March 2013
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My skydiving experience →
The details of my experience skydiving.
Awesome Low-Fat Egg Salad
I love, love, love egg salad. But the traditional version is a bit too high-fat for my diet these days. So I have re-worked the standard version into something super delicious, but far healthier than the normal variety.
There are two sets of tricks for this: one set for health, and the other for flavor. The health tricks: Remove the egg yolks and just use the whites.
Instead of mayo, make...
January 2013
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Gore Vidal and the Women in His Life →
My favorite author had fascinating history with some of the most interesting contemporary women in the US. Great article.
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Seriously Dangerous Food Blog →
Wowza. She even has a brie-and-chocolate grilled cheese on here.
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The Eternal Suckage of Dating →
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Better Than Sex Dessert Restaurant in Key West
Wow.
First, make reservations… Or be prepared to wait for nearly an hour. However, even if you wait, rest assured, it is worth it. (A shocking sentiment from someone who refuses to wait for almost anything.)
The menu is creative and fun, and full of R-rated puns. Cocktails abound, but I went for a coffee with homemade kaluha. In my family, we always made kaluha, but it is not...
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NYE Ride in a WWII Biplane
I’ve always wanted to ride in a biplane. After all, what is cooler for someone obsessed with both convertibles and airplanes than a convertible airplane?
So, on NYE in Key West, I took the opportunity and went on a biplane ride around the island. Double thanks to Southwest and US Airways, whose commercial flights were coming in for a landing while I was up in the air, and because we had...
December 2012
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Freudian Crunch
I killed my brand new (personal) laptop.
I accidentally backed over it with the car.
It was an accident. Really.
I think.
Dell can’t do anything to initiate the repair/replacement process until I get home… which means none of the writing I had planned to do, and it means not being able to pull pictures off my camera until I get back to Austin.
Sigh.
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Plan B... or is it C? D?
Having not camped in years and having never camped in this climate, there were a couple of things I was not prepared for when I came to the Florida Keys intending to spend a week camping. Within four hours of pitching my tent, the condensation collection had the whole tent soaking wet. And in a small one-person tent, by morning everything inside was wet, too.
The humidity was damaging the...
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Christmas Day
In the true spirit of my “spontaneous” vacation with “no plans allowed” I have decided that instead of heading straight to Florida today, I’m going to detour through Atlanta to see Jen and Andi.
Last night, after Christmas Eve dinner in the French Quarter, we got back on the road and pushed through to Mississippi and then Alabama. Got all the way to Montgomery last...
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New Orleans
I don’t know why, but when I think of cities I’d seriously consider living, New Orleans never quite makes it to the top of the list. Maybe it’s due to my only seriously considering “tech cities”— which I’d never classify NOLA as being. But in walking around the Quarter, I kept thinking, “Why isn’t this on my list?”
I think it is.
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Sirius Radio
Ever since I picked up my car in November, I’ve been annoyed as Sirius Radio for being so inconsistently listenable. For some reason, though, since the road trip began, it’s been great.
And, in classic “middle-aged stereotype” fashion, 80s on 8 and 70s on 7 are making me ridiculously happy.
I don’t think Zeka is appreciating my singing. Very disruptive to her...
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