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My life in 2 years
I came across a good smack-in-the-face post this morning, and I'm using it to wake up. Now. I've been aiming for different degrees; for 6 months away, and for 10+ years away. But right now, I am focusing on an entirely attainable goal: my life in 2 years. I want to be living somewhere other than Portland. Somewhere that it's warm and sunny all year round. I want to make my living off of my wits and my creativity, instead [...]
A Week with the Kids
Me and my kids. All week. For the first time, Johanna is going on a trip by herself. Well, not all by herself; she's going with her mom, and they are taking a flight to Costa Rica tonight, on Christmas. This is the first time she has left her children for more than a few hours, and it's the first time I've had them all to myself. I don't have anything to do this week, no job, no work, no [...]
Multiplexing
I’m not just good at a couple of things. I’m good at nearly everything I do. Believe me, it’s a bitch. Life would be so much simpler if I had one skill, or one passion, and I applied myself to one thing for the rest of my life. But I could never deal with that. Why? I’m a multiplexer. I don’t do singular. My attention cannot remain focused unless it is split. I have to continually spin three to fifteen [...]
The Year in Google Searches
This is how Google saw 2010: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0QXB5pw2qE&feature=player_embedded]
Huntress kids 2010 Episode 5
[youtube="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKhb9qbweik"] This is the last one in the series. Great music, and adorable children playing in the Portland sunshine.
Broken Health Care
"Do you have health insurance?" I overheard my friendly local barista asking one of her regulars. "No, what are you talkin about? Of course not," he shrugged. "Why?" "Because I was hoping you could fake a sinus infection for me, and get me some antibiotics, for my sinus infection." This is what we've come to. Our citizens can't even get medicine without working the system somehow. I read about the free-dental-work-giveaway last month, when volunteers and dentists took over the [...]