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Pushing The Brand, Pushing The Baby Boomer, And The N-word

January 18, 2014 by

Once you decide your business direction, and the name you want to carry, how do you move forward? Experts say to engage with your audience, your clients. Do that and risk getting tagged with the N-word. You’re a narcissist is you make it all about you. But it is all about you, right? It’s your […]

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Baby Boomer Career Choice: The Next Step

January 15, 2014 by

Portland baby boomers embrace their wonderful city as much as any bike riding hipster in tight jeans. They do it differently, but they did it first. Like being country before country was cool, boomers were cool before Portland became as chill as it is today. Don’t believe it? You should. Here’s why:

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Author Jill Kelly Speaks To Willamette Writers

January 8, 2014 by

She Tells Her Truth, The Writer’s Truth, Inside The Old Church. What do you buy a know-it-all for Christmas? Not an encyclopedia. What do you give a writer? A membership to the Willamette Writers always works. If that was a present to the writer in your life, then the first Tuesday in January would have […]

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Downton Mountain Or Just Another English Oregon

January 7, 2014 by

Fans of one of the most watched shows in the world revel in the drama of English manners. Either that or they enjoy seeing landed aristocrats marrying American money to save their house. The English lords don’t call it, ‘taking one for the team,’ but the results are the same. If Monty Python is your sort […]

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How To Create A Stunning Blog Like Boomerpdx

January 5, 2014 by

Most bloggers get spam messages. Most bloggers delete them. Ugg boots and ‘cheap’ NFL jersey’s? You know if you need them. Every now and then you get a request that rings true. It’s straight forward and feels like it’s coming from on honest place, not a machine spewing spam notices on every url on the […]

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Dear Facebook, Huffington Post Wants Your Action

January 3, 2014 by

From news.discovery.com: “Now that Facebook has gone public and is struggling to get a steady valuation, the company is looking to find new ways to make its money and prove its worth to investors. One option Facebook is exploring is enhancing ad sales by more effective targeting of increasingly specific demographic groups, using location data […]

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A Gift For The Baby Boomer Smoker: Gut Punch Therapy

January 2, 2014 by

And It’s Not A Carton Of Marlboro Red Even a smoker smells it. They may stink up a car with their smoky clothes and breath, but they’ll know if another smoker has been there. Will they complain about the bad effects of second hand smoke? Of course. Smokers come in all shapes and sizes and […]

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One Bus, Two Families, And Pfc. Andrew Keller

December 26, 2013 by

Even this close to the end of the line, baby boomers claim their heritage. With the youngest of the group turning fifty, their kids still do what boomers did in their youth. They join the military and serve their country, not always the first thing that comes up in boomer discussions. It’s a generation’s heritage and there’s enough to go […]

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Singing Through The Christmas Noise

December 24, 2013 by

Once the commercial side dies down, you still have to get home. Did you have a party? We organized singing. It lasted one Christmas carol. Someone misunderstood the rules of Karaoke. You need music with scrolling words, not scrolling words with guitar chords and no guitar. I don’t remember the song, but one Christmas spirited young […]

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Portland Trail Blazer Fantasy Coaching Combinations For Baby Boomers

December 17, 2013 by

What stood out most in last night’s Blazer vs Pistons NBA game? The late game heroics of Damian Lillard closing the door? The fierce pace of LaMarcus Aldridge? Robin Lopez warming up the Detroit mascot? The half-filled arena in a bankrupt American city? Or was it the familiar faces on the Detroit coaching staff?

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