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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 […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: backlash, bad mood, bernedoddle, crazy, dog experience, dog heaven, dog mood, dog park, dog people, dogs, fancy, fun loving, good mood, mood, older gentleman, opinions, real world, superstar dog, tigger, wild

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?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: antique, antique furniture, designer, education, expensive, expensive education, fashion, fond memories, furniture, life together, married, meth house, mid-century modern, move, moving, new life, normal, office, one question, organize, remodeling, reorganize, style, theme furniture, very expensive

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

QUIET LIFE? GOOD LUCK WITH THAT

September 1, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The quiet life is an aspirational goal. Even the biggest party person eventually welcomes a less social time in their life. But it doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten anyone. Hell, I remember the neighbors from the first house I ever lived in.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: a plan, aspirational goal, bad book, book, books, good book, good luck, quiet life, reading, rock fight, the classics

LIFE BEGINS WHEN? PT. 1

August 31, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Life begins the moment you realize you’re having fun with the people around you. If the people are scientists of varying disciplines, life origin is based on solid theories. It’s a whole ‘nother story with anyone else. What if it’s some random blogger?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: adult education, big bang theory, blogger, Columbia River, creation myth, creation myths, detective, detective story, environment, environmental, evolution, geology, having fun, history, ice dam, ice dams, learning, learning process, life, life begins, life begins when, Missoula floods, origins of life, origins story, pacific northwest, random blogger, science, scientist, scientists, story

PERMANENT BUILDINGS FOR THE FUTURE

August 30, 2024 by David Gillaspie

I look for permanent buildings the older I get. It’s always a treat. I’m older than the town I live in, older than the first house I owned, older than where I live mow. Maybe I’m the permanent building? Naw. Maybe you?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blogger, boomers, buildings, downtown Portland, education, Fox Theater, fox tower, millennials, Oregon, park avenue west, permanent, permanent buildings, Portland, Portland Oregon, travel, writer, writing

COMPARISON CULTURE: BETTER THAN WHAT?

August 29, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Comparison culture didn’t start with social media, but that’s where it found fertile ground. Baby Boomers and every generation before, all had the same comparison: My Dad is better than your dad. What comes after that? Maybe a fight.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: boomer blogger, boomerpdx, compare, comparison culture, crime, criminal, Death, education, facebook, family, fertile ground, jewelry, Social media, twitter, wife, writer, writers, writing

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

QUIET LIFE? GOOD LUCK WITH THAT

LIFE BEGINS WHEN? PT. 1

PERMANENT BUILDINGS FOR THE FUTURE

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