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FAKE PRESIDENT DONALD STERLING HELPS PRESIDENT TRUMP SHINE

January 8, 2018 by

    Donald Sterling isn’t President of the United States, but he is a west coast version of the east coast Donald, President Donald J. Trump.   What if the west coast Donald wanted it bad enough?   As a billionaire real estate man, fake President Donald Sterling would have introduced his own incredible cast […]

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Portland Hearts Beat On Broadway, The Rest Of The City Keeps Time

August 31, 2017 by

  Portland hearts come in all shapes and sizes, all conditions and configurations. Like Portland, one size doesn’t fit all. Some arrive overwhelmed by the bigness of the big city. Buildings so tall and shiny dwarf pedestrians used to their own town. Try explaining Portland size in relation to the big big cities. Drop it […]

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TREATING CANCER WITH A POLYFACE FARMS MODALITY

June 27, 2017 by

Treating cancer like Polyface Farms. The best results save the land and the person. Machiavelli said the end justifies the means. But only if the end shares a happy ending? A happy ending in cancer is a cured patient. I’m not looking for a ‘successful surgery but lost the patient’ deal.

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LAUGHING SPAM ENGLISH ON BOOMERPDX. 151K LAUGHS LATER?

February 11, 2017 by

    Laughing spam won’t make you fat, throw up, or scream.   If laughing spam worked that way, I’d be fat, throwing up, and screaming every day. And I’m not thin, non-urpy, or quiet. Most of the time. Laughing spam is cute. That’s what I’ll call it, cute. It’s so vulnerable with an undercurrent […]

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HOLIDAY SPIRITS FOR THE UNSENTIMENTAL MAN

December 12, 2016 by

Real Men don’t get sentimental with holiday spirits? Yes, they do, and you might one of them. Do you cry when you see someone else crying? No? Do you feel like crying, but stuff the feeling away? If yes, good job. But stop. Crying is good for you, most of the time. Not so good […]

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FIRST BOOK YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH?

December 3, 2016 by

Not the first book you read, the first book you loved. Mine was Wizard of Oz, a beautiful edition with pictures. Not a comic book, but a good transition from comic books. It was Grandma’s book. I told her I loved her book. And I did, loved it enough to get one for a birthday, […]

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MARCHING HOMEWARD BOUND

November 11, 2016 by

One step after another aims for homeward bound. Homeward bound is a promise you hear when you’re far from home. Service people hear it best. “You’ll be home by Christmas (or Easter, Thanksgiving.”) Make that next Christmas, or Easter, or Thanksgiving. No matter what you hear from the top, soldiers keep marching, sailors keep sailing, […]

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COMPASS ROSE CITY PORTLAND

May 13, 2016 by

Compass Rose As Eight Ball? You Are Correct. The eight ball works with some people better than others. Ask a question. Smack a stooge. Repeat. For these explorers it works best. Not so much for the rest of us. We need direction. We need a compass rose city Portland sort of direction. And there’s only […]

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BABY BOOMER PARENTS DO THE RIGHT THING

March 1, 2016 by

Wrong versus Right for baby boomer parents. The old days, the ‘good old days’, had a few rules. One of the first rules baby boomers learned at home was My Way or the Highway. This rule usually came up when young boomer felt cheated and wanted to straighten a few things out. And it usually […]

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LAST BABY

February 23, 2016 by

When you’ve got the last baby of your baby boomer cohort. Do kids wear parents out? Look at your parents for that answer, but what about parents your own age when you have kids? They’ve already seen it all, done it all, got all the t-shirts. Now you’ve got the last baby. You wake up […]

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