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South To Drop Off, Moron!
After a mere day officially unemployed, I was already chomping at the bit to do something. Yesterday felt pretty surreal. I woke up and couldn’t believe that I didn’t have a job to go to. A paid job,...
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Mother Nature Is One Big Tease!
I love snow. Always have, always will. I figure this is because I spent so many years living in Hawaii, where a “cold snap” is defined as a temperature in the lower 70s. Snow still feels like a novelty...
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Thank You, Mother Nature
Thank you, Mother Nature. I gave you a hard time back in December. Called you a tease. But the slight was well-deserved, because time and again you tantalized we snow-lovers with promises of frosty,...
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My Bologna’s First Name Isn’t Oscar
Yesterday I made myself a bologna sandwich for lunch. Ordinarily this would be no big deal, but I felt weird about the whole thing thanks to Jess Witkins’ confessional about her own bologna sandwich...
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If It Slices or Dices, It Entices
Last week, I bought a mandoline. And by mandoline, I mean this: NOT this: Captain Corelli I am not. I do, however, have a fondness for kitchen gadgets. Let’s just say if it slices or it dices, it...
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Californians and Snow Don’t Mix
Sometimes, life’s little detours can land you in unexpected places. And once in a blue moon, a change in plans can save the day. This morning, Tara and I decided to drive up to Mount St. Helens. We’d...
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It’s Hard Not To Feel Lucky
You are so lucky. This thought crossed my mind yesterday morning. Ironically, it was six years to the day that my divorce became final. It’s been a long time since I felt truly lucky. I’ve been happy...
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Who the $@%! is Melvin?!
Earlier this week, I celebrated my one-year anniversary working for my current employer. I had completely forgotten the significance of the date, until HR wished me a “happy anniversary!”...
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F-f-frozen Falls
Saturday afternoon in the Columbia Gorge, after a week of freezing cold weather and a deep arctic freeze. And you thought “regular” waterfalls were beautiful…
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W3ak Pa$sw@rd, My As$!
Not long ago, I read a post from one of my blogging buddies (hi, Ron!) about the frustration of keeping track of passwords in this computerized day and age. His post was hilarious, and easy to relate...
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This Makes No Scents
I think scented air fresheners are getting out of hand. Case in point: I walked into the bathroom in my office yesterday, and noticed a can of fluffy vanilla air freshener sitting there. Question: what...
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Live on Channel 8
I hate to admit this, but I may be turning into a curmudgeon in my old(er) age. Friday night, Tara and I decided to drive into downtown Portland for the Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Pioneer...
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Beautiful and Treacherous
We are back home today. Smartest move I ever made? Taking the day off. I knew we’d want a chance to recuperate. What I did not expect was for the city to shut down thanks to a surprise snow and ice...
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The “S” Word
Tara and I drove into Portland yesterday to pick up a few things (an $11.45 bag of Jacobsen sea salt, a bottle of Wild Roots Marionberry infused vodka, a package of smoked steelhead trout – god, we’re...
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Puffy Coats and Cat Sweaters
Audrey bought a sweater for our cat today. Suffice it to say, she was not a fan of playing dress-up. Poor Sydney. You can practically see “you shitty humans” written all over her face. Hey, I thought...
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Cold AFF
It has been cold AF here lately. If you don’t know the meaning of AF, you’re not hip to the lingo. (The fact that I used the phrase “hip to the lingo” probably indicates that I am not hip to the lingo,...
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Ask and Ye Shall Receive
This morning we called my dad, put him on speakerphone, and sang “Happy Birthday.” Which would have been great, had it actually been his birthday. Oops. So we were a day off. In my defense, January 11...
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Orange, Naturally
We spend one-third of our lives at work. So it stands to reason that we should make our workspaces cozy and inviting, no? With that in mind, I decided to spruce up my own 12’x12′ slice of heaven last...
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