Gay Marriage in Maine!

The first couple to get married! The new marriage equality law in Maine came in to effect this morning at 12 AM. Oh, I have to catch a bus at 5 AM the same morning? I should definitely stay up way too late then. And that is what I did.  If you want to read an actual news story on the event, you can find that here. Keelin and I joined a crowd of at least 100 people outside of the city hall to watch as the first couples entered...

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Christmas with the Murphy/MacDonalds

Any time the whole family gets together never ceases to be entertaining, and Christmas is no exception. While not as extravagant as previous years, I think it was exactly what we needed. Instead of a weekend-palooza, we condensed the festivities into a day filled with present opening, Guinness, food, and of course a gingerbread house decorating contest (which clearly the girls won).  On actual Christmas I had to work...

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Back to work

Seasonal employment woo! I'm working for a company in Portland that handles electronic gift cards for big retail stores like Best Buy and Starbucks. The bonus of the gig is I am only doing email customer service. No talking to angry customers, just emailing them. As most of you probably could guess, I'll be working 40+ hours. See you after Christma...

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