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OFFICE DESK COLLECTS WEIRDOS

February 11, 2019 by

Office work is a game of territory and if you don’t recognize the boundaries right away you’ll fall behind. Sometimes the boundaries are all too visible, sometimes not, just don’t be the last person to miss them. For example:

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MUSCLE UP: LIFTING WEIGHTS AND WASHING UP FOR DISEASE PREVENTION

February 9, 2019 by

Lifting weights and building muscle in the right gym is disease prevention, as long as you wash your hands regularly and don’t touch your face. Common knowledge, right, don’t touch your eyes or mouth after handling weights in a public gym. But how bad can it really be? Well, remember all of the reminders in […]

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JUST ANOTHER GYM, OR THE ‘OTHER’ GYM

February 8, 2019 by

Why do gym memberships jump up in January? I think you know why, so I won’t unpack that knapsack. The bigger question is, “Why do gym memberships drop in February?” One reason is old habits are hard to break for newly minted gym rats. Whether you keep a tight schedule or float from moment to […]

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HEALTH BLOGGER ADDS WEIGHT

February 7, 2019 by

Weight loss isn’t a fad. It’s either a mystery that needs solving, or a goal. If loosing weight is a goal, do you know what to do? From so many ads, neither does anyone else. On the other hand, if you’re losing weight and don’t know why, get it checked. Health bloggers, writers, whatever you […]

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OREGON SWERVES LEFT, SWERVES RIGHT, HOLD TIGHT

February 6, 2019 by

Try and recall the Oregon moment you finally understood life, or at least the sort of life you wanted to live. Remember where you were and who you were with and look around now. Are they still in the picture? Should they be?

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BIG MOMENTS CHANGE LIFE DIRECTION

February 5, 2019 by

The first thought I have when I hear someone complain about their life going nowhere fast? ‘Then do something to change your life direction.’ Do I give advice on what to change? Oh, hell no. My advice to boomerpdx readers follows the same line of thinking: Don’t offer advice to someone complaining about their life […]

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PREDICTING FUTURE HEALTH CONCERNS

February 4, 2019 by

I don’t always post about health, but when I do it’s life or death, not a sniffle. Read on.

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BABY BOOMER ALERT: YOU’RE OLD AND YOU CAN’T HIDE IT ANYMORE

February 3, 2019 by

A question for readers in the baby boomer demographic: when did you realize you can’t hide your age? Was it when you first made a skin tent on the back of your hand? The first dark spot that looked just like the one you remember on your grandma’s arm? When you noticed something going on […]

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LADY GAGA UNIVERSAL BROKEN HEART

February 1, 2019 by

The universal Lady Gaga is the universal broken heart. She sings about emotions and seems to show the song across her face. Barbra Streisand did/does the same thing. Liza Minelli, too. But what makes Gaga different? I think I know.

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PORTLAND LIVING FOR BEGINNERS

January 31, 2019 by

Like real life, living in Portland doesn’t come with a guide book. A book might seem like a good idea from every new thing you read and hear about the city, but at the end of the day you’re screwed if you think living here is some kind of paint by number life. Just like […]

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