I'm earwormed with "Starfish and Coffee," with slightly altered lyrics

I knew you'd be the other person thus affected.

And now I can only sing, "all of us were ordinary, compared to Olivia Rose."

Typo Boy/Gar is in Portland.

No, was in Portland. Now in Olympia Washington, and have been for some time. And don't post or lurk as much any more due to Repetive Stress Injury. Cortizone therapy alone did not do it last time, but physical therapy and traction finally kicking in, so may be able to start posting more, instead of occasional drive bys on the John H. Natter diet.

See? See? See, David? See?

*I* knew where Gar was. And you call yourself a file keeper!

(Okay, so it helps that he moved to a city I lived in for five years or so, but still! My Files and Records fu beat yours!)

I'm glad to hear that the PT and traction are helping out, Gar.

I am heading to Portland in the morning for five days of "finding a nice neighborhood to move to soon." Any tips?

I am heading to Portland in the morning for five days of "finding a nice neighborhood to move to soon." Any tips?

E me and see if there's any way we can hook up?

*I* knew where Gar was. And you call yourself a file keeper!

(Okay, so it helps that he moved to a city I lived in for five years or so, but still! My Files and Records fu beat yours!)

Your fu totally crushes me.

Teppy, doesn't that remind you of Ple's Bosom o' Doom picture?

Whoo hoo! Step away from the board for a minute (okay, two hours) and a baby is born! Welcome to the planet, Olivia Rose! Congratulations Cash and DH and Owen!

Get out! Where did you live in Wilmington? We're probably related! (oh, and, AmyLiz, you're the one who is also related to Daniel Boone like I'm supposed to be, right? Maybe we're double-related!)

Um, wow, I don't even know. My parents grew up on Tatnall Street and went to P.S. DuPont High School, but we moved to Newark when I was about a year old. But I know where the Charcoal Pit is! And yeah, I'm the Daniel Boone person, too! Weird. We probably *are* related.

Missouri has some great town names.

Those names rock. I had a linguist friend who had an index card file of odd town names. There were some good 'uns.

There was an article in the SF Comical recently on our sprawl problems but I can't find it now. Suffice it to say that some idiot developer is building a housing development 6 feet below sea level in the Sacramento Valley. That's how bad things are. That after Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, a developer would still think that's a good idea. Mo' money, mo' money, mo' money.

Congratulations Cashmere! I like the name.

Not really. The Philly burbs are friendly, and I made lots of friends when I lived there. Lots of waving and smiling, and what have you.

Bec made lots of very good friends there. But then, she always does. Anyway, I didn't find the people terribly unfriendly. They were friendlier than I was, in all probability. And they kept inviting me to sit on their juries! Wasn't that welcoming of them?

The cost of living difference is huge. If I were in Aimee and Joe's situation (wee one and all), I would want a home of my own and frankly California is just beyond crazy about housing prices.

Ayup. I mean, by Australian standards I was paying a lot, but Philly was far cheaper than places like NYC, SF and LA.

Incidentally, were I to move back to America, I think the places I'd put at the top of the list are Chicago and San Diego.

Current mayor of Philadelphia was booed at the opening of the Phillies new stadium.

Hee. That seems fair to me.

Incidentally, for his birthday last year I got my nephew an official Eagles Superbowl jersey. He's completely rapt with it.

E me and see if there's any way we can hook up?