“Ok, maybe my burrito lady isn't an angel after all and I was wrong to ...”

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“Jen, Ben, Corrie and I went to see Tropical Thunder tonight (of course at the ...”

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“My time in Germany is starting to come to an end. Only a few more ...”

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“I obviously have done a very bad job of keeping my blog updated over this ...”

“I just arrived at Gnomedex, and it all looks very impressive. Everything is well thought ...”

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“Last night I went on my long training run for the upcoming Plettenberg marathon. I ...”

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“My gums are bleeding. But that's a good thing. Because I am test-brushing a new ...”

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“Tonight Jen moved for the third time this year. Note to any of you out ...”

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“Oh how sweet it is. Everybody thought Portugal and their "best player in the world" ...”

“My friend Alisha works as a reporter for the Union Democrat - the leading newspaper ...”
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“The Boston Celtics have won the NBA championship. Congratulations. A quick comment. Winning an NBA ...”

“Jen and I just got back from a quick overnight camping trip. We spent four ...”

“si se usa la técnica adecuada I am not exactly sure what that means, but it's ...”

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“Yesterday I took the train up to Seattle for a three-day celebratory weekend for my ...”

“Some of you might remember my scandalous presentation at the last Ignite Portland event, but ...”

“While I hardly comment on political issues (not because I don't have strong opinions), I ...”

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“My parents have arrived in Portland, and here's what that means:  Otto gets fed about twelve ...”

“Whenever Barack Obama is in Portland campaigning (which he has been on numerous occasions this ...”
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“Ok, this is my second bad flight experience in just a couple of weeks. Last ...”
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“Excuse my lack of blogging these past few days. It has been a very busy ...”

“This is the single best Mexican restaurant where my mother could be the chef. ...”

“I can tell you. I am addicted to them. Every day around 11am, I try ...”
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“Today we introduced Jen's dog Gilbert to Otto. The roles and hierarchy of these two ...”

“For those of you who aren't reading my blog on a 1994 cellular phone, you've ...”
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“Jen and I went to the Gerding theatre on Friday to see Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. ...”

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“This is a pretty cool, albeit pretty late, Valentine's day story. As some of ...”

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“The day has arrived. I can finally stop dreaming about David Hasselhoff sitting in the ...”
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“Jen and I will be traveling down to Southern California on Wednesday night for four ...”

“Here's a link to the actual article about Ignite Portland 2 in Saturday's Oregonian. What's ...”

“In yet another groundbreaking move towards adulthood, I decided to become a member of the ...”

“Neighbors. Everybody has them. I have a few myself. There is the older lady next ...”
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“While saving the world is only a hobby of mine and I garnered consistently low ...”
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“As with everything around this time of the year, my happy holidays post is a ...”

“Jen and I spent the weekend in Seattle with Jerry and Gail. Yeah I know...couples ...”

“On Friday night, Jen and I had the fortune of dining at one of downtown ...”

“I am throwing a Feuerzangenbowle (Fire Pliers Punch) mixer before our company Christmas party on ...”
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“It's 11:30pm and I am about to lay my head to rest on a soft ...”

“Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!”
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“I am off to the island of Kauai for eleven days of beach, camping, coconuts ...”
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“As noted in my 1000th entry, I will be traveling to Kauai next week for ...”
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“No 1000th entry quite yet. Jen and I are spending the weekend herding cattle at ...”
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“After selling my Fujifilm F30 to my dear mother (yes, it's ok to do business ...”
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“My apologies for not blogging more frequently in the past couple of weeks. My days ...”
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“My parents and I will be heading up to Seattle this weekend to visit my ...”
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“It's that time of the year again. My parents are in town. That means I ...”
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“Will be traveled starting tomorrow after work. We will be in Missoula Thursday through Saturday, ...”
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“Jen and I tried a new place for dinner last night. Actually, we probably try ...”
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“Otto having it his way. Really, who needs friends when you got a sweater with ...”
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“Denver has been a lot of fun so far. We decided against heading to the ...”

“I will be in Montana at the end of this month for those semi-annual board ...”

“A large part of my days are spent talking to corporate America about the importance ...”

“There are a lot of changes going on at McDonalds these days. Free wireless, gourmet ...”

“Almost eleven months after buying my loft and ten months after recognizing that my dryer ...”

“Today Mr. Mario will be running the Hood to Coast race. Myself and 11 other ...”

