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GIVE GIFTS THAT KEEP GIVING, AND RETURNING

December 26, 2020 by

Give gifts at Christmas? Sounds easy enough. If giving gifts is the tradition, which gift is the question. Give gifts that say something more than “At least I wrapped it.” Christmas is not a junior high health class, but after 2020 it’s a mental health check. So far, so good, but that top pic?

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STOP LYING TO YOURSELF FOR BETTER MENTAL HEALTH

December 19, 2020 by

A request to stop lying to yourself is to stop believing what you know isn’t true. It goes beyond the private lies we enjoy telling ourselves. How long is that list? Too long to add anyone else’s baloney because we’re already loaded.

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YOU MIGHT BE PANDEMIC STUPID IF . . .

December 4, 2020 by

Pandemic stupid is more than the local mask denying moron in a red hat screaming into a camera about their rights and freedom. You might be pandemic stupid for not following the most basic, the most simple, the easiest way in making a difference. But it’s only been nearly a year of hearing what those […]

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BEER DRINKING THE HARD WAY WITH A FAIR FATHER

September 8, 2020 by

Most times, when it comes to beer drinking, you need a plan. The easy part is when and where. Then it gets tougher. Which beer to drink has become an identity check. In a place like Portland Beer City, a beer identity means everything. Beer cred means never getting caught with a commercial light beer. […]

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LILLARD TIME? CHECK THE CLOCK

August 12, 2020 by

Lillard time happens when you join Wilt Chamberlain as the only other NBA player to log three sixty point games in one season. It’s happened enough for Kobe Bryant competitiveness comparisons. And he’s the best thing to happen to the Portland Trail Blazers in every way. Is that saying too much? Not for Blazer fans.

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PANHANDLING THE PANHANDLERS IN PHILADELPHIA

April 29, 2020 by

Panhandling is an urban characteristic that brings diverse emotions. For some, the response it, “Don’t talk to me.” Followed by, “Don’t make your problem my problem.” The reverse: “I don’t have change, but please take this ten dollar bill.” The response is different with the roles reversed.

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OLD PORTLAND BECAME NEW PORTLAND RIGHT AFTER I MOVED THERE

April 2, 2020 by

The term Old Portland usually applies to the city with pictures of a flood, like the flood of 1861, or the floods of 1894, 1948, 1996. By the way, it rains in Oregon, sometimes a lot. Will that ever change? No, but attitudes will change, have changed. But that’s not the Old Portland on boomerpdx.

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BLOG READERS, BOTS, AND WRITERS

July 10, 2019 by

Google analytics on blog readers is either the biggest tattletale in history, or an effective research tool. It shows and tells where blog readers like you find boomerpdx. Apparently I’m a big hit in Chicago, at least that’s what the bots say. Bot? What else hits a blogger page fifty times for an average of […]

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LEADERSHIP PATH, PATHOLOGY, OR JUST MOVE OUT OF THE WAY

June 28, 2019 by

As part of an attempt to establish my identity as a guide through events growing more common everyday, I offer Leadership Path, Pathology, Or Get Out Of The Way. It’s a take on ‘Lead, Follow, Or Get Out Of The Way,’ the saying hard chargers use when they get lost and don’t want anyone to […]

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PORTLAND NBA DREAMS IN DUST BIN AFTER WC FINALS

May 21, 2019 by

Who loses to the World Champions in sport? Everyone. The Portland Trail Blazers were taken out in four games. In three they had a good lead in the third quarter. Fan comment runs from quitting to choking, leaving out the part where the Warriors made them quit and choked them out. One fan keeps a […]

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