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FAILING MEMORIES, ENHANCED THOUGHT, BOOMER BRAIN

August 9, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Failing memories include a list of golden moments that show up online more often than it should. They’re supposed to invoke a better time, but for the wrong reasons. Someone needs to set it straight, but who? Could be you if you saw the television shows first hand, been alive for events, and remember. The […]

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WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKED LIKE TO NEW PARENTS

July 29, 2017 by David Gillaspie

New families are the future of life on earth? Agree? Who doesn’t hope such a broad statement is true with kids in the house? Instead of feeling trapped by the needs of someone other than yourself, feel the power. Do it right and they grow up to make the sort of decisions that promote […]

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FAT SHAME, FIT SHAME, SHAME SHAME

June 25, 2017 by David Gillaspie

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 […]

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FATHERS DAY MILLENNIALS LEARN THE ROPES FROM OLD DADS

June 19, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Fathers Day millennials start with a walk in the forest. The Oregon Forest. Dark, green, and deep. The ‘find a park’ map is dotted nearly solid around here. This forest stuff is all over the place. But it is Oregon, you expect trees. What you also expect is no snakes, bugs, bats, or wild animals […]

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FATHERS DAY, LIKE A BIRTHDAY BUT NOT A WEEK LONG

June 18, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Ten years later our sister showed up for family pictures. Until then it was all boys. Fathers of an all boy family have problems with their Boys Club. If the boys grow up to be bad men, it’s on the them. Good men? Lucky they had such a good mom. Does that sound right? A […]

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MESSAGE TO AGING MILLENNIALS: STAND TOGETHER

June 13, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Eventually you figure out where you stand. How does that work? Look around. You’re not standing alone. Even when if feels like no one notices, they do. What they notice is context, where you are, and the nearest identifier. The biggest thing is if they decide to join you. You might call it selfish to […]

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SECOND OPINIONS SAVED THE D-DAY

June 6, 2017 by David Gillaspie

When the truth feels a little sketchy? Get a second opinion. A real estate agent listed my English mother in law’s house in Culver City, CA. They talked about the market, then the price. The real estate lady gave her best number. My mother in law disagreed, too low, and gave her number. It sold […]

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CAMBRIDGE KILLERS FIND NO HONOR IN ENGLAND

June 2, 2017 by David Gillaspie

“Alexander Lloyd was 23 when a man wielding a Swiss Army Knife plunged the blade into him seven times – including once through the heart. “Bakri Siraj-Eldin, a retired petrol industry scientist from Cambridge, received 10 years for wounding Alexander Lloyd with intent, seven-and-a-half years […]

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BOOMER SON OF ENGLAND DIES 13 YEARS AFTER STABBING

May 31, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Boomer son Alexander Lloyd, dead at age 36, thirteen years after a stabbing left him in the sort of condition that calls for medical miracles. Family care helped him for from age twenty three, then an infection set in that couldn’t be stopped. Alex is the son of my wife’s cousin. My boys met their […]

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WHERE PORTLAND MEMORIAL DAY REACHES

May 30, 2017 by David Gillaspie

The guys in the top left set up in front of the wall from their years in the Vietnam War. Marching in the bottom right, guys wear the gear from those same years. “Aren’t they too young to wear the uniform?” one lady asked. “They always are.”

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FAILING MEMORIES, ENHANCED THOUGHT, BOOMER BRAIN

WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKED LIKE TO NEW PARENTS

FAT SHAME, FIT SHAME, SHAME SHAME

FATHERS DAY MILLENNIALS LEARN THE ROPES FROM OLD DADS

FATHERS DAY, LIKE A BIRTHDAY BUT NOT A WEEK LONG

MESSAGE TO AGING MILLENNIALS: STAND TOGETHER

SECOND OPINIONS SAVED THE D-DAY

CAMBRIDGE KILLERS FIND NO HONOR IN ENGLAND

BOOMER SON OF ENGLAND DIES 13 YEARS AFTER STABBING

WHERE PORTLAND MEMORIAL DAY REACHES

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