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THE BOOK OF YOU THIS TIME

March 5, 2019 by

Who can predict the future? There’s no book that tells the tale. If you know someone who says they can predict the future, feel free to ignore them. This blog doesn’t come from the future, it’s right now. Maybe a little history of days past mixed in, but it always circles back to today. Now. […]

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BOOK OF DAVID, pt 1: How To Encourage Those Of Faith Without Losing Sight Of Your Own Beliefs

March 4, 2019 by

The real post title is Book of David and how I encourage those of faith without losing sight of MY own beliefs. I went second person plural in the title to create community, so it’s not all about me all the time. That’s my secret. Most writers don’t pull back the curtain back that. You’re […]

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MONUMENTAL PUBLIC WORKS: FREMONT BRIDGE

March 2, 2019 by

What you see in the picture is the westside offramp off the Fremont Bridge here in Portland. I was cruising north on Front Ave past the Hawthorne Bridge, my most traveled Portland span across the Willamette, past the Morrison with it’s I-5 N access. The Burnside Bridge, Steel Bridge, Big Red passed by, and finally […]

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MANPLAINING MAN CODE FOR NON-MAN CODE TALKERS

February 28, 2019 by

Man code isn’t the same as secret encryption, but they share a common aim: communication by means other than normal language. A secret encryption message gets deciphered, then delivered; a man code message gets interpreted and acted on. For example:

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BLOG PLATFORM, WRITER PLATFORM, LAUNCHES MEMOIR

February 26, 2019 by

We’ve got a joke, or more accurately my blog efforts get ridiculed, around the keyboard. Goes like this: “Why do you always write about yourself, or put yourself into every post?” I answer by spelling memoir, as in memoir blogger. “M-e … m-o-i-r. You can’t spell memoir without M and E.” Hilarity is supposed to […]

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GAGA EFFECT: REDEMPTION, ACCEPTANCE

February 25, 2019 by

Gaga Effect? I remember friends from junior high who seemed on a different path than the rest of us. They showed up for a year or two, made best friends with everyone, and held hands with a boy who looked perfect with them. Then they left. Something happened and they packed up and headed out […]

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SINGING CLASS: BRADLEY COOPER FOR LADY GAGA

February 23, 2019 by

Singing out loud is both a joy and a curse. It’s a joy when it’s good, a curse when it’s not. It’s also a curse when someone you’ve known for years decides to sing for the first time in a pitch perfect voice. What took so long? Add disappointment to the singing list when a […]

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LIVE WIRE RADIO PORTLAND THURSDAY NIGHT

February 22, 2019 by

The picture of Luke ‘Boo’ Burbank is the face of a radio smart aleck, the sort of smart aleck radio needs more of. He ran the Live Wire Radio Show Thursday night at the Alberta Theater on Portland, Oregon’s Northeast Alberta Street. Maybe you’ve heard of Alberta? It’s been part of the Portland migration. Businesses […]

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TRUTH vs LOVE WITH A FLAT TIRE

February 21, 2019 by

The truth is, one dark winter evening I had a flat tire. Did I say dark? It was raining too, the sort of rain that smears windshields and makes visibility a game of driving between the smears. Did I mention I had to pull over on the freeway between Washington and Portland. The whole thing […]

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HISTORIOGRAPHY: THE HISTORY OF HISTORY AND WHO GIVES A GOOD RIP

February 20, 2019 by

I saw a question on twitter, a summary of a question a history grad student asked their advisor. “Who will read my thesis besides you?” The answer they got back: “No one, because it won’t matter to anyone else but you and us.” The unnecessary slam the professor included? “Put a ten dollar bill in […]

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