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NEW YORK, NEW YORK? COME ON NEW YORK

New York

 

 

Doing the right thing in New York is the same as doing the right thing in Oregon:

 

Stay home, keep a social distance.

 

My social distance from NYC is 3000 miles away, but it wasn’t always that way.

 

Frank said it best:

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MATCHING CHAIRS FOR SALE, COULD BE FOR YOU?

MUSICAL URGE SUGGESTIONS: A LESSON POST

Acting on a musical urge is always chancy.
Will you sound the way you think you sound, would like to sound?
There’s only one way to find out, and there’s a guitar laying around. Maybe it’s enough to stop thinking about it and get back to the more important things like video games and TV.
We’re way past fifty-seven channels and nothing on.
So you listen to yourself, then lock that guitar back in the case and chase one hundred fifty-seven channels and nothing on, one thousand and fifty-seven channels.
Don’t do that. Why?
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CLEAN DRINKING WATER? I’LL HAVE ANOTHER

This is the Tualatin River water, not drinking water.
With this river running through Washington County to the lake in Lake Oswego, then out to the Willamette, why isn’t it tapped for drinking water in Tigard and LO?
This warning from the Tualatin Riverkeepers lays it out:

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ARMY ENLISTMENT? HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Me: Today is my Army enlistment anniversary. Did you remember.
Wife: It’s also the day my Mom died.
Me: It is? I mean, yes, it is, and also my anniversary.
Wife: I’m glad you remember it.
Me: And there’s another thing to celebrate on the same date.
Wife: What?
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Caregiving For The Baby Boomer Spouse

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CARE COACHING TIPS

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MAKE NEW NORMAL BETTER THAN OLD NORMAL? THAT’S THE NEW JOB

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OHS Shows ‘What They Did’

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LETTING GO. HOW HARD CAN IT BE?

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LEGAL OREGON WEED MAKES YOU STUPID?

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Japanese Exchange Student A Perfect Portland Fit

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VIDANTA EARLY BIRD MEETS THE MIRACLE CREW AT BURGER CUSTOM MADE

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FACEBOOK WINGS ON AMERICAN AIRLINES

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