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Flint · 08-02-2013, 01:23 PM

Did I mention that? Wife and kids are set up in a house 10 minutes outside Washington, in North PDX. Beautiful, looks like an art deco Bilbo Baggins house with a Redwood (!) in the backyard. Pears, apples, blackberries, blueberries, all growing in the fully landscaped front and back yard. 10 minute walk to the elementary school and 5 minute walk to the grocery store. Access just as easily to the light rail (or the highway, if for some reason).

I have a built-in office in the basement with 60 meg pipe and long-distance VOIP lines--after 2 more months travelling to Austin, building HL7 interfaces, I'm looking for remote contract work. Or local Portland IT work.

We are not socially isolated in Portland. We have grown-up friends, friends with cool kids, and we are not total oddball nerds here.

(I mean, we are, but everyone is.)

08-02-2013, 01:23 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Oh, btw, moved to Portland, OR. Did I mention that? Wife and kids are set up in a house 10 minutes outside Washington, in North PDX. Beautiful, looks like an art deco Bilbo Baggins house with a Redwood (!) in the backyard. Pears, apples, blackberries, blueberries, all growing in the fully landscaped front and back yard. 10 minute walk to the elementary school and 5 minute walk to the grocery store. Access just as easily to the light rail (or the highway, if for some reason). I have a built-in office in the basement with 60 meg pipe and long-distance VOIP lines--after 2 more months travelling to Austin, building HL7 interfaces, I'm looking for remote contract work. Or local Portland IT work. We are not socially isolated in Portland. We have grown-up friends, friends with cool kids, and we are not total oddball nerds here. (I mean, we are, but everyone is.) __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**