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For loads of reasons, I moved my family from what Greg once called the “tiny town of Westerville, OH<\/a>,” to Gresham Oregon, a suburb of Portland. \u00a0I move into my rental house in a few days. \u00a0picture is what I see in my backyard.<\/p>\n My front yard is pine trees, and past that is a pristine view of Mount Hood.<\/a> I crossed the plain in my minivan with my wife and kids, over 3 days–followed by my first vacation in years, a week in Manzanita Beach.\u00a0We’ll do a 6 month stay in Gresham, and then figure out if Vancouver, WA is the mecca of tax avoidance that people say it is.\ufeff<\/p>\n I have been delivered.<\/p>\n Now, I go back to work feverishly on the Sabbath, working like a dog to help my clients get what they want (and paid for). \u00a0I am joyful about the task at hand, my lists are set.<\/p>\n Many of you know (and I’ve never really hidden <\/em>it).I have survived an ordeal, and I am happy because I’ve learned that I can’t be killed. \u00a0 I can’t be extinguished. \u00a0I can get better faster than the government can harm me. \u00a0I took their best blow. \u00a0Yes, it hurt. \u00a0But I got tougher. They will never harm me. \u00a0And when \u00a0they try again, my stuff is together and I’m ready, and it will be a mere inconvenience, a half day’s work and a check to some Tax Attorney.<\/a><\/p>\n Like Martha Stewart<\/a> before me, I had to maneuver in unpleasant ways. \u00a0I had to give plasma to keep the lights turned on 3 years ago. I wasn’t able to adorn my wife in the way that I’d like. \u00a0 I joined the non prestigious Chapter 7 Society. \u00a0But I never broke, and I never said “do it to Julia<\/a>.”<\/p>\n