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NO MEAT IN BOOMER WOMEN SANDWICH GENERATION? NOW WHAT?

Boomer women in the sandwich generation help parents and kids. The parents and kids boomer women stand ready for are their parents, their kids. At least that’s how it’s supposed to work. You know, family. If the kids are in high school and college, they still need help. Right? If mom and dad are living […]

WHO READS A GUN VIOLENCE POST?

Who writes a gun violence post? Responsible bloggers need to put their niche aside for a moment to address one of the pressing issues of our time. Gun violence. If you do write such a post, and I hope you do, be prepared for a particular reader and a particular comment. If you post a […]

COLLEGE FOOTBALL COMPARED TO SINGERS

College football feels like singers, but which ones? College football has one steadfast rule when comparing teams: you can’t compare eras. You need to compare teams and their times instead of one decade to the next. But you can compare college football to lady singers of the same era. This era comparison includes Beyonce, Adele, […]

SPOILED MILLENNIALS: BABY BOOMER AFTERTHOUGHT OR LIFESAVERS

The truth behind the spoiled millennials, the Spoillennials. The newsman explains with a sly wink how millennials, the 18-34 year olds, adjust to life on their own. “It’s probably tough leaving home at 32.” Yucks all around. Millennials are the Peter Pan Generation, trumping the Peter Pan Syndrome; the Boomerang Generation, trumping a flying stick. […]

NEW YORK CITY IN THE 70’s

When The Going Gets Freaky In New York City In The 70’s, Fly That Freak Flag If You’ve Got One. I found comparison pictures of before/after Detroit, with today looking worse for wear. At the same time New York City photographers started showing their city in the seventies. It’s called everything from gritty, to terrifying, […]

HEMPFEST VS BREWFEST

Where Field Research Makes ALL The Difference. The view from walking into a Hempfest: Lots of people stretched out asleep. Tables selling brownies and cookies beside the walk up. The sleepers were on the grass behind them. It looked like a scene from a Charlton Heston movie, one of those where he’s the last man […]

IAN KARMEL’S BOOMER GYM ALERT

Based On Ian Karmel And Everything As F##k: A Warning Voice From His Generation To Boomers. Too many fitness fanatics urge us to better health. And we ignore them. You can’t ignore Ian Karmel. The Portland comedian and Portland Mercury columnist writes about his gym experience, the same gym experience boomers have been dodging. What […]

BOOMERPDX DISCRIMINATION PROFILE

Two men walked into the bar, silhouettes against the glaring sun.                   They looked like two weekend yard guys at happy hour. Jeans and t-shirts, mid-fifties. In different clothes they’d fit into any country club. Tight hair and smooth shaves do that. One ordered a black and […]

AN NBA FINALS HEADACHE

Game 4 Of The NBA Finals Draws Blood. Just when the old lawman has the new band of outlaws rounded up in Cleveland, this happens: They break out. Keep in mind the old lawman, Sheriff LeBron, is an ancient thirty year old. His age isn’t important unless you compare him to Steph Curry. When you […]

PORTLAND BOOMER’S NBA BURDEN

Notes On A Bitter Blazer Fan’s NBA Burden. Sport’s fans watch. Maybe they have some game. Maybe they used to have some game. Either way they mostly watch. And yell. Maybe drink a beer. After enough beer they compare their game to the players they see on TV. Most sports fans compare themselves favorably, the […]