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Archive for December, 2005

Widescreen Voyeurism

Posted in December 29th, 2005
by PAgent in FYI

Our long-suffering 12-year-old RCA 27-inch television began to crap out a couple of weeks ago. This was the sign my wife and I had been waiting for: the justification, however small, to get a New Television. And Christmas presented a perfect opportunity to do so, as we could, with a straight face, tell ourselves that [...]

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Post-Holiday Pause

Posted in December 26th, 2005
by PAgent in FYI

I dropped off the car this morning at an auto body shop to get my rolled fenders sealed. The mechanic was tall and thin, and both friendly and pleasant. He was also so wall-eyed that he had to cock his head to one side to look at you directly, making him look like a monitor [...]

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Why I Love My Wife

Posted in December 22nd, 2005
by PAgent in Marriage

This afternoon, my wife took a group of boy scouts and girl scouts to a nearby assisted-living center to sing carols. I went along to play the piano for them. We had done something similar last year, with only girl scouts, and the residents had seemed to really appreciate it. This year we had been [...]

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You Otter Have a Merry Christmas

Posted in December 20th, 2005
by PAgent in FYI, Portland

There are several fountains on the sidewalks surrounding the Portland Pioneer Courthouse. The fountains are adorned with various Oregon critters cast in bronze. The animals are a popular attraction downtown, with children climbing on them, teenagers putting things on their heads, and sundry Portlanders simply touching them as they pass by. They are so well-loved [...]

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Shivering in the Dark

Posted in December 19th, 2005
by PAgent in FYI

An unusually cold week here in Portland was capped by two days of strong winds coming down the Columbia Gorge, and the promise that freezing rain was on the way Sunday night. The wife and I had made our plans to go see a movie with the kids, do some shopping perhaps, when the snow [...]

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Unitarian Jihad

Posted in December 15th, 2005
by PAgent in Flotsam

In case you haven’t wandered across it previously, you should go read Jon Carrol’s article on the Unitarian Jihad.
Then go here and get your Unitarian Jihad Nickname.
-Brother Nail Gun of Enlightened Compassion
Calm down. Some of my best friends are Unitarians.

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