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• We're all in someone else's box.

  I've started reading a historical novel by Robert Harris, Imperium. The main protagonist is a young Cicero.
  
  Historicals are always tricky for me, because my image of major historical characters is so outsized. Cicero is young and callow, so I'm O.K. so far, but I'll be interested to see' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:56pm EST
  

• Our little Peyton Place.

  So Tami Sawyer is the "Jane Doe" who "filed a malpractice lawsuit against the man whose lawsuit against her company nearly landed her in jail for contempt of court." Bend Bulletin, 11/7/09.
  
  The lawsuit alleges that he had "consensual sexual relationship with her..."
  
  Wow.
  
  And to think [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:15pm EST
  

• Boom and Bust.

  Back about three years ago, when some of us were suspecting we were in the midst of a bubble that was about to burst, we were trying to imagine what would happen to downtown Bend.
  
  There were some of us that remembered the early 80's and were fearful of' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:56am EST