My Dog is Chelsea

Okay, so I know I said my next post would tell my Uncle Joe story, but that’ll have to wait. I have just discovered that of my last 100 visitors, ten found my blog by way of Google or Yahoo. Let’s take a moment to ponder the absurdity of some of these search terms:
why do [...]

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The rumor, as it turns out, was an old one.
“Yeah, I heard that one a while back, too, but I don’t think it’s true,” said one Land Use Committee member at the neighborhood association meeting Monday night.
As I suspected, it was a tall tale. Unfortunately, I suspect it won’t take long to become a shorter [...]

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Yesterday I heard a rumor that I didn’t like at all. Of course, it may very well not be true, but that doesn’t change the fact that even if it’s not, a very similar and more accurate truth could easily replace it. It was a plausible rumor—like, for instance, if you heard that Brad and [...]

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My family’s greatest talent is our ability to make a scene. We’re damn good at it. I mean, for chrissakes, we steal sugar packets from restaurants and get caught doing it. Let’s face it, I learn from the best. So a family ski trip to Aspen, of course, was replete with blog fodder and since [...]

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I am back in Portland—had a wonderful time in Colorado with the fam. Of course, the trip was riddled with blogworthy moments, as any gathering in my family is, and I have many stories to tell… but not quite yet. A little discovery last night has left me an itch I need to scratch.
My dog [...]

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