In-laws coming in August. Where should we take them? Seattle? Vancouver? Newport? Walla-Walla?

I was running around all afternoon yesterday with a friend, so I was pretty wiped out when I got home last night.  I decided to go to bed early.  It was 9:30pm, and it was still light outside.  So I wake up at 5:00am this morning, and it's light outside.  I look it up:  Sunset 9:03pm, sunrise 5:22am, day length 15h 41m 17 s. On the flip side, on ( Read more... )

It's Fall here in Portland, and here are some pictures of our ( fall foliage. )

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David has made an offer on a house in Portland, and it has been accepted.  Details to come, I don't want to jinx it. 

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Job hunt is going very slow.  The gap in working years is really hurting me.

Tomorrow, I go to Nashville to see my parents, sister, and nieces and nephew.  I seem to have snagged an exit row seat on at least my first leg of the journey, now we get to see if they'll let my fat ass keep it.  Biscuits, gravy, and country ham are only a few days

I'm starting to search for a job after a long stretch of enjoying being a gentleman of leisure. I'm going to a job fair next week at the SF GLBT Center, and last Wednesday they had a job fair workshop. The panel was composed of internal recruiters for local corporations, and here are some observations and tips they had.

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David's corporate headquarters are in Portland, OR. He recently went there for a business trip and I joined him for a few days. I took some pictures at the Portland Classical Chinese Garden and at the Portland Japanese Garden. We also saw a small parade, part of the Autumn Moon festival, went to an outdoor flea garden called Saturday Market, ( Read more... )

I went to the Castro today and decided to have a treat. I went to Louie's Barber Shop right at Castro and 17th, and asked Don to shave my head, trim my goatee, and shave my face. I've never had a shave at a barber shop before, or had my head shaved. It was fun and very relaxing, with all the hot towels, straight razor, and old-fashioned shaving ( Read more... )