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FURY: BRAD PITT GOES TO WAR…AGAIN

August 2, 2014 by

Taking A Shot At The Great American War Movie. World War II is the biggest war canvas for the biggest stories. It’s that big. War stories from every other conflict miss the moral certainty, the celebration, of wiping evil off the earth. There’s nothing like a Nazi, or an Imperial Japanese soldier, biting the dirt […]

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SUMMERTIME AND THE TEACHERS RECHARGE

July 25, 2014 by

On the surface a teaching gig looks like a cakewalk. From the classroom, to the teachers’ lounge, the time off, it makes people jealous, as if they could do the job. Here’s a message to the good people who went to school in classrooms with teachers, but aren’t teachers themselves. (Before continuing, this blogger is […]

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PORTLAND BABY BOOMER YEARNS FOR TINY HOUSE

July 20, 2014 by

Besides riding the leading wave of beer, coffee, and strip clubs, Portland is also awash in the Tiny House movement. More than that, Portland celebrates the tiny house. One future looks like this: a Portland visitor leaves a tiny house hotel, gets into a tiny zipcar, grabs a bite at a tiny food cart, and […]

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THE PEACOCK KILLERS OF PALOS VERDES

July 16, 2014 by

Whether up-sizing, down-sizing, or just changing your view, moving to a new place means making adjustments. If the dream is living off-the-grid in a self-sustaining manner, do you turn your version of rural heaven into a suburban subdivision? Bringing old habits to a new environment isn’t a recipe for change. Do that and you might […]

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EATING PORTLAND: FROM PARKING LOT TO POSH

July 9, 2014 by

The question: Which is more appealing, a food cart meal on the go, an extravagant destination dining experience, or something in between. Portland has it all. I asked several people who know enough about food to cook something worth eating. The answers are very Portland. They walk by fast food places and keep moving. Why […]

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BOOMERS FIND TINDER TO FEEL BAD

June 30, 2014 by

Whether you’re dating baby boomers, or wondering what it would feel like dating one in 2014, tinder.com may not be the best place to start. One man said he spent his first 48 hours on Tinder being ignored. It made him feel less attractive than when he started. If he wasn’t dating before Tinder, his […]

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FACEBOOK: MARK ZUCKERBERG OR JOSEPH GOEBBELS

June 30, 2014 by

 Facebook Is Not The New Fuhrer     After the NY Times and Wall Street Journal reported Facebook manipulated users’ emotions, those emotions hit the fan.   Like a good salesman, Facebook asks a few questions then sits back and listens.   What do we do? We let it all out. Where do we live? […]

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JERSEY BOYS HIT THE HIGHS WITH INSPECTOR CALLAHAN

June 28, 2014 by

I didn’t see the play. The movie is my only reference, that and a lifetime of Frankie. Baby boomers take to Frankie Valli like hippies to the Dead, but it’s a closeted subject. It’s still to hard to decide if Frankie is cool, or not. If the high voice bothers you, don’t tell Neil Young […]

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YELP REVIEWS OR YELP WHINES

June 26, 2014 by

Is There A Difference? What drives people to write yelp reviews? Great service and food brings out the positive. Anything less? Forget about it. If you’re not spending money on being pampered, do you need to  complain you’re not being pampered? Find a hair in your food while you’re out and jump on yelp with, […]

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DESTINATION DINING: POK POK PORTLAND

June 25, 2014 by

From Siam To Pok Pok Portland. Once you hear this, the clock starts ticking: “If you do nothing else, buy an airplane ticket to Portland, Oregon, and head straight to Pok Pok on SE 32nd and Division.” If you drive in from the Southwest suburbs it goes like this: Take I-5 until it slows to a […]

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