My Dog is Chelsea

The view when I get out of elevator at work looks something like this:

Minus the orange leaves, of course. Also minus the skyscrapers—my view actually includes the Willamette River and Ross Island. But whatever. The point is for you to see Mt. Hood.
When it’s time to leave work, I often take a longcut to the [...]

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I wrote a poem last night while walking with Chelsea:
What a surprise
It’s raining outside.
Oh, what a bummer
Why isn’t it summer?
If you’re poetically inclined (I’m not, but I wrote one anyway), leave an ode to your region’s winters in the comment box.

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Weather goddesses, this strikes me as being a tad excessive:

Tonight
Nov 6

Heavy Rain / Wind

N/A/58°
100%

High not valid after 2pm

Tue
Nov 7

Rain

58°/48°
80%

58°F
Beat the Rainy Day Blues

Wed
Nov 8

Showers

51°/39°
40%

51°F

Thu
Nov 9

Partly Cloudy

49°/40°
10%

49°F

Fri
Nov 10

Rain

48°/40°
70%

48°F
Beat the Rainy Day Blues

Sat
Nov 11

Rain

47°/40°
70%

47°F

Sun
Nov 12

Showers

46°/41°
60%

46°F

Mon
Nov 13

Showers

47°/39°
60%

47°F
Beat the Rainy Day Blues

Tue
Nov 14

Showers

47°/38°
60%

47°F

Wed
Nov 15

Rain / Snow Showers

48°/45°
30%

48°F

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I just found out that my neighbor’s guilt about replacing the sign got the best of her. Late last night, she went down to the basement, began fishing out the crumpled one she’d removed, and tried to rehang it next hers.
Suddenly, she heard footsteps on the basement stairs. Along came my other neighbor, poster of [...]

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I have so much I want to say right now but I can’t! We’re in the midst of a roommate search—we finally decided on our top pick; now it’s up to me to make those dreaded “Sorry, you’re not the right person” phone calls. How on Earth to people do this regularly? I can see [...]

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