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Interesting development

May 30, 2009 11:47 PM | filed in:

Hint: April on the radio. Weekly. More information will be posted in the coming days.

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Three Sites I Designed and Built...

May 27, 2009 10:23 PM | filed in:

...are featured in this YouTube video promo by platform expert Suzanne Falter-Barns. Can you guess which are "mine?" 

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Site Launch: Gutterfresh.com

May 27, 2009 10:19 PM | filed in:

I have been working a LOT lately, but most of my web projects are not live yet (or are being held for official release for various reasons). Here's one I was actually able to launch tonight:

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Star Magazine: Lowering the Bar for 35 Years

May 13, 2009 9:06 PM | filed in:

I have a confession: When I go on vacation, I usually pick up a Star. It's the perfect thing to shut off my intellect and begin to relax... Maybe it's the dearth of real news and reciprocal abundance of useless trivia (as my friend Halie mentioned in her stand-up routine, "Victoria Beckham's waist is 23 inches, the same circumference as a soccer ball!"), but I suspect it's more likely the stupid photos of celebrities--and the horrendous retouching and effects--that really gets me having fun. For someone who truly understands how to use Photoshop, it's easy (and fun!) to spot...

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Formula for the Perfect Birthday Lunch

May 13, 2009 7:56 PM | filed in:

Yesterday, I had the perfect birthday lunch with Dan. Here's what I think makes a "perfect" such occasion: 1. Pick a nice place and go in the late afternoon, after the lunch crowd and before the dinner crowd. (Going then ensures quietude, good service, and acceptance of casual attire.)2. Order the beef carpaccio, crab-and-avocado salad, (homemade) sausage and wild mushroom risotto, and strawberry-balsamic panna cotta. In other words, order something you wouldn't normally have.3. Wash it all down with some wine. 4. Have someone with you who will talk about how great you are... and mean it. 5. Go home...

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Finally, a (Quasi-)Vacation

May 10, 2009 12:45 PM | filed in:

I just reserved the rental car, which means our June trip is pretty much finalized. I can't wait to go to Meg's wedding and also take some time off to relax. We decided to add a short side trip, so we're going from LA to Vegas for a day to Denver to Omaha, staying somewhere in Nebraska for a few days, then driving to the wedding and staying for a few days, and flying back to Vegas. It is less hectic than it sounds and will be a much-needed meandering road trip. Yay for Alamo Rent-a-Car, who have had no...

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You Like This. Don't You?

May 9, 2009 9:36 AM | filed in: ,

Really, I can't believe Ace of Cakes is still on. Chef Duff of Charm City Cakes is hardly interesting, but most importantly, the cakes for which they're supposedly renowned SUCK! I marvel at how people are so dazzled... it goes to show you that most people just need to be told they're going to like something to decide that they do like it. Maybe people in Baltimore have no standards when it comes to cake.Here are some issues: - The designs are not very good. The team is given themes and requests most creative cake-makers would die to work on...

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Did Someone Request a Dead 'Possum?

May 5, 2009 9:09 PM | filed in:

This was in my yard one day when I got home. Fortunately, after a call to Animal Control, the thing was picked up sometime after bedtime and before "Reveille." Click for a close-up.

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Lizard with Mushroom

May 3, 2009 10:14 PM | filed in:

Shot in sunlight in my backyard.

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Previews from the Latest Portrait Party

May 3, 2009 3:01 PM | filed in:

This week, I had a little get-together to watch HBO's Grey Gardens. To make it more fun, I plied my friends with wine and pesto potatoes and made them pose for me in headwraps like little Edie. Here's a preview of some photos I took that night. Maybe I'll soon have enough time to actually look through and process the images.

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Is it bad...

May 3, 2009 3:00 PM | filed in:

...that the "gripes" category of my blog has the most entries?

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Back to Business...

May 3, 2009 2:48 PM | filed in: ,

This week, I made a much-needed plunge back into society. After months of slipping stealthily into galleries during patron hours (the quiet time for serious buyers), we finally went to an opening specifically to reconnect with people we hadn't seen in a long time and to get back in the swing of being out. It helped that, earlier in the week, I had another social engagement out of the house and a small get-together with friends at my place. This weekend capped it off as we attended a family function and also got together with friends in San Diego for...

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