About Me

What's worth keeping? I've accumulated plenty of interests, links, books, worries, projects, fears, friends, enemies, etc. More than enough really, and there isn't room for all of it in my head or my apartment. With that in mind, as I tidy up I'll squidoo about what's being kept and what's forsaken...

Keepers: Shirataki Noodles -- Zero Points/Low Carb/Low Cal!

Hungry Girl (www.hungry-girl.com) has been saying for ages that these Japanese tofu noodles are the best low-carb, low-cal, gluten-free substitute for pasta. However, it has taken this long for me to find a source for them in Maryland (see below)! &nb...

Keepers: Lunch with Chris #2

Another month, another lunch! No wine from Chris this time, though he offered another memorable 2004 Milton Park Shiraz. I just started a humble Yellow Tail Shiraz-Grenache and don't want to hoard. Yes, I'm a one bottle woman :) Much talk about the il...

Keepers: Ruby on Rails (for Newbies)

There's an overwhelming amount of stuff out there about Ruby on Rails. I collected a mountain of resources, but this is the handful worth keeping after abandoning everything poorly written, poorly organized, and generally unfriendly... I attended a fa...

Keepers: Lunch with Chris #1

I always walk away from a Chris/Crys lunch with a list of books, sites, and if I'm lucky, a wine to try. Here's what I kept from my most recent lunch with one of my favorite people. And to answer the question that everyone seems to almost (but not qui...