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ROCKY RELATIONSHIP WITH WRITING?

September 11, 2024 by David Gillaspie

My rocky relationship with writing took a turn yesterday. It happens, but this one was avoidable. Boomerpdx was offline for ten hours. The longest ten hours of my . . . not my life. I just did other writer things. What writer things?

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PASSING TIME, PASSING THROUGH

September 10, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Passing time with my mother in-law on her birthday was a gift to everyone. Her birthday was May 5, Cinco de Mayo, and we worked it hard every year. So did she.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blogger, david, dreams, failures, good life, historical, mother in law, passing through, passing time, personal anecdotes, pubic blogger, public blog, time

BIG DECISIONS ARE TOO HARD?

September 9, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Big decisions come every day, one fastball after another. In the game of life, you stand in and take your cuts. You might get on base, you might strike out. Or you might opt out of the whole thing? Wait a minute.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Army, army career, big decisions, biggest decision, culture, Darth Vader, decided, deciding, decisions, leave a comment, logger, logging, logging town, married, no decision, no failure, North Bend, North Bend Oregon, Oregon, wife

SPENDING TIME THE RIGHT WAY

September 8, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Are you spending time the way you’d like? Time is funny like that, so I made an equation of happiness. If you’re good with things 51% of the time, not so good 49% of the time, you’re on the right track. Unless you’re a parent.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: alone time, big bills, big houses, big jobs, boring parent, boring parents, commitment, down size, empty next, friends, good parent, Grandparents, grandparents day, happiness, kids, married couple, married couples, parenting, party time, satisfaction, spending time, sports mom, well being

BAD THERAPY ON BOOK TV

September 7, 2024 by David Gillaspie

A book called Bad Therapy on c-span? I’m watching. When is the best time to watch Book TV? Trick question: Any time is the best time. Extra points for tuning in while lifting weights in the garage. You’ll be lucky to find this episode:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Abigail Shrier, bad therapy, book tv, c-span, dad parenting, dad time, family, feelings, good therapy, job, kids, parent, parenting, public figure, sports dad, suicide, teach, therapy, wrestler, wrestling

CLEANING UP QUARTZ DUST – WHERE TO START

September 6, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Cleaning up a mess, any mess, has a certain order. But not everyone knows where to start. Is there a starting point? Continue reading:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blog, blogger, boomerpdx, clean house, clean up, cleaning house, cleaning tools, cleaning up, Communication, drug deal, happy home, home remodel, hygienic standards, local police, MARRIAGE, marriage communication, messy house, meth house, meth people, meth town, quartz, quartz dust, set boundaries, writer, writers

DOG PARK vs REAL WORLD

September 5, 2024 by David Gillaspie

A dog park is either dog heaven, or scab land waiting for a developer to wedge as many housed in as they can. Either way, it’s for dogs, which means it’s for dog people. The is the dog that turned me into dog people. I take her to the local dog park and we meet […]

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SHAPE UP. THEN WHAT?

September 4, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Shape up. I’ve told myself that more than once. I’ve also looked at others and said the same thing. To myself. Most of the time.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Arnold Schwarzenegger, blogger, bloggers, body building, Charles Atlas, conditioning, culture, Dave draper, exercise, facebook, Facebook update, family, fitness, fitness blogger, fitness writer, football, granddad, heroes, muscle, older brother, sports, stronger, the future, UPDATE, wife, workout, workout culture, workouts, wrestling, writer, writers

LIVING THAT NEW LIFE

September 3, 2024 by David Gillaspie

A new life is more than losing weight and getting a tan. More than new shoes and low socks. More than a gold chain and a green neck. What’s the new life deal this time?

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FANCY PEOPLE, BUT NOT TOO FANCY

September 2, 2024 by David Gillaspie

My wife and I are not fancy people, but one of us is more than the other. As it should be, as long as it’s not me. I’ve seen fancy and come away with the same feelings each time: No Thanks.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Broadway, college girls, community, dating, fancy, fancy people, girls, good manners, good will, jean jacket, kindness, main line, manners, Nordstrom's, overwhelmed, overwhelming, people, philadelphia, sex, sexual, sexual tension, thoughtfulness, wife

ROCKY RELATIONSHIP WITH WRITING?

PASSING TIME, PASSING THROUGH

BIG DECISIONS ARE TOO HARD?

SPENDING TIME THE RIGHT WAY

BAD THERAPY ON BOOK TV

CLEANING UP QUARTZ DUST – WHERE TO START

DOG PARK vs REAL WORLD

SHAPE UP. THEN WHAT?

LIVING THAT NEW LIFE

FANCY PEOPLE, BUT NOT TOO FANCY

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