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  • Crap! I forgot Monday Night Football was on tonight. I've just been hanging out, handing out candy and watching the normal early-evening crummy TV and I could have been watching football for the last two hours. You…

  • I noticed a couple weeks ago that some work was going to be done a house a couple blocks from mine. Well, nothing prepared me for what I saw today! What was once a cute little 1920's stucco cottage is turning into …

  • I think my sad, old mouse is about all clicked out: Does IBM even make computers anymore? It must be over 15 years old now and belonged to my little brother. I bought his old IBM computer system about eight year…

  • My latest distraction: It is called Sudoku and has recently joined the crossword puzzle, Jumble, Cryptoquote and the daily bridge club in our local paper. I've done the cryptoquote a few times, but mostly I just …

  • Uh-oh...there seems to be a problem at our hotel: Looks like we checked out just in time. Just north of Barview are several small communites that sprang up in this previously uninhabited area when the railroad ca…

  • As we travel north from Hemlock we continue through several more miles of dark, damp forest before emerging in the fertile farmland south the city of Tillamook. No visit to the area would be complete without a visit…

  • We begin our historic tour of Tillamook county at the south end, about thirty miles south of the city of Tillamook, Oregon. First we come across the small town of Neskowin on the shores of the mighty Pacific. Here i…

  • Well, I decided this evening to put an end to my volleyball vacation. I made the long drive to the east end of Springfield for an open gym I would attend semi-regularly about 1 1/2 years ago. It was a well-attended …

  • It's hard for me to believe that at this time last year I had just finished training for and running a marathon. Not only am I not in marathon-running shape, I fear I've even fallen out of volleyball shape, not havin…

  • A warm welcome (and happy birthday) to my newest subscriber...my first new one in over a year. Even as a little kid, I loved old homes, so I guess it shouldn't be such a surprise that I collect old photos of houses. …

  • Well, it seems as though every evening for the last week I've had good intentions of making another entry here, but midnight just rolls around too quickly. I had some great fun in Portland on Sunday. My sister and …

  • Yay! All my yard debris is gone! The nice man also trimmed the branches along the back of my house that were pressing up against my roof. It was enough debris to fill his little Toyota pick-up truck to overflowing.…

  • Tomorrow is another day off for me...my first since returning from vacation. There are several people who advertise in the classified section of the local paper for yard work and hauling. I was a little hesitant to …

  • I really hope the lesbians aren't done painting. They only got the siding done on two sides and will need more coats of the bright yellow paint to cover the old paint. The trim is only painted on the front and half …

  • Well, it is back to work for me tomorrow. I think I'm ready to go back...my time off was just about the right amount of time. I made an early afternoon trip back downdown in search of the Inkwell Rhythm Makers, but …

  • Well, at least one corner of my desk is now clean: I woke up this morning feeling better than yesterday, but still not very peppy. I poked around on the computer a bit, watched some TV and mustered up enough ener…

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