My Dog is Chelsea

What the what? It’s already mid-June, not that you’d know that by measuring the rainfall in the last four weeks. Summer is slooooowly arriving (sources say this weekend will be sunny!) and frisbee season is in full effect. Highlights of the past coupla months:

Housewarming BBQ! We finally had a real party up in this joint [...]

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The gas station cashier where I picked up the Uhaul sold me a few moving boxes.
“Moving? You buy house?” he asked. An older Asian man, he was not a native English speaker and his sentences a little choppy.
“Yep! I did. And now I have to move,” I said. And then, because I’ve been stressed out to [...]

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As you may recall, back in September I posted about how I was trying to buy a house. It’s been quite the journey since then. I’ve seen the insides of what feels like half of all of the homes in Portland. Three accepted offers, three inspections, three appraisals. Two deals fell through. (And one dragged [...]

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[NOTE: Part I is about why I believe that milk is good for you. Also, today I came across this great piece about why UHT pasteurization not only makes milk taste icky—which is why organic milk often have flavor additives—it may actually be bad for you. See also this post on how to buy healthy [...]

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For the first time in the five years I’ve had this blog, I can finally say this about the World Series:
THE YANKEES WIN! THHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES WIN!!!
That is all.
(Don’t hate me; I’m a New Yorker.)

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