Archive for June, 2004



Brookline Booksmith!

Published on June 28, 2004

After browsing a bit at Brookline Booksmith in Coolidge Corner, I picked up The Five People You Meet in Heaven (because I’m sick of seeing it on the shelf and wondering what it’s about) and Random Family (looks like a good read for the T, and recommended by David Sedaris during his book signing at […]


Site Redirected

Published on June 27, 2004

I took some time this morning to redirect the old site seemlessly to my new typepad site. This is a temporary measure while I figure out how I want to host all of the other items that depend on yovanoff.com (email, subdomains, etc.. and move the primary DNS hosting to another provider.

Hopefully now, you’ll […]


Mini? No. Saab? Maybe.

Published on June 24, 2004

I took a test drive in a Mini Cooper yesterday. The ride was nice and I liked the car, but I sure didn’t care for the salesjerk. The first thing I asked him, after sitting down in the car, was to tell me specifically what options were installed in the vehicle. He detailed to me […]


The Beach!

Published on June 21, 2004

After some unusual driving circumstances that caused me to take one truck, one car, listen to countless hours of all-male a cappella, and sit in 40 miles of traffic jam, I made it from Boston to New Jersey in six and a half short hours Friday evening. It was a true driving delight.

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