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FIGHTING BLOGGER vs TECHNOLOGY

September 17, 2024 by

The fighting blogger is more than stirring things up. It’s responding to problems, not making problems. When the problem is technology, the fight is on. What is the current technology problem? DNS propagation.

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LOVE WORKING, AND OTHER MYTHS

September 24, 2023 by

Love working? Go ahead and love it up. Explain how anyone loves working makes you sound like you’ve never had a job. Have you? Did you love it? Here’s a view from coast to coast:

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IMPORTANT INFLUENCERS ARE OFTEN DISAPPOINTED?

September 7, 2023 by

Important influencers, important people, play a numbers game. It’s their money, their followers, their address. Added together it all means, “Why won’t people pay more attention to me?” Here’s why, beginning with ‘The Money:’

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FART AROUND LIKE KURT VONNEGUT, IT’S GOOD FOR YOU

August 4, 2023 by

Fart around like you mean it: Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope: “Oh, she says, well, you’re not a poor man. “You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?“ And so I pretend not to hear her.

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HUMAN BONDING BENT BUT NOT BROKEN

January 25, 2022 by

If you over-analyze how life on earth works it comes down to one thing: human bonding. Call it trust, call it faith, because those are the ingredients. As humans we are bound by trust and faith in the recipe for human bonding. Take your car for instance:

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FRIDAY MORNING PHOENIX FROM THE FIFTEENTH FLOOR

May 5, 2021 by

Friday morning in Phoenix was one empty street after another. I’m not complaining, but where was everybody? No dodging traffic, no waiting to cross a street. It felt abandoned, but maybe that’s normal during a pandemic?

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COVID SUNDAY: VACCINE DATE AT OREGON CONVENTION CENTER

February 1, 2021 by

Covid Sunday started at 2:45. That was the appointment time for a covid vaccine. Not my appointment though, I was just the driver. The driver plans one thing for Covid Sunday: Don’t be late. That was my plan after talking to a lady who had been late and lost her appointment time. The plan was […]

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How Older Men Express Themselves When No One Is Around To Call BS

July 18, 2018 by

  I knew older men who’d been everywhere, done everything, and could drive any car ever invented.   They’d had every job from sales executive to mailman, to factory worker, to fighter pilot in three wars. Sometimes it was true.   One of them said he was shot down and imprisoned on a Japanese held […]

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BAD APPS RUNNING HUMAN OPERATING SYSTEM?

April 6, 2017 by

3 ways to tell a bad app from good on your own human operating system Consider the human operating system basics, what you demand everyday: If you’re hungry, find food. Too cold? Grab a coat. For a safe night, find a safe shelter. Those are the basics, right? Food. Clothing. Shelter. But not with a […]

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HOW TO FIND THE 18-34 DEMOGRAPHIC, aka MILLENNIALS

March 16, 2017 by

    What to do if they find you?   Turns out the new greatest generation visits BoomerPdx Choice more often than anyone else. Call me surprised, but not really. Those are my people, the people boomers created for the most part. How can you not love that? Baby Boomers grew up with one major […]

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