Can't Find Skates In Tonya Harding's Hometown... WTF?
Where the heck can a grown-up buy figure skates in Portland, OR? I want to take up figure skating and am keen to buy my first pair of skates soon. I've gone to the Lloyd Center ice rink pro shop and...
View ArticleWhy Do You Love Me When We Barely Know Each Other?!
How do I respond to a very distant and very needy relative who recently started emailing me, begging me to correspond with her? A distant relative (my estranged father's first cousin) who I've met once...
View ArticleTo Dream The Impossible Mailbox Dream
I moved my mailbox from the street to my front porch. This, according to my mail carrier, is "not possible", and my mail is no longer being delivered. What, if anything, is my recourse? I called the...
View ArticleYour Break My Dryer. I Break Your Face.
Contractor damaged my dryer while working on my house and now refuses to pay to repair it. What kind of leg, if any, do I have to stand on? I recently had an "energy retrofit" on my teeny post-war...
View ArticleGo Where Others Are Not: 4th of July Edition
I hate the 4th of July. I live in Portland. Where can I go where others are not? This year I feel a strong desire to leave town (Portland, OR) for the 4th of July and go where I can pretend I am the...
View Articlei have brain cancer and no one to care for me
How do I have cancer alone? In October 2015 I had a tonic-clonic seizure while I was at home alone. I lost consciousness for several hours and when I woke up, my partner at the time had been calling...
View ArticleHow to find my grandfather's will that was suppressed by my cousin?
My maternal grandfather died in my PacNW state in the late 80s. He had moved from the midwest to live nearer to my family as he aged. After he died, my mother wanted a copy of his will. My...
View ArticleBio Child from Egg Donation and His Family Want to Meet
In my last year of college in the mid-90s, I donated eggs through a clinic here in Portland, OR. At the time (age 21), I thought it sounded like sort of an interesting thing to do-- help an infertile...
View ArticleDr. ADHD Needs a New Career
How can I best help my depressed, recently unemployed, ADHD partner find the structure he needs to find a new job after a long career in academia? My late-50s partner has spent his career (~25 year) as...
View ArticleWondering Where Weirdos Should Wed: Portland Edition
Two middle-aged orchestra nerds in the Portland metro area need help finding weird/unconventional location for their late Summer wedding. Halp? My partner (M, 57) and I (F, 47) are planning to marry...
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