My Dog is Chelsea

Even though Chelsea is old and arthritic and spends 99.99% of her time plastered to the floor like a throw rug, she nonetheless finds trouble at every turn. I like to think that this is because she maximizes the time she spends actually standing up — i.e., her mantra [...]

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Sorry about all the confusion. I changed the color scheme, and then realized how putridly horrific it was, and changed it back without deleting that last post. Anyway, I posted this story a few days ago (Tim, no, you were not hallucinating), and then decided I didn’t like it (much like [...]

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I’m trying out this new color scheme for a bit to see if I can live with it. I’m not sure that I can. Does anyone know how to upload a photo to Xanga without having it lose its clarity? The banner image on my computer is not grainy in the slightest, [...]

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Yesterday afternoon, I found out that a local coffee shop here decided I was worthy enough to take on as a part-time employee. So I woke up this lovely morning at six o’clock, just in time to walk Chelsea, drink some coffee, and take a shower before heading down to the store [...]

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One of the debacles you must face when you move across country in a car the size of a thumbtack is buying a bed when you arrive. Obviously, since your car is actually smaller than the smallest U-Haul trailer, and they won’t rent one to you anyway because your soft-top roof is [...]

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