We finally purchased a minivan…
Success! I won’t have to car shop for (hopefully) another six years and my journey into middle-agedness is almost complete.
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Intaxication
I usually delete anything with multiple forwards… unless it’s from my friend Steve Leahy. The text claims to be from “The Washington Post’s Style Invitational,” though I couldn’t find this on the www.washingtonpost.com site for proper accreditation. The premise is to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one
Ride from Seattle to Vancouver & Party (RSVP) 2003
Just finished the two-day, Ride from Seattle to Vancouver & Party, a two-day, 183 mile bike ride to Vancouver, BC, that’s served as my “mini-vacation” away from work and family. It’s about 1/10 the size of the venerable Seattle to Portland, and generally attracts fewer amateurs because it’s more physically demanding.
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Plumbing repair and the male species
A couple of months ago I was working down my “Honey-Do” list when I got to the last insult: fix the leaking downstairs toilet. The Joe Bob Briggs Summary of this story would sound like: Plumbing-Fu, Gratuitous Multiple Trips to Home Depot, Cussin’, Gratuitous Water Spraying, Teflon Tape-Fu, and Tool Tossing. Three stars, check it
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Tour de Peaks
Today’s event was Tour de Peaks, a local event held in association with Railroad Days celebration in Snoqualmie, WA. This is the second year I’ve used it as a warm-up to R.S.V.P., which I’ll be doing this Friday.
Pike Place CSA
Back in June we signed up to receive weekly market baskets from the Pike Place CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), a program that connects the farmers with the end consumers.
Advice from dad on buying a car
My dad, who’s a master at the car buying process, had some good advice.
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donotcall.gov
www.donotcall.gov is the official FTC site where one can register to “opt out” of telemarketing phone calls. It’s a nice idea, but done the wrong way.