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Miley Cyrus vs Bad Baby Boomer

September 1, 2013 by

After every decent woman had her say, after every fluffy-haired television man complains, where is Miley Cyrus? She’s not checked into re-hab, the psych ward, or working on a Nevada ranch. Is she in New Orleans drinking chicken blood in voodoo classes? No. She’s probably working on her next performance. She probably took the horns […]

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The Baby Boomer Side Of The Internet

August 30, 2013 by

What’s the first thing you do when you find a website that amazes? You either send the link to your social network because they’d all love to see it… Or, you try and break the site down to something you understand. You’re not hacking into it, just wrapping your mind around the idea. Here are […]

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Baby Boomer And The Oregon Ducks

August 29, 2013 by

What defines big time? The wise answer, the baby boomer blogger answer, is ‘The big time is right where you are.’ But that doesn’t always work out. People who hate where they are, either geographically or emotionally, want a better answer. For them, the big time is out there waiting just around the corner, and […]

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Baby Boomer Marketing: Peace And Release

August 24, 2013 by

Do You Know A Boomer?   Portland baby boomers, like all boomers, are not a rare breed. They’re not like NFL players or Olympians. Do you know one of them? Boomers live next door, stand in line, drive their own car. But how do you reach them? Check their history.

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What Is The Elkton AVA

August 19, 2013 by

or, Please Pass The Wine. The AVA, or American Viticulture Area, found a new home in Elkton. Regional wine makers have a new hook to hang their brand on. Once you win the badge of approval from the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, more doors open. How long before you hear someone […]

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Estate Planning For NW Boomers

August 17, 2013 by

When the day comes to estate plan and you’re not there, what happens? If you didn’t make the sort of legal decisions that put your resources where you want them to go, who will decide? In other words, if you don’t have your ducks in a row, someone else will line them up. This happens […]

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Middle Child, Middle Boomer, Middle You

August 15, 2013 by

  A friend has two family members, one older and one younger, with birthdays so close they have their own little birthday club. The friend cried about it so much every year that he started getting presents on their birthdays to shut him up. He kept secret score as the middle child in the line-up. What else did Middle Child […]

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NW Boomer Travel, pt.1

August 13, 2013 by

The Oregon Alps If you look back at Portland from LaGrande, the miles pile up. But you’re not done. You can’t drive to the Swiss Alps on Interstate 84, but the Oregon Alps are a tank of gasoline away. Look for highway 82 and read the signs to Joseph.

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Footprint Of Fame

August 9, 2013 by

Excuse Baby Boomers when it comes to fame. They were the first victims of mass hysteria. They saw Elvis and The Beatles on TV and felt the reactions. One day a kid is normal. The next he shows up in Beatle Boots and Beatle Wig. And he’s never the same, bouncing from fad to fad, […]

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Joel Stein, Boomer Enough

August 9, 2013 by

If you read Time Magazine, you’ve heard of Joel Stein. If not, he’s got the Awesome Column toward the back of each issue. And he fills it up boomer style. What is boomer style? Doing stuff that doesn’t seem to matter at first, but then grows legs and runs. Joel had a runner in a […]

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