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HARD QUESTION NEEDS BETTER ANSWERS

August 10, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Hard question after dinner: Would you like a wafer-thin mint? If you haven’t seen it, or don’t remember, click the link for the FULL story. It’s longer than I expected, but still hits home.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: education, give up, hard question, leader, leadership, president, question, questions, step up, teachers, trump

LEGAL LITERACY: HOW THE LAW WORKS

August 9, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Legal literacy helps allay fear of the courtroom. Unless you work there, walking into a courtroom the first time is intimidating. And it’s no accident. Court decor is meant as a reminder: Bring your A-Game.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bible, church, crime, criminal, evangelical, law, lawyer, legal, legal literacy, literacy, Portland, vote, voting

PUBLIC LITERACY: THE TALK ABOUT READING

August 8, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Public literacy is nothing to ignore, but it happens all the time. Poor reading skills aren’t something to brag about. If you’re over fifty and read a third grade level, what do you do? Hide that fact from ever getting into the light. Or . . . ?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: environmental literacy, financial literacy, health literacy, literacy, literate, master's degree, political literacy, public literacy, reading, reading skills, student debt, student loans, voting literacy, youtube

SEE ME FEEL ME/LISTENING TO YOU

August 7, 2022 by David Gillaspie

“See Me, Feel Me” is The Who inviting their audience to wake up. Right behind you, I see the millionsOn you, I see the gloryFrom you, I get opinionFrom you, I get the story That was in 1969. What’s changed since then? What hasn’t?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: 1969, facebook, feel me, heal me, hippie, history, mindless conformity, see me, Social media, youtube

TAKING TIME: EXPLAIN OREGON HISTORY TO YOUTHS

August 6, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Taking time to explain history to younger people is a gift that keeps on giving. What if it’s someone from another country asking about a place like Oregon? Oregon? Who cares about Oregon? I know a young man from another country who cares.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: cholera, clean air, clean water, covid, Death, dysentery, history, history student, human suffering, Louisiana purchase, Oregon, Oregon History, Oregon Trail, Oregon trail game, taking time, typhoid

FRAGILE MASCULINITY, OR LOST ‘MAN CARD’

August 5, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Fragile masculinity needs help. And it requires wearing kid gloves, the softer the better Also, try and be agreeable. About everything. No one wants to see Superman crash.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Ben Affleck, celebrity culture, cultural standards, fragile masculinity, imposter syndrome, man card, manhood, manly, masculine, masculinity, real manhood, role model, trump

TIMING MATTERS, AND NOW IT’S HIP TIME

August 4, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Timing matters when it comes to personal health Don’t wait too long, or jump too early, just be on time. Call it good luck, serendipity, or negligence, but you’ll know when the time is right to act. But not everyone is on the clock.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: boomerpdx, free, hip replacement, hip surgery, human kindness, medical advice, online darkness, online stranger, pain, pain management, pain tolerance, personal health, recovery, timing, timing matters, twitter

‘BACK HOME’ IS THE SADDEST PLACE

August 3, 2022 by David Gillaspie

“Back home we don’t call it that.” Those are the words I overheard at Tapphoria. Two people at another table were going over things. They weren’t from here and the more they talked the more each mentioned their own ‘back home.’ I know homesick when I hear it.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: back home, brooklyn, family, friends, home, homesick, hometown, new guy, new yorker, pew research, queens, staten island, tapphoria

SUMMER PARTY SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY

August 2, 2022 by David Gillaspie

A summer party in a party house? That’s what it’s made for, both season and house. After twenty years, it finally felt right.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blog, domestic science, family, family reunion, home, house, living tradition, party, party house, party plan, proud mary, summer party

ANGRY LIAR MORE BELIEVABLE THAN CALM TRUTH

August 1, 2022 by David Gillaspie

An angry liar has their place. With so many angry men and women coming out with their bile, the question of place is ‘where?’ No, the main question is why are they coming across as so damn angry. Should everyone be angry?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: anger, angry, angry liar, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, BOOMER, boomerpdx, boomers, joseph goebbels, liar, lying, polite society, president, PTSD, reality TV, serial liar

HARD QUESTION NEEDS BETTER ANSWERS

LEGAL LITERACY: HOW THE LAW WORKS

PUBLIC LITERACY: THE TALK ABOUT READING

TAKING TIME: EXPLAIN OREGON HISTORY TO YOUTHS

FRAGILE MASCULINITY, OR LOST ‘MAN CARD’

TIMING MATTERS, AND NOW IT’S HIP TIME

‘BACK HOME’ IS THE SADDEST PLACE

SUMMER PARTY SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY

ANGRY LIAR MORE BELIEVABLE THAN CALM TRUTH

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