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Good morning, Portland. How are you doing? Personally, I'm extremely overwhelmed. I think I've said this before, but this week is truly in the running to be the absolute MOST of the year so far. If I were a normal person, I would try not to pay attention to all of it. It's okay to wear horse blinders sometimes. On the other hand, if you guys w