Posts in Christmas
Just bought a camera (1)
Sean gets something shiny
An engagement in evergreen (0)
So, I’m engaged.
After 16 months of dating, I asked Michelle to marry me in Evergreen, Colorado. Everything was perfect - the town, the smell, the air, the cabin, the port, the fireplace, the meal, the look in her eyes when she realized what was happening. She truly had no idea - wasn’t expecting anything for [...]
The Man Tree (0)
Every Christmas, my mother goes to great pains to create the perfect holiday home. Everything has its place, from the pictures to the placemats to the candlesticks. The centerpiece is the eleborately decorated tree. The details are meticulous - the colored balls go on the inside of the branches so the soft white light shines [...]
Christmas Spirit (1)
I have something of a dilemma - I don’t know what to buy people. In the midst of the bustle of New York, with the faint din of cash registers ringing incessantly around street corners, I haven’t the slightest idea what to give anyone this year.
I used to be very good at this sort of [...]
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The season of giving is supposedly upon us, but as in years past I’m a bit of a humbug. It seems as though I’m not alone.
I’ve been witness to a number of conversations in the past week or so about panhandlers and the things they do to ‘trick us’ out of our hard-earned money. We’re [...]
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The extremely talented Andy Rutledge weighed in on the home page design for auction mega-giant eBay earlier today. His analysis was pretty thorough, and he managed to take a page that was extremely cluttered and hone in on what he felt were the most important pieces.
Andy does a great job of focusing on creating a [...]
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Greetings from Chicago! I’m here for the next week, visiting the girl’s family, getting together with Ben, Mark and some other friends, and doing my best to forget about the ever-multiplying mound of work that awaits me back in New York. Tomorrow we enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner courtesy of her sister, and though their family [...]
