Dragon*Con Parade • This past Saturday morning I got up early to go downtown and watch the annual Dragon*Con parade. Dragon*Con is a huge, yearly science-fiction/nerd/etc. convention held … 01 sep, 11:06 p.m.
Crispy Black Bean-Bacon Tacos with Tangy Romaine Salad • Shaun and I first made these crispy tacos a few months ago (May 10th, to be exact), and I’ve been asking for them ever since. … 27 aug, 10:46 p.m.
Braves Big Night Out • Throughout the season Shaun and I have been seeing advertisements for something the Braves call “Big Night Out.” For $125, you get a ticket to … 17 aug, 12:32 p.m.
Falafel • I could eat falafel every day. Today at Publix Shaun and I got four cans of chickpeas — two for falafel and two for hummus. … 10 aug, 10:38 p.m.
Lucky number thirteen • So I moved this past weekend, and I got to thinking about all the places I’ve lived. The apartment my parents were renting in New … 29 jul, 7:50 p.m.
DjangoCon 2008 • Uh, yeah, there’s no clever way to say this. In September there will be the first ever DjangoCon, and I’m on a panel on Sunday … 20 jul, 6:19 p.m.
Peachtree Road Race • This past weekend I ran my first 10K, and of course I did it in style, on the 4th of July and in the world’s … 09 jul, 11:05 p.m.
First album I’ve been excited about in a while • I’m in a familiar but frustrating place again, where all the music I have is over-listened and tired and I can’t find anything new I … 29 jun, 5:28 p.m.
“What happened to graham on bachelorette” • Normally I wouldn’t want to dedicate a whole post to reality television, but it seems that my search referrers are just crying out for this … 25 jun, 9:24 p.m.
Seviche (or ceviche) • For what seems like forever I’ve wanted to make Rick Bayless’s recipe for seviche, and I finally got to on Saturday night. Seviche is an … 15 jun, 9:51 p.m.
Wines I’ve enjoyed recently • A couple of weekends ago we finally got the chance to go out for Shaun‘s birthday (damn you, lately unsatisfying Braves baseball), and I chose, … 10 jun, 9:21 p.m.
Atlanta PSA #2 - Brunch • One of my favorite restaurants close to my apartment is The Flying Biscuit Cafe. Although the original location of this local chain is in Candler … 07 jun, 1:41 p.m.
Who needs indices? • A couple of weeks ago I wanted to make a recipe I knew I had written about on my site — Linguine with Sausage and … 27 may, 7:44 p.m.
Holding up • For those of you keeping track at home we are over a quarter of the way into the baseball season. The Braves have played 46 … 22 may, 10:51 p.m.
Atlanta PSA #1 - Underground • We have a lot of great/passable tourist attractions in Atlanta: Georgia Aquarium, World of Coke, CNN Center, our various professional sports teams, etc. And then … 18 may, 9:23 p.m.
Help me buy shoes! • This summer, I have decided I am absolutely, positively going to get these hypothetical sandals I have wanted for years. Let me tell you a … 15 may, 6:10 p.m.
Running in the heat • There’s barely a spring in Atlanta, we just go straight to summer, and with global warming that may be how it is for you as … 11 may, 1:15 p.m.
A few of my favorite southern things • You have an inalienable right to free refills of Coke products until your stomach wants to explode. Why has this not caught on everywhere? (I … 06 may, 11:13 p.m.
Going to a lot of shows • In Atlanta it seems there is live music every day of the week, especially this month of April. For Valentine’s Day I got tickets to … 30 apr, 10:12 p.m.
On (not) designing • Since I launched my first Django-powered blog over a year ago, I’ve been redesigning it over and over, none of which have seen the light … 20 apr, 8:35 p.m.
Moving day! • If you’re reading this that means you’ve come along for a little ride: new domain, new host, new design, new blog. Hope it wasn’t too … 13 apr, 4:28 p.m.
Late • This month I forgot to pay rent. Finally, on Saturday my landlord emailed me and said, “What’s up, yo?” And I said, “Holy shizzle, I … 07 apr, 6:12 p.m.
Eating at the Ted • I’ve been asked a few times recently about my new food habits, or, more specifically, now that we have Braves baseball season tickets are we … 02 apr, 11:22 p.m.
Living the dream • So we got these… …which means 83 chances to see my man… …starting tomorrow! 27 mar, 11:11 p.m.
Some Favorite dooce ® monthly newsletters • Nine Twelve Eighteen Twenty-three Twenty-six Twenty-seven Thirty Thirty-seven Forty-two Forty-eight 25 mar, 9:18 p.m.
Corned beef • On Sunday, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I made the quintessential corned beef and cabbage. Since corned beef is cured in a seasoned brine, … 18 mar, 11:30 p.m.
Visiting Lake Lanier • Last weekend we were up in beautiful Gainesville, GA, and I wanted to see how Lake Lanier looked in person. It’s made national news, but … 14 mar, 6:52 p.m.
Things my 1st generation iPod nano does that are awesome • Freezes up. Displays the Sad iPod. Freezes up in the middle of Nike+ workouts! Grrr! Plays a congratulations from Paula Radcliffe on top of the … 06 mar, 7:33 p.m.
Clothes I should have bought • Tonight I was looking for photos of Shaun for his about page, and I found a few photos of myself in dressing rooms, modeling clothes … 05 mar, 10:31 p.m.
Warm Butternut and Chickpea Salad with Tahini • Tonight Shaun and I made this Warm Butternut and Chickpea Salad with Tahini from Orangette. It is just as good as you’ve heard. It’s pretty … 28 feb, 11:24 p.m.
Reduce • So as I’m sure the media has made you well aware, plastic shopping bags are evil, and you should seek out alternatives. Luckily, us white … 25 feb, 8:48 p.m.
Walking allergy • I’ve long thought myself very lucky not to be one of those unfortunate souls afflicted with seasonal allergies—pollen, grass, etc. No, my allergies have to … 11 feb, 7:58 p.m.
Month in Review, January • How have you been? Here’s what I’ve been doing. On resolutions Um, yeah, I’ve probably eaten a couple of things that could be construed as … 30 jan, 10:01 p.m.
Self-geocoding “hackery” • Due to peer pressure, I signed up to be a Django Person today. That’s me. I couldn’t believe a Simon Willison project launched without OpenID, … 23 jan, 9:17 p.m.
The yellow line • Have you ever noticed those yellow lines at the edges of parking lots that supposedly stop the carts from going anywhere? I’ve been wondering about … 14 jan, 10:17 p.m.
A return to desktop apps? • Today NewsGator released NetNewsWire and their various RSS readers for free. This is huge and great news — I’ve used NetNewsWireLite on and off, really … 09 jan, 9:39 p.m.
Teh interwebs, January 2008 • Recently Flickr reached its 2147483647th photo, which is the limit for an unsigned integer. (Compare to when Slashdot ran out of comment IDs.) Since I … 06 jan, 6:29 p.m.
And to sum up 2007… • I was going to do some more year-end lists and maybe some charts with Google charts (may still do the latter), but the internet really … 01 jan, 10:10 p.m.
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