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STRONG WOMEN HELP LIFT EVERYTHING

July 3, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Strong women get that way on purpose. They’ve seen problems that needed solving, and did the work. It’s the sort of work not suited for weaklings. Or men. Any men.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: daughters, family, grandmothers, harm, mothers, sisters, strong woman, strong women, wives, women, women rights

VICTIM MAN TELLS WOMEN ALL ABOUT IT

July 1, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Who is victim man? You? Me? The guy down the street? It’s all of the above, but only one person gets the trophy: The man who cries and moans the loudest and most often.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: abortion, angry man, erectile dysfunction, harvey Weinstein, losers, man, roe v wade, stable man, suckers, suffering, Supreme Court, Texas, trump, victim, victim man, victims, women

SPENDING TIME LIKE YOU’LL NEVER GET OLD?

June 27, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Spending time together in the right places make the best memories. The guys in the image are two brothers I follow on twitter. One is a sports talk guy, the other is a regular guest. They go beyond sports with their life lesson takes including recipes, medical advice, and their brand of man-knowledge. The tweet […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, dating, millennials, Oregon, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, row v wade, spending time, Stanley Cup, time, women's health, WWII

TIME TRAVEL WITH BULLIES BEING BULLIES

June 25, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Time travel with me back fifty years. Here’s why: Fifty years ago I was a seventeen year old student following the stream from Miss Spooner’s kindergarten classes at Roosevelt to graduating on the football field where my sports heroes played. It was a good run.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: aids crisis, bullies, bully, Divorce, freedom, health, momma, Oregon, personal freedom, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, reproductive health, reproductive rights, roe v wade, sex, Texas, time travel, travel, widow, women, women's health, women's right to choose, womens rights

THIRD ACT LIFE: THIS IS WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND

June 24, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Life’s third act is different than the end of a drama. In a play, everyone goes home. In life the end is death, which sounds overly dramatic. One question: Is it better to go quietly and leave the mess and problems unsolved? Problem solvers say, “Heck no.”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: abortion law, Communication, consequences, effective communication, freedom, obgyn, obstetrician-gynecologist, problem solvers, reproductive rights, roe v wade, soul search, Supreme Court, third act, women's health

HEALTH UPDATES FOR BETTER LIVING TODAY

June 10, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Good health updates work to keep people moving in a lively direction. You know, people? The people you know, the people you don’t know. Those people. Hydration is key: Drink plenty of fluids. Just not those fluids.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: American, anti-gun, better adults, boomerpdx, Death, educational health, good health, gun violence, guns, health, health updates, hydration, kids, mass death, Oregon, Oregon senators, reclaimed water, school shootings, updates, water

TAKEDOWN TACTICS LEARNED IN A WRESTLING ROOM

June 8, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Takedown tactics in wrestling come from as many angles as there are wrestlers. Takedowns in real life are the same, except no one is keeping score. Since real life takedowns come with unforeseen consequences, be careful how you choose. The first thing to do is show up.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: mass murder, Matthew McConaughey, millennial, millennial voters, millennials, school shooting, takedown, takedown tactics, uvalde texas, vote, voting, White House pressroom, wrestlers, wrestling, wrestling room

GUN VIOLENCE PRIMER: TEAM PICTURES OF THE FUTURE

June 6, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Gun violence changes the future of team pictures and school pictures. What will they look like to survivors of school shootings when they’re older? The kids in this picture are at the beginning of the their run through public school. The adults are coaches and team parents supporting their kids. What’s wrong in this picture? […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, BOOMER, class pitctures, D-Day, greatest generation, gun law, gun violence, images, millennials, school pictures, school shooting, team pictures, vote, voting, WWII

A LESSON LEARNED BEFORE LIVING

June 2, 2022 by David Gillaspie

A lesson learned is a foundation block for the future. Except when the lesson is ignored, the future looks bleak. Who wants a bleak future? Nobody, but here we are.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: active shooter, bleak future, change, dying, Ernest J. Gaines, good housekeeping, Jim Crow, lesson learned, lessons, living, school shooting, school shootings, social structure, teach kids, the future

FATHER FLAG ON MEMORIAL DAY

May 31, 2022 by David Gillaspie

My father flag is different than the flag shown at public gatherings. His flag was a country boy’s flag, an athlete’s flag, a Silver Star Marine’s flag. This Memorial Day I thought of him while I raised the flag. For me he is the reason for Memorial Day.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: athlete, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, BOOMER, boomers, country boy, fact, father flag, father's flag, fiction, flag, gun law, guns, jan. 6, Marine, memorial day, NRA convention, president, trump, urban scum