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SUICIDE WALL BY ALEX PAUL

September 20, 2015 by

You know a Vietnam Veteran who knows someone on the wall. They all know someone. It’s a teammate or high school friend who never made the Christmas letter list. The men who adjusted to a post-Vietnam War life have friends who remind them of a missing someone. If you talk to them long enough you’ll discover […]

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YOU’VE BEEN EMASCULATED? HOW?

September 10, 2015 by

It Takes Balls To Admit You’ve Been Emasculated. Emascu-what? You go to work and someone is telling you what to do…and it’s your business. Come home and someone’s telling you what to do…and it’s not just your partner but your kids too. You flashback to hear Mick Jagger explain it all in Satisfaction: And that […]

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THE BABY BOOMER GUITAR

September 1, 2015 by

How To Fill Empty Hands With Music, Your Music, On Your Baby Boomer Guitar. From E string to E string, Every Body Goes Down An Elevator. Get in tune with a tuner and get busy. Skinny string E to fat string E, low bass to high treble: E, B, G, D, A, E. If you’re […]

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LANDFALL BOOK TOUR WITH AUTHOR ELLEN URBANI

August 28, 2015 by

Write A Book, Do A Book Tour, Then What? Ten years ago Hurricane Katrina blasted the Gulf States along the Redneck Riviera. How bad was it? Driving from Louisiana to Florida on Interstate 10, I was surprised how far back the houses started. Except they didn’t always start far back. Foundations remained from big places […]

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MILLENNIALS CARRY BIG CHIP?

August 24, 2015 by

As They Age, Do Millennials Get More Bitter About Their World? Today’s news offers up an expert opinion on the Baby Boomer vs Millennial battle. How expert? Authored by the founders of a local public affairs company with ties to Republican politics, they are expert enough to explain how negligent baby boomers have swept the […]

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ASHLEY MADISON HACK NEEDS BABY BOOMERS

August 23, 2015 by

Can Youthful Baby Boomers Reap The Rewards Of Ashley Madison? If you review all of the motel rooms you’ve been in, is anything missing? Sometimes the views were better than others, but if you’re married, would the room be better with someone other than your partner? Ashley Madison things so with a tag line like […]

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MUSIC MATTERS BECAUSE

August 2, 2015 by

Something Happens To Our Brain When Music Matters. I just watched Bruce Springsteen onstage with Bono and U2 in New York. If feels like such a happy moment between those guys standing in middle of the greatest city in the world and singing. Isn’t that how it’s supposed to work when we hear our favorites? […]

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TIMBERLINE REVIEW ON DECK

July 30, 2015 by

A New Chance To Find New Writers: Timberline Review. Saturday, August 1, 2015 is the launch date for Timberline Review, a new publication from Willamette Writers. If that sounds exciting you’re in the right place. Good readers and English majors share discovery in common. Readers may have a list, or wing it, and find the […]

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#GROWINGUPINOREGON BY 10

July 21, 2015 by

If You Were Raised Here You Know All About #growingupinoregon. Oregon is more than a trail game, or cloud burst, or a beach. It’s a state of mind and a state; the deuce. 1. If you grew up on the coast it seemed like every town had a sawmill. Those mills also had wigwam burners. […]

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OREGON LEGAL WEED?

July 13, 2015 by

Oregon Legal Weed Law Breaks Ground? Not Really. The modern stoner may not do a ten year blast for weed seeds. Getting high and getting caught isn’t a one way ticket to the felon life, but you will pay a price if you don’t follow the rules. Toward that end a radio ad explains how […]

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