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HIPPIE HISTORY WITH FADING VISION

July 20, 2022 by

There should be more hippie history posts on a blog called BoomerPdx? I’ll talk to the manager. I like hippie-era history for one reason: the shifting time frame, and what was/is a REAL hippie?

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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS WINDOW ON BOOMERPDX

July 19, 2022 by

Contributing writers on this blog start in comments. I invite people to leave comments. If you have an opinion on a post, leave a comment. When you have more feelings than a comment can hold, think about being a contributing writer. Here’s the deal:

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NO REGRET LIFE FOR LIVING WITH REGRETS

July 18, 2022 by

Life with no regret, not one, is a life worth living. If you hear someone say they have no regrets about anything, it’s not your job to find something for them to regret. But it is your job to know how words work, beginning with definitions. Your understanding of regret might need an update:

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ALASKA AIRLINES PROMISE COMES THROUGH

July 17, 2022 by

An Alaska Airlines promise is different than Hawaiian Airlines. How different? Alaska sent a refund check this week, a refund Hawaiian couldn’t find a way to make. What’s the big difference? First with Alaska:

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LOSING WEIGHT? ARE YOU CALLING ME FAT?

July 16, 2022 by

When you’re losing weight, two things happen: It’s either a celebration of mind over matter, with the matter being eating too much. Or it’s a medical investigation because you haven’t stopped eating everything in sight and you’re still losing weight. Either way you weigh less, and if you happen to start as an XXXL, it’s […]

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A ‘CERTAIN AGE’ FOR CHANGE?

July 15, 2022 by

What does a ‘certain age’ mean? If we all understand numbers, why not use a number? Because of the controversy. But don’t worry, I’ve cracked the ‘certain age’ code.

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GREATEST PLACES IN THE WORLD: PORTLAND, ORE?

July 14, 2022 by

Greatest places? In the world? Portland? Ore? The civic booster in me recoils at calling a city one of the greatest ‘places’ in the world, then having it echoed by the newspaper of record, the Oregonian. It’s got to help public relations, but Time Magazine didn’t help with their image of Portland. Neither did the […]

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BEATLES BREAK UP REASONS REVEALED IN GET BACK

July 13, 2022 by

The Beatles break up runs through the Get Back documentary. The lads joke about it, work through it, and eventually the end is near. Why the break up of the greatest band ever assembled? They weren’t as happy together as they were alone.

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BOOK HOARDING ADVICE FOR BEGINNERS

July 12, 2022 by

Book hoarding is not a disease. If that makes you feel better, you might be a librarian. Not a librarian, but still have loads of books? Still not a disease, and here’s why:

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MENTORING WORK FOR A LIFETIME

July 11, 2022 by

Mentoring work starts when you learn a better way of doing things from someone you trust. You might learn how to teach someone else what you’e learned. Mentorship says, “If you can do it, show others how it’s done.” Let’s go:

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