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bastards!

What word fuckery do you hate?

I have accepted a job offer at a place that seems it will be casual, fun, team oriented, dynamic, and book-related. I have accepted a job offer for $14K less than I was making in DC...but when I called to tell the HR director yes, she almost squealed with excitement. My accepting the job has made her weekend, and she got off the phone with me to ( Read more... )

We spent a glorious night last night enjoying the fine comforts of air conditioning. Tomorrow the movers bring most of our crap over - it will be great to see the couch again, and, you know, silverware ( Read more... )

I just sat down in a wifi cafe for the day, and who should walk in but the same down-on-her-luck-and-I-suspect-somewhat-mentally-ill woman I ran into yesterday morning when I got a new battery for the Highlander ... 7 miles from here. How very odd. But, this is the second place of business I've now been to where I've seen her treated well by the ( Read more... )

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The Oregonian posted the Declaration of Independence today, which I haven't read nearly enough. I read the whole thing today, though, and thought again what badasses those folks were to rebel like they did. It kind of makes everything I complain about in my life seem pretty pussified by comparison ( Read more... )

We were thinking about you yesterday, Em, keeping your knees together and fervently chanting "one more day...one more day!"

I'm singing the national anthem at the opening of Hillsboro's summer concert series on July 5th. Yipe!

Nobody here knows I'm scared, so maybe I can fake confidence.

Seems not so fresh now, but here are the relevant ramblings - behind the cut, ( because it is so very very rambly )

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