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  • CndFrnd asks: So, how's the non-caffeine thing going? Well, CndFrnd, thanks for asking. While Day 2 went exceedingly well and was pain-free, Day 3 has started off a little on the rocky side. I woke up with one of those …

  • I stopped caffeine at 10 a.m. yesterday, and wonder of wonders, I actually slept last night. Sunday is the hardest night for me to sleep--I think because I just want to prolong the weekened at any cost. I fell asleep on …

  • Gosh, I don't have much to update about. The house is coming along, I've been busy working on a few different projects, and I've been eating more and gaining weight. That will have to stop tomorrow. Mack has been gone s…

  • This is a fascinating article on the strained life of the nonstop American family. LOS ANGELES - Jake Zeiss bolts from his west LA bungalow before 8 a.m., red hair damp and shirttail flapping. After seven hours…

  • I got almost no sleep last night. The kids went to the neighbors' (not a really close neighbor but in the same apartment complex) to play cards with a bunch of their friends. They do this a lot; these particular parents…

  • I slept on the couch last night because I fell asleep at about 8:30. When I woke up, I felt like all my ribs were broken. I don't think I'm going to miss that couch when we get a new one for the new house. Not a very ev…

  • House Stuff, Mostly, and a Very Sweet Cake I didn't go see Anne Lamott last night. I wasn't really in the mood to go downtown and try to park. It's a good thing, too, because ydurp tried to get in and they had closed th…

  • Alex had her 6th grade concert last night. I surprised her with a new skirt and a blue shirt to go with it. She plays the clarinet, as do about 85 others in the band. Each section stood up to play during one song, and th…

  • I had a little trouble staying asleep last night. Not for any reason in particular--I wasn't worried or anything; I just could not sleep. Maybe I hit the caffeine a little too hard yesterday. I could sleep now, though. …

  • All right, so Paula Deen is old news. I had no idea. I don't really watch the Food Network, though. I felt like writing her a fan letter saying, "you had me at 'Queen of Beans.'" It was a productive weekend. I rewrote t…

  • I woke up early this morning (unfortunately), and hung out in bed for a while. I happened on this show (Paula's Home Cooking) on the Food Network. This woman reminds me so much of my own family on my mom's side. I was …

  • I took the stalker module off, but it was an interesting experiment. I'm all jacked up about tennis again. The weather in Portland is unbelievably gorgeous for this time of year so tennis is an outdoor game again. Last …

  • I think I'm going to have to go with a few short posts today instead of a long one. This may be the only one, who knows. I'm going to do a separate one about the tiles & etc. for the house, and a separate one about M…

  • This will have to be quick, because I have stuff to do. There's a big buncha Mr. S stuff I wanna tell you, but I can't right now, because it's way too long and it's actually going on right now. I will write it all down …

  • Well, damn. I just wrote a post and lost it. I'm going to the Blazers game tonight, vs. Indiana. Sitting courtside. Been a while since I've done that. I wish I really, really wanted to go, but I'm sort of ambivalent ab…

  • I'm back to working on Mrs. S's website. She wants a bunch of stuff updated and added; she's been asking me to do it for a month or so. I keep telling her that I can't update it without some new material, but she's never…