"Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
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Thursday, June 10
Portland, Texas
Actually, it only seems like Dallas and Fort Worth have been transplanted to the Pacific Northwest. It's rained six days out of the last eight, with three major thunderstorms. I mean, this is the kind of thing I left Louisiana to avoid!
And, apparently, everything really is bigger in Texas - even the sinkholes. Several of the major roads in town (including I-635 and Hwy 75, *the* major roads) now look like the Sarlacc pit in Return of the Jedi.
Fortunately, my house seems to be built mostly on a foundation of sawdust and sand, so the water sinks right through it without flooding. On the downside, I have to get used to the house listing 22 degrees to port.
Though you probably haven't noticed, my blog has a new host. I have moved to NearlyFreeSpeech.net, a low-cost yet full-featured hosing service. Kevin Burton Smith tipped me off to it, though he probably doesn't realize it, and it seems like a pretty good deal. Most hosting companies use a base level plus overage model, but at NFS, you pay for what you use, 1 gigabyte for $1. If you're hosting your own domain, their basic DNS service is only two cents per day. Check it out, and tell them I sent you.
