ahhhhh, Atlanta. Back at Sean's parents' house again. We are doing the slow dance of preparing for a Saturday afternoon of errands: going to a nursery to shop for herbs, my snooping for culinary supplies, Jeff's search for a pair of dress shoes.

We are here for a college friend's wedding. Missy, whom I have not seen in a year or two. It will be a chance for Jeff to re-establish contact with college friends that have drifted to the waysides of work and marriage. An afternoon's chance to find out where the people who once populated his everyday life have moved to.

Few things compare to the sudden burst of pleasure you get when someone you care about comes to understand something you care about.

Thus, once again, we turn to one of my favorite subjects: music. Since my teenage years I've been something of a closet fan of Steely Dan. Why? I couldn't really say; when I first began listening to them, I wasn't quite clear on what I liked.

So, I run my logs for the first time in a few months. Scary. Someone's actually reading this drivel!

What's even scarier is how they're finding this site. Here are some choice tidbits gleaned from my logs…to show you how some people have stumbled across domesticat.net:

I've also been doing a bit of work to domesticat that I wanted to mention. Some of it won't actually appear on the site for some time, but it'll make for a big splash when it does.

Brad kindly proffered a snippet of PHP that would allow me to add some functionality to the list of music artists that I serve up directly from my winamp playlists. The end result is that you can click on the artist, and it will do a Google "I'm Feeling Lucky" search.

Next up on the list: fulfill a few design promises I've made over the past few weeks/months/years. I spent today taking care of one, and I'll move on to a couple more tomorrow.

John Wilson has been wanting me to put together a site design for him for some time. He wanted something clean, simple, and easy to maintain for his site, Jot & Tittle. (site is down as of late June 2001; link will return when the site does)

Here's what she sent me…

Okay, here's what you're supposed to do. Copy, don't forward this entire e-mail onto a new e-mail and send it to a whole bunch of your friends after changing the answers. INCLUDING THE PERSON THAT SENT IT TO YOU. This is just so you get to know some simple facts about your friends.

My answers follow.WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?
Women In Love, D.H. Lawrence.

WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
Nothing—I use an optical mouse and don't need one.

FAVORITE BOARD GAME?
Scrabble.

FAVORITE MAGAZINE?
I subscribe to Cook's Illustrated and Fine Cooking, so I guess those.

FAVORITE SMELLS?
Roasted garlic, Chanel No. 5, and something else that I'm forgetting.

FAVORITE SOUNDS?