Behind the Ironic Column

OK, so I have SL but is the original one FL or RL?  I’m voting for FL, because I can see there could be argument about calling it “real.”  A while back my friends were on me all the time about stopping the madness of working 75-80 hours a week and ...

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My campaign to sort through, and potentially eliminate, some of the ‘stuff’ I’ve acquired continues in a fitful way.  I’m working on two other projects, both of which are more appealing, so this sorting chore gets pushed to the bottom of the list.  And now that spring is more officially ...

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The view is going.  Well, maybe not going exactly but rapidly evolving to its summer status.  I live in an apartment building and one of the reasons I chose this particular apartment is that there are trees right outside the building – big trees much higher than my 5th floor ...

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Just the thought of it makes my stomach clench.  Better Tusko than me having extreme dental surgery.  I’ve been through plenty of that kind of thing myself and have the scars to prove it, but my periodontal escapades are nothing compared to what Tusko, the Asian bull elephant at the ...

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I was glad they used a man in the picture of the disarray and confusion that results from “hoarding.”  According to a story in my local paper yesterday, the tendency to keep more and more things that pile up and surround the hoarder with sometimes dangerous stacks of stuff is ...

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No, I don’t mean computer hardware but the old-fashioned kind – nuts and bolts and pliers and screwdrivers.  I’m not much of a shopper, at least not in the traditional go-to-the-mall-and-spend-the-afternoon sense.  But I am fond of hardware stores, particularly the all-purpose kind where you could find almost anything and ...

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This time of year in Portland I often make the mistake of looking out the window, seeing bright spring leaves and flowering trees, and assuming that the temperatures are somehow as mild as the view.  It’s even more deceptive if the sun happens to be shining (as it does all ...

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