Archive for November, 2004

Pilot Portrait

Monday, November 22nd, 2004

I’ve had this portrait open in one of my browser tabs all day today. The light on the subject is just incredible: the colors are soft, and I love the silver frame of the door shining beside him. It was shot by Philip Greenspun, who by the way wrote a pretty interesting account […]

60 Degrees, 20% Chance of Rain

Monday, November 22nd, 2004

Sailing with Joel and Scott.

Open Letter to Pappadeaux Restaurant, 5635 Jimmy Carter Blvd

Friday, November 19th, 2004

Dear Sirs, In response to my two (2) telephone conversations with your employees this evening, I would like to intimate the following: F you. At three minutes ’til five o’clock on this Friday evening I called to inquire whether Pappadeaux, purveyor of delicious Cajun foods and beverages designed to make you fall about the place, takes reservations. […]

Happy Birthday, Blog!

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

As of this post 1128 is three months old. Hooray! I started this site refusing to refer to it as a blog, a word I detested. It still makes me twitch, but I can at least allow myself to use it. When I set up shop here and made my first […]

Cookies!

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

There are two boxes of cookies on the kitchen counter here at work. One is of “Christmas Cookies” - there are red-sprinkled Santa cookies and green-sprinkled Christmas tree cookies stacked up inside it. Then there is the “Star of David Cookies” box, with blue-sprinkled cookies. Judging by the stack sizes, the Christmas […]