Category Archives: Grabbings

the implications of giant roadside peaches

- the history of the peachoid- the manufacturer of the peachoid – the peachoid’s competition- south carolina’s claim to peachiness – georgia’s claim to peachiness- south carolina’s state fruit- georgia’s state fruit- atlanta’s northside peach- atlanta’s southside peach- peaches of a higher power- a history of prunus persica

through a yellow haze

it wasn’t that long ago, but i remember when i could welcome the coming of spring without dreading the effects of pollen. the whole makes me feel like just another whining allergy-sufferer, but when the yellow stuff coats the ground like it did this weekend, it is hard to imagine anyone being able to breathe

back from the city

a fantastic weekend in the NYC. too much to cover in one post. but photos were taken, as per tradition (december 2001 and april 2002), so go ahead and take a gander at this gallery here. some of the highlights are: – rockefeller center in a blue sky- expensive art deco figurines- robert downey, jr.’s

le singe est sur la scne

a day in the death of joe egg is in previews at the american airlines theatre in new york city. it stars eddie izzard – sans makeup and monkeys. i will be seeing it saturday night. not a bad way to celebrate a birthday, eh?

hiptop images, set one

(taken with the hiptop.)

good day sunshine

did you go outside yesterday? i don’t know much about the weather where you are, but atlanta received an early delivery of spring.

grabbing…

sand. literally. and microscopically.

geekdom in action

a couple of weekends ago, the lads and i continued a tradition of very strange quarterly behavior. for over two years, jason, zip and i have garnered confused looks from friends and family by packing up unwieldy computer equipment and hauling said assets to a location somewhere south of atlanta for the better part of

little things make me smile

- hearing well-played strains from a classical violin streaming out into my apartment breezeway while i’m taking out the trash. it’s my neighbor’s wife, whose skill i admire and whose face i’ve never seen. – an elevated wind from the west can pull the sounds of giggling kids from the nearby daycare into the concrete

lovely chunks of filthy ice

the leonids are back. if you see only one meteor shower this year, this is the one, though you’re going to have to break out the thermos and a pair of long underwear this time around. a year ago, i drove up to ballground, georgia (about 25 miles north of Marietta on I-575) will bill