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BOOK BUYBACK AT POWELL’S BEAVERTON

A book buyback trip to Powell’s Beaverton store usually hurts my brain.

This time was no exception.

Ouch, my head.

Out of four bankers boxes full of books this is the shot of what they bought back.

Am I buying the wrong books?

LIFETIME MEMORIES FOR THE WHITE KNIGHT

The man in white has made more than a few lifetime memories for me.

But why the white knight?

Because he came to the rescue a few times.

THE JOHN ROSSI PODCAST FROM MT. ANGEL

I drove down to Mt. Angel for the John Rossi Podcast yesterday.

After watching video John posts on facebook from Lou’s, along with shots of food, I got excited to go.

The reuben sandwich was especially enticing, so that’s what I got.

VETERAN SOLUTIONS FOR VETERAN PROBLEMS

If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of veteran problems. The biggest veteran problems come when those who served say, “I didn’t sign up for this.” What is the ‘this’ in “I didn’t sign up for this?” The ‘this’ veterans talk about is the hard part for non-veterans to understand. Even veterans of […]

GUN TALK THE WRONG WAY … AGAIN

Raw Story posted a gun column about white men and guns. It was the sort of gun talk white men with guns shouldn’t identify with. “White men stockpile guns because they’re scared of black people and feel inadequate, science says.” That’s the rawstory title. It’s raw, but even more, it’s lazy, but a site called […]

IF YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, LOOK WHERE FOOD COMES FROM

Small print shows where food comes from. Smaller print explains what food factories add to improve shelf life. You need good shelf life when you ship long distance. A three year expiration date on food might be something to skip for dinner. If you know people who identify as ‘foodies’ you’ve heard about the fresh […]

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BOOMER PARENTS, BOOMER MATES: THE DUECE

Do good boomer parents make better boomer mates? You read the stats about marriage and divorce and wonder what it takes to make it work? If you’re a short-time married, pay attention. What if you’re a long-time married? Same deal, pay attention. Not so much as pay attention to a blog post, or some […]

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, RIGHT OR WRONG

The wrong questions and answers still get the right words. All parents have heard questions from their kids that made them think they’ve both gone over the topic before. And they probably have, but that’s no excuse for ignoring any question from a kid. They want answers and you’re the answer man, the answer woman, […]

OBAMA FAREWELL SPEECH, OR CITIZENSHIP CLASS

President Obama farewell speech a study in civics. At the crossroads of history, President Obama gave his last big goodbye. The heart of his farewell? The Constitution. You’d expect different from a Constitution scholar with twelve years in the classroom? Like a great politician, a showman for the ages, he did it in Chicago […]

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Lighten Up While You Still Can

When The Eagles sing Take It Easy, the line that stands out for me is, ‘Lighten up while you still can.’ It’s the same when Jackson Browne and James Taylor sing it. Baby boomers know how hard it is to lighten up better than anyone. Lighting up too, but that’s another post. […]

Walking Portland Memory Lane One Alley At A Time

As much as you hear about people moving to Portland, loving Portland once they get here, it’ll never be their home until they’re walking Portland on memory lane. Like, “This is where I used to play basketball, where I got beat by a five foot six opponent,” didn’t ring up the oooos and ahs […]

NYC SUBWAY CHRISTMAS FAIL

Overheard in the mall. “One Christmas fail made me frightened to ride the subway.” I borrowed a suit from a friend, sky blue, for the office Christmas party that turned into the biggest Christmas fail. The only reason it doesn’t count is I wasn’t married or had kids or lived at home. It was me […]

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A book buyback trip to Powell’s Beaverton store usually hurts my brain.

This time was no exception.

Ouch, my head.

Out of four bankers boxes full of books this is the shot of what they bought back.

Am I buying the wrong books?

The man in white has made more than a few lifetime memories for me.

But why the white knight?

Because he came to the rescue a few times.

I drove down to Mt. Angel for the John Rossi Podcast yesterday.

After watching video John posts on facebook from Lou’s, along with shots of food, I got excited to go.

The reuben sandwich was especially enticing, so that’s what I got.

Calling it a day and starting over after forty five years?

Not me, my wife’s business.

After five moves beginning in NW Portland and ending in Lake Oswego, delivering hundreds of babies, treating thousands of patients, the timing couldn’t be better.

We met at the start, teamed up for her business, and now it will be something else to team up on.

Helping others has always been a trend.

We are remembered if we help others and you want to be remembered don’t you?

Remembered for more than your stunning good looks and colorful repartee?

Be helpful. But not too helpful. There is a standard, after all.

toughen up

boomer years

buckle up

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