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BLOG CONTENT OR JUST A NORMAL EVENT

Blog content goes one way or another? Noooo.
It’s goes wherever it goes and takes you, and the writer, which is me, along.
Things don’t always match up the way imagined, like writing a post of great importance that gets five hits.
What was it lacking?

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CAUTIOUS BABY BOOMER BLOGGER VISION

As a cautious baby boomer blogger harvesting stories and insights for more than four thousand (4031) blog posts running seven hundred and fifty words each, on average, comes to more than three million words.
Divide that by 90,000, the sweet spot number of words in a novel, and if I were a novelist I’d have written thirty three books by now.
Instead, I wrote, and continue to write, boomerpdx.
For that I blame higher education, college, grades 13-16, or 17, depending on your schedule.
There I was, a happy moron, happy to be dense, happy let it ride any which way life turned.
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CITY LIFE SHARING: PORTLAND OREGON

City life sharing means getting the family together one way or another for a public event.
In a hotel ballroom.
For the occasion I wore my ballroom camel hair coat handed down from my father in-law, my bolo tie from Grandpa Marshall, a Columbia vest, and my whitest white shirt over my extra-white t-shirt.
I was thinking ‘Ralph Lauren meets NE Portland.’
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HOW TO VOTE CORRECTLY IN 2026 FOR MILLENNIALS

If millennials vote correctly in 2026, their voice will be heard since they replaced baby boomers as the largest generation currently crowding everyone younger.
Speaking for all boomers, I offer apologies to Gen Z, Alpha, and Beta.
And this to the millennials: your welcome.
Now that they’re older they’ve discovered yearnings for what they’ve taken for granted, like clean air, clean water, and a clean conscience.
Now they have a chance to keep moving in the cleaner direction.
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‘SECURITY THREAT ASSESSMENT (STA)?’ I’LL HANDLE THIS ONE

When an agency sends an email about a security threat assessment that is ‘underway’, I feel sort of special, but I can save a load of time if it includes scanning the internet for clues.
In this photo I’m a threat to all decent hotel bellhops.
Jed Clampet don’t need no bellhop. Git away from my travel sacks.
Hotel luggage cart threat?

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BOOMERPDX DIET TIP

Five things to stop eating? Or zero? That’s A BoomerPdx Diet Tip. C – carbonated drinks R – refined sugar A – artificial sweeteners &colors P – processed foods Why stop eating anything? White bread, white rice, pasta. Sugar and cream. Stop eating that? Too controversial. Food is nutritional, cultural, and historical. Bread means farming […]

10 BOOMER HEALTH NOTICES

What To Know, What To Ignore For Boomer Health. 1. You weigh too much. Extra weight stresses your knees and hips, your ankles and heart. Too much weight is a golden ticket for Type 2 Diabetes. Why not go away and mind your own business? 2. You’re too thin. Thin people have a greater threat […]

Neck Cancer: Part of Oral, Head and Neck Cancer

  OHNC, for oral, head and neck cancer sounds more like a government agency, as in “let’s meet at the OHNC building and go from there.”   Except no one wants to go anywhere near OHNC any time. Speaking from direct experience, No One Wants To Go There. Any Time.   But here we are. […]

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HOW TO un-GAY A 60’s TEEN BOOMER

Who Thinks You Can un-Gay Anyone? Parents? My uncle grew from an awkward teen boomer to become an inspirational gay man. I could say inspirational man, but he’s more proud of being a gay inspiration. He’s lived life his way on no uncertain terms: Accept gay or go away. But that’s not how it started […]

Prince in Portland, Prince Forever

    Laying along East Burnside, Prince looked comfortable. We were going to a show at the Doug Fir Lounge and there he was. It took me back to the Tacoma Dome after seeing Purple Rain when it first came out. Who was Prince? Only the anti-Michael Jackson, and back then it seemed a good […]

OBAMA FAREWELL SPEECH, OR CITIZENSHIP CLASS

President Obama farewell speech a study in civics.   At the crossroads of history, President Obama gave his last big goodbye. The heart of his farewell? The Constitution. You’d expect different from a Constitution scholar with twelve years in the classroom? Like a great politician, a showman for the ages, he did it in Chicago […]

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6 STEPS OF EUROPEAN TRAVEL AFTER THE FIRST STEP

  Step One: Admit you’ve been bored to death since your last trip.   You miss making connections, new train stations, airports. The miracle of being on time. Like a caged animal, your travel bug paces. Every Sunday it rattles the gate. That’s when Rick Steves shows up. With a dish. Travel bugs feast on […]

LOVE IN THE TIME OF TACOMA

One sure measure of a city on the way up is the people who move there. When the smart crowd shows up, things change. Of course it takes more than intelligence. It also takes commitment and patience. Combine intelligence, commitment, and patience in newly weds who choose to make Tacoma their home, and the fuse […]

FIVE DIAMOND VIDANTA MEANS FIVE DIAMOND DAVE?

    Five Diamond Vidanta is my first five diamond resort. Until then I was a four diamond guy.   Did I need an upgrade? Who doesn’t.   I’m a basic one diamond guy in real life, but when needed I can fit in.   I explained this to my wife. She started pointing out […]

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