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LEADERSHIP PATH, PATHOLOGY, OR JUST MOVE OUT OF THE WAY

June 28, 2019 by

As part of an attempt to establish my identity as a guide through events growing more common everyday, I offer Leadership Path, Pathology, Or Get Out Of The Way. It’s a take on ‘Lead, Follow, Or Get Out Of The Way,’ the saying hard chargers use when they get lost and don’t want anyone to […]

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LOOK FEAR RIGHT IN THE F’ING FACE

June 26, 2019 by

To new readers: I looked fear in the face during a match against hpv16 throat cancer. And I’m a chickenshit. Maybe you look fear in the face your own chickenshit way. This is how I did it; this is how you can do it:

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AMERICA: LOVE IT, LEAVE IT, OR STICK AROUND AND MAKE IT BETTER

June 22, 2019 by

America, love it or leave it, is a sentiment that echoes from past decades. The silent generation decided to speak up, finally, when their kids grew hair and talked about what America meant to them. Hippies decided to try and make it better by going to the country, going organic, macrobiotic, and talking it up. […]

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HPV16 CANCER, UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

June 20, 2019 by

Getting to know hpv16 cancer up close and personal the way Brent King and I have exposes the best intentions from some of the best people. They offer wisdom and sympathy; they’re sorry; they do their best to show they care. Sometimes the caring part is unfamiliar territory, so it gets awkward. I heard it […]

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Dave Mustaine: NECK CANCER

June 18, 2019 by

A facebook page for a blog, like boomerpdx, is a little confusing. Why not leave it all on the blog? Because good advice says reach out.Then the question is how far? No one reads blogs is the word, any blogs, so a blogger with low traffic is just one of millions. That makes everything okay, […]

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PERFECT FATHER’S DAY PORTLAND PRIDE PARADE

June 17, 2019 by

A Portland pride parade shows the city like no other parade on the schedule. Rose Festival parade, Twilight parade, I’ve seen them. Chinese New Year parade? I’ve walked with the dragons twice. I’m kind of a Portland parade guy. I like walking in the streets without having to watch for cars. The wife and I […]

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BON JOVI TABLE vs BAND TABLE

June 14, 2019 by

Bon Jovi table versus the band table had a nice feel to it, like the Sharks and Jets in Westside Story, except without the dancing. One table is all in for one of the sexiest rockers to ever take the stage. Women love him, men want to be him. The other table worked the moment […]

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GUITAR SEARCH NEVER ENDS, BUT IF IT DID …

June 13, 2019 by

Every guitar search starts in the same place: sound. How does it sound the first time played? In different rooms? What’s it sound like when you thump the flat top? What does it feel like in your hands from fret to pick? Look until you can’t look anymore, or just get the same guitar Bruce […]

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BOOK REVIEW: BLACK TAR HEROIN, SAM QUINONES, AND DREAMLAND

June 12, 2019 by

Do Millennials Hear Boomer Parents Talk About Black Tar Heroin And The Damage Done? Sam Quinones Says Not Much. The movie Traffic isn’t about black tar heroin. It’s heroin, though, and shows a group of affluent young people dealing with a friend’s drug overdose. They drop him on the sidewalk outside an Emergency Room and […]

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MADGE BADGE, STYLE AND ATTITUDE

June 11, 2019 by

The Madge Badge on boomerpdx celebrates the unusual people in rock. From the beginning of time, or the beginning of recorded music, the principals had secret lives. Little Richard was conflicted between rock and church. Jerry Lee Lewis made fateful marriage choices that the changed the arc of his career, Elvis built on their foundation. […]

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