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CHEMO COMEDY SHOW: WAS IT SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY

October 18, 2019 by

In the final analysis, no, there’s no such thing as chemo comedy, just moments that surpassed some of the funniest things I’ve seen or heard. It started with the first appointment with the chemo doc. We’d met before.

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CHEMO: NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT, EXCEPT …

October 16, 2019 by

My wife drove me to my first chemo, one of three on the schedule, twenty one days apart. It was part of the program, mixed in with thirty five hits of radiation, for HPV16 neck cancer. It was something I dreaded. Why? The name chemo even sounds bad.

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HISTORY BEGINNER: COMMON BASICS FROM UNCOMMON BLOGGER

October 15, 2019 by

Long stories blur into each other the more they’re told. Eventually a common thread emerges. I’m a history beginner, you’re a history beginner, we all be history beginners. If you don’t agree, then visit a new place, a place where you don’t speak the language, a place with different food, where you essentially throw yourself […]

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EXTRA EFFORT GOES TO THE TOP

October 9, 2019 by

With a little extra effort, an image of the Fox Theater in Portland, Oregon could be an entire universe. I’ve heard stories, read interviews, of famous directors who said movie theaters were their whole world growing up. I saw a movie about a kid whose whole world was the village theater. With a little extra […]

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BOOMER BUBBLE: LIVING IN A PORCUPINE SUIT

October 8, 2019 by

Once you make it to the ‘home’ things change; you’re out of the boomer bubble and into the back stretch of life. Everyone can justify being nice since you’re on the clock. Or when you move to the ‘over 55’ community? Same deal, things change, but you’re still not out of the boomer bubble. No […]

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LEARNING LEADERSHIP: WHERE TO START AND END

October 4, 2019 by

The idea of learning leadership begins the first time you do what you are told to do. Usually it starts with a mom or a dad. If not them, maybe a teacher or coach. If it happens to be some jackass in the neighborhood a few years older, then it’s going to be a defective […]

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AARP WEED: “DON’T BOGART THAT JOINT MY FRIEND, PASS IT OVER TO ME”

October 2, 2019 by

At some point it had to happen: The AARP went front page with weed, calling it medical marijuana. They covered medical conditions and weed quality and bashful confessions on using weed, marijuana, medical marijuana, cannabis. Pick a name you like. To this boomer blogger it all sounds so disingenuous. Why?

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LONDON HEATHROW, LAST LOOK FOR NOW

October 1, 2019 by

The beauty of world capitols like London and Paris shine through on the way out. Not often is the airport one of the most memorable places, and it shouldn’t be, but based on shopping opportunities Heathrow is a must see.

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HOW TO TRAVEL LIKE A GYM RAT

September 28, 2019 by

A gym rat is an expert on gym fashion. Some are better at it than others, but gym fashion is big. Traveling like a gym rat means combining gym fashion with daily wear. Look around any street or mall or library and you’ll see it in action. And no, yoga pants aren’t part of the […]

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LIFELONG MEMORIES IN PARIS AND LONDON: ROLE MODELS FOR PORTLAND OREGON

September 27, 2019 by

Time spent in Paris and London brings comparisons and competition for lifelong memories. People who live in both cities, who have apartments and houses in each, are the best judges. Oddly enough I met just such people on a visit to Bruges, Belgium. What are the chances of meeting people in one country and seeing […]

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