a fortune cookie, and it's empty? One thing is for sure, tonight I drove home from the Chinese restaurant a little slower than usual....Continue
November 02, 2001Daschle for Halloween
Halloween came and went, and for the first time in years, I dressed up. Well, I did dress up two years ago, but my then-girlfriend now-wife cooked some shrimp that sent my body and brain into fits of nausea and hallucinations. I laid on the couch, clicked on the tele, and a Lou Reed concert was just the right medicine....Continue
October 01, 2001Odor
I'm one of those people who is very sensitive to odor. More powerful than music, or even a photograph, the smell of freshly cut grass, honeysuckles, and especially perfume, can bring back heightened moments of spiritual clarity, happiness, or gut-wrenching emotion. For example, hazelnut coffee makes me think of composer Steve Reich, and the day I "got it." Garlic cloves...Continue
September 23, 2001Cut the Crap
Long ago I came in contact with a quotation, either in print, on radio, or maybe even a cocktail party, that has since lodged into my cranium. "I apologize for the long letter, for I did not have time to write a short one." I have tried in vain to run down the origin of this quote, or what I...Continue
September 15, 2001What We're Buying
Today the "top searches" on Amazon.com were as follows: world trade centertwin towersshreksimpsonsjack welchharry potternostradamuscalphalonmemento A motley collection indeed....Continue
September 12, 2001The Pain Worsens
I'm still shellshocked after recent events, and feel utterly ridiculous every time I try to write about it. I'm mad as hell, disgusted, and just in utter disbelief. I had awful dreams last night, twisting and turning all night. Half asleep, I turn on CNN to get the latest, and the pain only continues. In an attempt to get my...Continue
September 11, 2001Black Tuesday
I'm utterly overcome with sadness, anxiousness, and anger. Today was undoubtedly a Pearl Harbor for the new century. The most disgusting part of it all, for me, is that the weapon used to inflict all this damage were innocent American commercial airplanes. Like a soldier, falling on his own sword. This photo blows my mind....Continue
September 08, 2001I got 'da hookup
What Do I Know has been added to the front page "Blogs of Note" box. My web host must be loving me right now....Continue
