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BABY BOOMER EXPECTATIONS ARE PREMEDITATED RESENTMENT?

January 5, 2015 by

So This Is Why There’s So Much Anger. Even the sound of ‘premeditated resentment’ sounds so wrong. If you’re going to premeditate something it’s usually murder as in ‘premeditated murder.’ You’ve got a victim in mind and make plans to knock them off? That’s premeditated murder. Next stop, death row. Expectations don’t seem as harsh. […]

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BABY BOOMERS FIND THEIR SPARK IN 2015

December 29, 2014 by

Who Is Your Spark Plug? Nothing, a huge nothing, enhances the miracle of personal transportation like a van carrying three generations of the same family on the freeway at night. With a check engine light flashing. And a loss of power in a sputtering engine. And you’re driving. Think of it as a way to […]

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ABE’S MESSAGE ON PEARL HARBOR DAY

December 7, 2014 by

On the Portland Park Blocks. “That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” (via brainyquote.com) From the […]

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TRENDING ON BOOMERPDX

December 6, 2014 by

The Show Goes On. The overnight numbers show Macular Degeneration In Portland with the most reads, which is quite a coincidence since I just spent a morning with my mother in law getting a treatment for her macular degeneration. The treatment is an exam, then a needle in the eye. And it’s helpful…after a day […]

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GOT NO FRIENDS ON YOUR RIGHT? YOU’RE LEFT

October 25, 2014 by

Summarizing A Recent Conversation With An Economic Based Republican. Do you have friends who never talk about their political feelings? If so, and you talk about your party, they’re probably on the other side of the fence. Is that a bad thing? Never, it keeps things interesting. In an ideal world election results would be […]

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DEREK JETER: BLOGGER ON DECK

October 14, 2014 by

What Happened To The Dumb Jock Stereotype?  While too many professional athletes seem to run amok, Derek Jeter managed to stay on the base paths. After twenty years of scrutiny in the most invasive media center in the world, what’s the worst thing you know about Jeter? He’s married with children and has a secret […]

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BOOMERPDX: LOOKING UNDER THE BLOG HOOD

October 8, 2014 by

Every writer has comments, even the bashful types who never show anyone their work. It’s their internal commenting that keeps them secret, a voice that says, “I suck, this isn’t good enough, why would anyone care about anything I have to say?” Yet they keep writing and putting it away. If that’s what makes you […]

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A PORTLAND GEM

September 29, 2014 by

The following post found it’s way into The Oregonian’s opinion section as an op-ed. I’ve traded emails with the Portland man who stood tall, then grew even taller and the newspaper editor who plucked this piece from his 100’s of submissions each day. What’s it feel like opening the Sunday Oregonian and finding your work […]

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BLOG REVENUE OR BLOG HITS? NUMBERS DON’T LIE

September 26, 2014 by

What writers in the wide world of blogging need to know: Who’s making it? Once you leave the hobby blog behind, take aim at the big leagues where the pros play for keeps. Even if your blog is smaller than a grain of sand in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, the numbers of the […]

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VENTURE PORTLAND, A HUG FOR THE CITY

September 11, 2014 by

More Than Business As Usual For 36 Districts. Portland began with an 1845 coin flip. At least that’s the official story. But Portland was Portland before two Easties, one from Portland Maine, the other from Boston, made their call. The clearing that became Portland was already an early business district for tribal trade. A land […]

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