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DESCRIPTIVE TITLES ARE NOT ADMISSIONS OF GUILT

 

If some well known celebrity shows up on a screen, any screen, talking about drug addiction, mental health, and suicide, they’re not talking about themselves.
Instead, they’re using their recognition, their acclaim, and their name-fame, to get a message across to a broader audience.
Why do they bother with adding their feelings?
Because they want to help. People need help.
People like Adam Driver.

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MAKE PLANS, DO THE WORK, HOPE FOR THE BEST

Make plans to build momentum.
Put one foot in front of the other and toe the line.
You’re a winner, have been a winner, and will win today.
Then the starting gun fires and you’re off.
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HOW TO BUSY SATURDAY AUGUST 8, 2026

Focus on a busy Saturday starts Friday night.
I’m looking at you, baby boomer: Go to bed early Friday night and get up refreshed and enthusiastic, instead of hungover and droopy.
No one needs to see that beyond the mirror, and your spouse.
Get up early, hustle through the routine, and get out the door.
First stop? Swim lessons.
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FROM CENTRAL OREGON SMOKE TO PORTLAND AIR

To anyone who has gone over the mountain from the valley to Central Oregon, this is the last thing you ever want to see.
It’s forest fire smoke, brush fire smoke, doing its scorched earth best to show the power of fire.
Not fire-power, the sort of thing you can start and end, but Mother Nature showing who’s the boss.
Or maybe it’s some firebug, some kid, some casual idiot not putting out a campfire, a cigarette, or shooting fireworks without the safety net of a nearby hose.
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SOCIAL MEDIA FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

To use social media to any satisfaction you need to be strong, at least strong enough to carry your feelings.
One bucket for your feelings, another for social media.
Which one is heavier?
Which one ought to be heavier?

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WRESTLING WITH CANCER via Coping With Cancer Magazine

      (The following is the text from Wrestling With Cancer. The article appears below.)   Cancer and the sport of wrestling have at least one thing in common: there are situations you get in that you can’t easily get out of. At least wrestling has a final whistle to end the match. Cancer […]

KNIGHT CANCER vs THE HUTCH

    Portland and Seattle have a storied rivalry throughout history, especially sports history.   Now it’s competition to find the cure for cancer. Let the games begin.   The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle has a super story out yesterday, huge story in the Seattle Times.   “The Hutch closes in on […]

Dating Future: Medical Steps To Avoid Sex Cancer Without An Aversion

    The dating future may end up sounding like a job interview, or filling out a security clearance form.   Vice came out with a post that ought to make it a necessity.   Maybe is supposed to be funny, and I see the humor, but really? It’s not that funny, and I like […]

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1947 – The Highlights Of Baby Boomer Year #2

PART 2 OF A CONTINUING SERIES Reality TV is born. Early television finds its mark broadcasting events in the U.S. Congress for the first time, then the World Series. The complaint, “Man, there’s nothing good on TV,” was first heard. Voice of America. Eastern Europe and the old USSR begin tuning into the broadcasts of […]

FAT SHAME, FIT SHAME, SHAME SHAME

From one side of the health debate to the other there’s no shortage of shamers. A forty year old man, six feet tall, weighing 186 lbs wore a sauna belt. In a sauna. With men and women. He was after those excess three pounds that showed up the day before. Did he understand the shame […]

CLAM DIGGERS, CLAM DIGGING, CARRYING A CLAM BUCKET

Life according to clam diggers.   Thoughts of childhood should come with warnings. If it’s one happy, golden moment, after another, it’s not a memory. It’s a Hallmark Card of childhood. Real memories include trying time, leaning time, and what to never do again time. Did you have friends or relatives who owned land and […]

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APACHE TEARS HAPPY ENDING

    “Let’s meet one of my facebook friends,” I said one day during a Mesa Arizona visit.   “You met someone on facebook and you want to meet them?” she asked. “You never want to meet anyone.”   “Yes, I do. We’ll go prospecting. He knows where to find Apache tears,” I said.   […]

WHY SMALL TOWN PEOPLE MATTER

    Lost in the hyper speed of modern life on a 1.4 terabit internet connection is the human pace of life. Call it small town life for small town people, but remember we’re all small town people once you peel off the layers of sophistication.   Jet setters once clamored for seats on the […]

Run Away From Home, Family, Life. But To Where?

If you were lucky growing up you couldn’t run away. Well you could, but would you end up someplace better?   My hometown is North Bend, Oregon. I attended the same grade school, junior high, and high school all in the same school district. So did most of my graduating class.   We didn’t hear […]

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