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BOOMER BUSINESS IN THE TOO REAL WORLD

October 12, 2014 by

Just Another Day On The Job. Doing the right thing isn’t always a celebration, not when it makes someone else wrong, and not when it comes with a cartel warning. Cartel? Someone say cartel? Drug cartel? Early one evening an Arizona property manager picked up the phone. “You’ve got to come down here. The SWAT […]

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10 WAYS TO MAKE TONS OF MONEY WRITING

October 10, 2014 by

Surefire Methods With No Tricks Or Hidden Agendas.  1. Cook up a compelling story line after your life crashes like J.K. Rowling and crank out a series of books. You’ll know you got it right when the series turns into a series of movies that dominate the industry with a billion dollar rake. You’ll be […]

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BOOMER ROCK HISTORY IN FIVE SONGS, pt. 1

September 21, 2014 by

1. I FOUGHT THE LAW by the Bobby Fuller Four. This is what you listen to after you’re banned from the biggest shopping center on the coast between Seattle and San Francisco. When a misunderstanding about how ‘that’ got into your pocket results in going home while your friends go to the mall, the only […]

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HOW GoLocalPDX IMPROVES OREGON

September 3, 2014 by

A Local Source For BoomerPDX Endorses GoLocalPDX For Good Journalism. Before Portland becomes the go-to city for all things hipster and start-up, GoLocalPDX spills the beans on why not to move here. Maybe it’s an inside joke from a company who recently opened their own Portland outlet? GoLocal started on the other side of America, […]

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REJECTING THE MODERN MARKET, A BOOMER TRIUMPH

August 4, 2014 by

Feeling The Weight Of Years Everywhere. A fifty year old has earned the right to a few groans and moans in the morning. When a sixty eight year old takes a knee during a softball game, don’t be surprised. These are the boomer years my friends, with birthdays between 1946 and 1964. While we celebrate […]

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DON’T BE A BABY, BOOMER, JUST JUMP THE FENCE

July 28, 2014 by

Age, like real estate, is about location, location, location. The beauty of Portland, Oregon is its proximity to the outdoors, great and otherwise. We’re not talking about the coast or the mountains an hour away. It’s Forest Park, and the walk starts under the Thurman Street Bridge. When you take someone on a hike from […]

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SILENT MILLENNIALS WANT ANSWERS

June 24, 2014 by

Go Ahead And Text Them. Maybe you’ve noticed? Baby boomer children have an attitude. The print media loves it. Old writers have a new whipping post, young writers get to take offense until they get old enough to find a younger whipping post of their own. Or not. Until then, they want answers to the […]

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WELCOME TO THE TABLE. MILLENNIALS GET A BREAK

June 23, 2014 by

They Probably Won’t Notice. Like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, baby boomers rate millennials. Some are too entitled, some are too worried they might not get ‘theirs’, and some are just right. Even the NY Times comes out with an apology to millennials. Why? Because America is too caught up tending to the passing generations […]

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SCONES OF WISDOM, pt2: VISUALIZE

June 20, 2014 by

If You Can Dream It, You Can Make It. Measure up and mix. It’s good hand exercise. Like gardening, you get to mingle with the essentials of life. If that’s not a recipe for handing down knowledge, what is. Don’t be afraid to get dirty.

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SHARING SCONES OF WISDOM

June 19, 2014 by

Consider the lovely scone, the chameleon of the baking arts. It comes in any shape and flavor you like, and sturdy enough for any plate. The scone represents the foundation block of modern civilization. It’s not an actual block like an English Christmas Pudding, but it does serve more than one purpose. As a metaphor […]

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