“The other day I got in a conversation with someone about the need to every ...”
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“I am about to jump on a plane to Newark for business, back in Portland ...”
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“I am having a little dinner party at my house tomorrow, where we'll be making ...”

“I'm off to San Francisco, where I'll hopefully find the time to do some blogging ...”

“I am back training for a marathon. My mother decided that this was going to ...”

“I own one pair of $12 socks. They're Woolsmart socks and are the most comfortable ...”
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“Last night, one of the first clients in my current job came to town to ...”
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“Here's the skippy. After a couple of hours Friday night Sauna, I went out for ...”

“Outside of my usual Saturday entries about Schalke's successes or failures, I tend to not ...”

“My friend Danae just sent me an email announcing her blog. It's called Hockeyrama and ...”

“Orcas Island has been great. The weather at yesterday's rehearsal dinner was a bit crummy ...”

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“Rather than hanging out with a pretty girl last night, I met my buddy Adam ...”

“Every Thursday night a group of us get together to play ultimate frisbee which is ...”

“Happy 4th of July for all you Americans out there. Can you believe it's been ...”

“Going through my web stats, I saw that a very disturbing keyword string was beginning ...”
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“While I am sitting here at work, the Portland Trailblazers just selected Greg Oden as ...”

“I, once again, am finding myself in the midst of a phase of connection overload. ...”

“I just thought about my cousin Stefan. Not sure why. But I thought about him. ...”

“Ok, here's a rather embarrassing work story. I was just getting back to my desk ...”
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“Over the past week I had the chance to see two different movies in theater, ...”

“Through work I've been nominated to represent our company at a Speed Networking event tomorrow ...”

“My blog is a lot less exciting than the headline suggests.  I spent my entire ...”

“Today I volunteered a few hours to meet with and review graduating advertising students' portfolios ...”

“Last Saturday, I got a very unexpected phone call from an old friend. Actually, he ...”
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“Happy Memorial Day to all. I hope you used the long weekend to re-charge and ...”

“After replacing my kitchen faucet, my faucet cartridge and the main hose of my kitchen ...”
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“One of my students asked me why I have a personal blog. Good question. It ...”

“I'm getting a taste of what it's like to live without water. Not sure how, ...”

“Some people wholeheartedly give money to homeless people, while others don't. Why...I don't know. You ...”

“How weird, huh? While I was at the coast this weekend, Otto's aunt Kelly discovered ...”

“A few friends and myself are organizing a couple of fun days at the Oregon ...”

“When people normally hear me talk about my neighbor, they remember words such as quiet, ...”

“First off, for my worried aunt and anxious mothers, Frank and Henrike arrived without any ...”

“Remind me to never try and set up my own wireless network again. Two routers, ...”

“Ok folks. I am back online. As some of you might know, I've been working ...”

“I apologize for my lack of posting, responding to emails and even answering my phone. ...”

“The Blazers beat the Sonics last night, and Luke Schenscher had yet another marvelous game. ...”
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“The conference I was scheduled to speak at next week was canceled at the last ...”

“I've picked up my second cold since turning 26, which is downright ridiculous. This is ...”

“I an going to be spending another day in Indianapolis as all flights out of ...”

“I have a pretty good April Fool's story. A true one. Yesterday I was standing ...”

“I just arrived at my hotel in San Francisco and as always, the sun is ...”
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“I went to another yoga class last night and finally understand why I am no ...”

“Lots of travel ahead in the coming weeks.  Shoot me an email if we end ...”

“Starbucks is now serving warm breakfast sandwiches to try and break into McDonalds' most profitable ...”

“I woke up on the couch this morning, realizing that I had just turned 26. ...”
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“After a long sleepless flight filled with bloody noses and crying babies, I made it ...”
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“About 15 years ago, a group of local boys started their own hobby soccer team. ...”

“I just got back from a weekend of soccer, with more pictures and videos to ...”
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“After three days of airline travel, I finally landed in Frankfurt. As usual, these overseas ...”

“I just got back to Portland, quickly unpacked only to pack again a few minutes ...”

“That's my flight schedule for this week. I just made it to Indianapolis where I ...”

“I've finally made it back into the states, back in Seattle. My trip to Canada ...”
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“I ended up having to spend another night in Canada, as the Visa approval process ...”

“A long day is coming to an end. It's 9pm and I am about ready ...”

“I just arrived in Seattle,  on my way to apply for my work permit in ...”

“For those of you in the housing business, you'll be happy to hear that yesterday ...”

