I kinda told somebody about this the other day. So now I'm slightly more motivated to do some sprucing up around here. I mean, it's gotten to be kind of a mess. All these blogs testing different things. Versions, upon versions of this concept. This whole web thing has been going on quite a while (there's a blog-like thing from 1998 hanging around). But fear not, dear reader, this space is about to get simpler and easier to follow.
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I've been kicking this idea around for a while, so it's about time I actually blog it. Oh, and the signs of spring are showing up. While this photo was taken a while ago, I'd also like to mention that I was sitting on the patio last night, listening to the radio, almost like baseball season.
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If you're a fan of the previous "quoting" and "reading" blogs, you'll like this new category. With two friends down in Austin for the music of SxSW, I got caught up in the interactive segment that played out earlier in the week.
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For St. Patrick's Day, we found a corned beef recipe, complete with cabbage. Add in boiled red potatoes and beer bread and we couldn't have been more Irish.
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Once again, I try to post about stuff I find fascinating. I have to confess that I haven't actually read them all yet, but maybe you'll think it's interesting too and leave a comment and it will spur me into a discussion. We can hope, right?
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We can all agree that "new" doesn't always mean "better." And yet, I keep trying all kinds of new ways to gather and sort information. Perhaps you've noticed the new cincy blogs piece at the bottom of the right-hand column, powered by Google's Reader. And now, despite an office conversation questioning its existance, I've signed up for del.icio.us.
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We started our weekend rather unexpectedly -- at the Cincinnati International Wine Festival after some co-workers couldn't use their tickets. If I marked everything correctly, we tasted 33 wines. I seem to like Southern France, Jen likes sweet and bubbly.
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We came home tonight and had to take pictures of our flowering trees, starting with the weeping cherry in the front.
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