My Dog is Chelsea

One of my favorite things about Twitter is following the feeds of the Portland Trailblazers: Nicholas Batum, Rudy Fernandez, LaMarcus Aldridge, Marcus Camby, Wesley Matthews, and my personal favorite, the scrappy Aussie point guard Patty Mills. Mills’ tweets are particularly exuberant and endearing, filled with phrases and terms that are JUST BEGGING to be turned into a special Patty Mills edition of [...]

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One of the things I do with my free time is run the quarterly newsletter for the neighborhood association. For instance, tonight I spent an hour doling out assignments to writers, contacting local business owners to sell advertising to them, creating invoices, editing content, etc. I will likely need to spend at least an hour [...]

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Not Maine. Oregon. A temperate rain forest. And yet:

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Don’t get me wrong—I love lower-cased whole foods. But I don’t love Whole Foods. Here’s why: There is a local grocery chain in Portland called New Seasons. I cannot say enough wonderful things about this store. Yes, the prices are higher than those at Kroger-owned chain Fred Meyer or (un)Safeway, but the food quality is [...]

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I said I would tell the whole story of the surprise party, and I will (promise! It’s even saved as a draft in WordPress). Right now I’ve got a debate to talk about. 1) I won’t even go into “Joe the Plumber.” What I do find quite funny is that “Joe” has turned up in [...]

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