“A quick little news roundup before I hit the sack. It's really pathetic how little ...”

“Today I was looking for a story on political advertising I heard on NPR to ...”

“I will be out of town this Thursday and Friday for our annual management retreat ...”

“Go generic in the shaving department. I ran out of razor blades about a week ...”
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“I watched The Road to Guantanamo tonight. A movie about three innocent British men who ...”
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“Here comes some corporate ranting. This weekend I canceled my 24hour fitness membership. Here's why, ...”

“I spent the weekend fishing and playing cards (and dice) with my boss and some ...”

“I went to Blazers game last night. Actually, I am somewhat of a mini season ...”

“Once I got back from my day-trip to Silicon Valley, I did a round of ...”

“Battle Against Bald was featured on Donny Deutsch's Big Idea tonight. It was very cool ...”

“Shoeflyer.com, one of the blogs that we manage at work was Typepad's featured blog today. ...”

“cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. Thephaonmneal pweor of the ...”

“For the past couple of months, I've been receiving mail from a to me unfamiliar ...”

“Today I cleaned the outside of windows. My mum better be proud of me. I ...”

“It's a beautiful weekend here in Portland and I am taking it as easy as ...”

“I am in the process of sending out last year's Christmas cards, which will be ...”

“Staying true to my new year's resolution, I actually went to Yoga yesterday. Yoga is ...”
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“Today was Otto's first visit to the vet, which I thought could be a traumatizing ...”

“Happy New Year to y'all. May it bring all that you and your family wish ...”

“I got my dad one of those cool iPod Shuffle for Christmas. Our lives haven't ...”

“I went to the Oregon Humane Society with my parents yesterday. My mum has been ...”
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“My parents have made it to America to celebrate what some people might call Christmas. ...”

“My life is slowly easing back to normal. I gave my first ever college graduation ...”

“It's almost 1am and we're still not quite finished with the presentation that I am ...”

“The year is coming to an end. I think I only have one more business ...”

“Coming back from the gym the other morning, I saw a guy drive with his ...”

“I'm in Billings, Montana, now. My luggage, however, is not. When I went to Missoula ...”

“Yesterday I made my most unreasonable purchase yet. A movable wall that I bought from an ...”

“Just got back to Portland, and am back packing my bags. I am flying to ...”

“My buddy Jesse has started yet another venture, right before heading out to become an ...”

“I made it back to LA last night. Back in Mark and I's old apartment ...”

“Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. Enjoy the Turkey. I'll be spending the day with my ...”

“That is the big question around here these days. Cat or no cat. Personally, I ...”
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“My trip to Montana was awesome, as I was able to see a lot of ...”

“My buddy Pat (Team Stupid Pat) and I are road tripping out to Montana tonight ...”
2 comments

“This week got one of those surprise emails. The Portland Art Institute asked me to ...”

“And I mean that. While soccer is unarguably the most popular and best sport in ...”
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“Fridays are without a doubt my favorite days in the office, as it's bagel and ...”
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“Good news. The folks at the decide who gets to stay in the country department ...”
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“I just uploaded a few pictures from my China trip earlier this year to my ...”

“I just bought myself another absolutely necessary gadget. The brand-spanking came out new on Friday, ...”

“I have a little bit of a cold right now. Just enough to allow myself ...”

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“During my way-too-short college career, I always envied the instructors. How sweet would it be ...”

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“It feels pretty good to be back in California. After a $96 cab ride from ...”
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“Tommorrow I am flying to San Francisco for work. Actually, my meeting is in Mill ...”

“I threw a Paella party at my place last Friday. I am really good at ...”

“Ever since graduating from college, I've been fortunate enough to enjoy lots of good luck ...”

“The University of Montana student newspaper, The Kaimin, wrote a story about my friend Noah ...”

“Tomorrow I'll be driving with my boss to Seattle for a new business meeting - ...”

“Over the last couple of months I've been battling a chronic sinus infection. On Friday ...”
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“One of my good college friends, Noah  has been battling with brain cancer for the ...”

“It's Griz weekend in Portland, Oregon. My alma mater's football team University of Montana is ...”

“I am 25. I have a good job. I just bought my first place. I ...”
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“Having a mortgage hanging over my head, it's time to save some money. I am cutting ...”
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“My good friend Nick is getting married in Vegas this weekend. And I am not ...”
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“Over the past week I was reminded on numerous occasions that Germans are different. Example ...”
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