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FIRST BOOK YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH?

Not the first book you read, the first book you loved. Mine was Wizard of Oz, a beautiful edition with pictures. Not a comic book, but a good transition from comic books. It was Grandma’s book. I told her I loved her book. And I did, loved it enough to get one for a birthday, […]

JFK ASSASSINATION: THE AMERICA THAT NEVER WAS

New research on JFK assassination reveal broken promises.   A young American President landed in Dallas, Texas. A man with family fame, WWII fame, and Pulitzer Prize fame, left town the way no one wants to leave anyplace. History students cover the JFK assassination as part of class. The rest of America, and the world […]

MAN’S GAME FOR PUBLIC OFFICE?

If it’s Man’s Game, it comes with Man Talk. Man talk comes in every flavor, in every color of the rainbow. Man’s Game is more straight forward. Man’s Game is harsh and unrelenting. Call it frightening. Men do things others’ can’t do. It’s not our fault that the limits of human achievement, like world records […]

OREGON DUCK FOOTBALL LONELINESS IS REAL

Oregon Duck Football loneliness grows after Colorado loss. What’s next? “Winners do what losers won’t do.” That’s the saying all winners fall back to in victory, the other team did more to win. It’s also an excuse for bad sportsmanship since time erases all but the final score. Winners celebrate, dance, sing. They party and […]

THOMAS WOLFE PACK ON THE PORCH

If you don’t live in a state with a celebrated novelist, go to North Carolina and Thomas Wolfe. This is dark suited Thomas Wolfe, author of Look Homeward Angel, not white suited Tom Wolfe, author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Same neighborhood, North Carolina and Virginia, but different eras. That Thomas Wolfe was such […]

3 THINGS GUNS WON’T DO BUT YOU WILL

More than 3 things guns won’t do? Make a list. A gun won’t fix a flat tire. No matter how many times you threaten, guns won’t do it. There you are on I-5 north to Portland, cut over on 84 headed for the Glenn Jackson. You’re in a station wagon full of camping gear, kids, […]

PORTLAND PROGRESSIVE REGRESSIVE

If you’re confused in 2016, you might be a Portland Progressive Regressive. Why do things look so perfect in the rear view mirror in Portland? More important, why do we keep looking? The Portland Progressive Regressive likes the good old days, but looks forward to the future. Their vision might not be 20/20, but it […]

PRESSURE WASHER TIPS 101

Or how to find the right pressure washer the first time around. Kids love sprinklers. Then they love hoses with nozzles. They move up to squirt guns and super soakers. All the while a pressure washer lurks in their future. First it’s the electric job with a nice hum. No need to get all macho […]

ADD YARD WORK TO ANY CRIME AND IT’S NOT A CRIME

The ‘get out of jail free’ card? Yard work. Rob a bank, steal a car, and do some yard work? Ok. Murder and pillage and do some yard work when I get back? Ok. It might sound easy, but adding yard work to your list of activities means doing yard work. If your yard needs […]

WEIGHT ROOM POLITICS

Who does the lifting in weight room politics? And where? Next time you’re in the gym take a good look around, I mean a really good look, and you’ll see something different. Without asking, BoomerPdx discovered the lifting habits of Democrats and Republicans. Using skills of pure observation, the old muckraker makes the call. And […]