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YELLED AT? HOW TO RECOVER

August 10, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Getting yelled at is not an experience for the timid. But how often do we have a choice of who yells what? Never. Especially when it goes off the tracks, off topic. Then it’s not about you, but them. Goes like this:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: abusive, bad fathers, coaches, Communication, Drill Sergeant, husbands, kids, parents, recover, relationship, weak men, yelled at, yelling

‘OPPENHEIMER’ OR ‘DAYS OF HEAVEN’

August 9, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Oppenheimer opened in theaters big and small, 70mm and Imax. After the rush calmed down, I saw it at the local Regal Theater in Bridgeport. The multiplex included Barbie with a Photo Booth set up in the lobby. What? No Oppenheimer photo booth?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: atomic bomb, battle of britain, Cold War, feature film, film script, fire bomb, hiroshima, japan, kokura, MIT, movie script, movies, nagasaki, Oppenheimer, WWII

EARTH BURDEN GROWS WITH POPULATION

August 8, 2023 by David Gillaspie

If the earth burden grows with population, will it shrink with a population decrease? Not when we hear about ‘forever chemicals.’ How does anyone rebound from a ‘forever’ problem? By the way, ‘forever’ is spelled PFAS.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, blogger, BOOMER, boomerpdx, cancer, cat, clean air, clean water, dogs, earth burden, EARTH DAY, EPA, forever chemicals, Oregon, Pets, PFAS, pollution, population, Portland, portland harbor, superfund site, teflon

ONE PLANET AND EARTH IS IT

August 7, 2023 by David Gillaspie

One planet is not enough? It is if you’re forced to walk to your next destination. And where might that be? When you’re on foot and a long way out, where you’re headed isn’t as important as keeping your momentum. You knew where you were going when you started.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: china, clean air, clean water, distribution, earth, environmental impact, industrialized nations, iron ore, lemmings, oh no, one planet, pollution, population boom, steel, steel production

POLLUTION SOLUTION = DILUTION? OR DISTRIBUTION

August 6, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Who needs a pollution solution? We need a solution. How do we find a solution to pollution? Ask a guy in a bar after spending a week in the Arizona oven.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: air pollution, airplane, Arizona, Big Box Store, car, DESERT, dilute, dilution, distribution network, environmental pollution, home depot, phoenix, pollution, pollution solution, solution, truck, Walmart

HOT WRITER IN A HOT AIRPORT BOOKSTORE: COLLEEN HOOVER

August 5, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The hot writer is who I pay attention to. I may not read their work, but I notice their books. Colleen Hoover was hard to miss in the airport bookstore. How hard?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: best sellers, bible, blogger, book store, boomerpdx, colleen hoover, engagement, hot writer, memoir, romance, self-published, spammers, tiktok, traditional publishers, work in progress, writer, Young Adult

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

August 4, 2023 by David Gillaspie

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.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: best father, caring, circle of life, cook park, dance, dog, dog walk, dogs, fart around, father figure, Kurt Vonnegut, Love, move, move around, strangers, worries

YOUR LAND, MY LAND, OUR LAND

August 3, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Your land is more than the surface under your feet. Go ahead and put ‘No Trespassing’ signs everywhere on a plot of dirt, but it’s still not enough. Why? Because it’s not your land, or my land, but our land. Here’s how I figured it out:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: art, bruce, family house, fascist, GUITAR, hope, land, million dollars, music, my land, our land, picture greater, pivotal property management, property line, taylor swift, the law, the truth, This land, woodie guthrie, your land

ANNOYING WORDS. ONLY WORDS?

August 2, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Annoying words can be found everywhere. In any book, on any TV show, and coming out of the mouths of people I like. Go ahead and sweep your life clear of people who don’t respect your point of view, your ‘beliefs’, or the car you drive, and you’ll still be stuck with annoying words. In […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: American President, annoying words, Communication, guilty, indictment, jail, law, legal, mobster, mobsters, physicality, prison, sports geek, transparency, trump, Vincent gigante, words

MAKING TIME AND COUNTING DAYS

August 1, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Making time to do the things you need to get done is one thing. Taking time for the people and places important to you is another. Which one are you best at?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, blogger, BOOMER, boomerpdx, boomers, caregiver, coach, depressed, dreams, enthusiasm, making time, metal band, music, sports, tears, time, youth sports

YELLED AT? HOW TO RECOVER

‘OPPENHEIMER’ OR ‘DAYS OF HEAVEN’

EARTH BURDEN GROWS WITH POPULATION

ONE PLANET AND EARTH IS IT

POLLUTION SOLUTION = DILUTION? OR DISTRIBUTION

HOT WRITER IN A HOT AIRPORT BOOKSTORE: COLLEEN HOOVER

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

YOUR LAND, MY LAND, OUR LAND

ANNOYING WORDS. ONLY WORDS?

MAKING TIME AND COUNTING DAYS

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