In recent months, Qwest, a telephone and internet service provider, has announced a name change to CenturyLink. During this period of transition much television air time has been used to present the new CenturyLink, and of course, to encourage new customers to try their services. In their wisdom and with all the marketing genius they could muster, ( Read more... )

Saint Cupcake is a favorite local cupcake bakery. People have traveled hundreds of miles for a cupcake from Saint Cupcake. True!! Well, I have breaking news!

Saint Cupcake is opening a store right in our neighborhood! That's right, folks! On the corner of Yamhill and SW 12th Avenue will be the new location for Saint Cupcake. We are watching the ( Read more... )

The following is a conversation between an insurance adjustor and the insured driver who called to report a motor vehicle accident that had occurred earlier that day. The insured is on a cell phone. In the background, road noise, traffic whizzing by, and horns fading as they move off into the distance are clearly heard.

Adjustor:         . . . it ( Read more... )

I posted an ad on my coupon forum. Nothing out of the ordinary for me or for this particular forum. The ad read:

I am offering well over 1 pound of whole, uncut Smart Source inserts, 4 or more of each insert from just the past few weeks. I will stuff a flat rate priority mail envelope. I am asking for $8 concealed cash or PayPal (personal, please) ( Read more... )

The International Virtual Assistants Association held their annual summit in downtown Portland today. The conference was held at the Hilton Hotel on SW 6th Avenue.between Salmon and Taylor Streets. Two of the ladies at this conference are members of an online transcription forum with me. They invited me to join them for dinner last night at El ( Read more... )

Downtown Portland has proved its excitement once again. While enjoying yesterday's lovely weather, we were stopped by a local news reporter. She was looking for an intelligent opinion on the proposed health care premium increase by Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield. Our man Sir Braver, although caught off-guard, was able to discuss this very important ( Read more... )

I write to be read. Originally I started this blog so that my children could follow our cross country move from Florida to Oregon from the very beginning of the planning stage up to and including the physical move. I kept them informed day by day (or nearly). That process took about a year and over the course of that time I found that I really ( Read more... )

I decided to investigate facebook games. I was not about to get up at the crack of dawn to milk a cow, so Farmville was out of the question. CityVille sounded more my style. So I accessed CityVille, named my city Oreganaville (what else?) and read through the Help section.

Acquiring neighbors soon became my greatest challenge. It seems all the city ( Read more... )

I have been carrying my coupons to the grocery store in a plain paper envelope. After a few weeks, the envelope gets worn beyond usefulness and I replace it with a new envelope. I have looked for a coupon caddy - on ebay, etsy, in stores - and have not found one that I like or am willing to part with some bucks for. I haven't been happy about ( Read more... )

I came upon amazing video. There is no other word for it. When I first clicked on the link, I saw that the video was 7 minutes long and I immediately decided I would watch a minute or so. Seven minutes was just too long. Well, I watched the whole 7 minutes - not once, not twice, but numerous times. Each time, I see something new, something ( Read more... )