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LIFE CHANGE UP? SAW-WING BATTER, BATTER, BATTER

May 23, 2017 by

  See a fat pitch down the middle and get hold of it. After that they all look like a fat pitch down the middle. All you need to do is stand in and swing for the fences T-ball style. That’s baseball, but how does it connect to your busy life?

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ONE GOOD GAGA HOPE TATTOO FOR THE HEART

May 13, 2017 by

  So you want proof of dedication and devotion? A Gaga Hope Tattoo. Perfect for a back in day glow, visible while you walk out that door. Lady Gaga fans come out of their Gaga closet at different times. But they come out strong. Strong enough for a Gaga Hope Tattoo?

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PRE-EXISTING CONDITION AFTER CANCER DIAGNOSIS

May 4, 2017 by

The day a cancer diagnosis becomes a pre-existing condition   Like we learn everyday when things change, everybody is different. What you do after a cancer diagnosis isn’t the same as someone else. They might go along their way as if hearing a bee buzzing nearby. Shoo, cancer/bee. Or they might fall down on their […]

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ARMY STRONG? FRED WHITE WAS BORN READY

April 21, 2017 by

You might be Army Strong, but not from the start. Step off the bus at the Army Receiving Station and you notice those around you. Showing up in the dark leaves lots to see. These are your people, the ones you’ll bond with, stay in touch with the rest of your life, and plan those […]

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INVENTIONS FROM ANCIENT CHINA TO AMERICA

April 8, 2017 by

Sharing with ancient China didn’t begin here. China invented paper money. Did they invent the safe soon after? Why don’t we hear more bank robbery stories from China? From ozy.com: Moving two tons of red stuff — Communist China adorns scarlet notes with a likeness of Mao Zedong — was hardly a one-man job, and […]

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WHAT IS THE BABY BOOMER BOND, YOU ASK

April 3, 2017 by

    3 Shortcuts to understanding a baby boomer bond   If some bright-eyed middle aged face pops up in your life, you know what it’s there for. You need to shop smarter, invest better, learn the art of kindness. But you’ve already bought more than you need, are happily invested. People know how kind […]

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SETTLE OLD SCORES OUTSIDE, WIN THE BIGGER WAR INSIDE

April 1, 2017 by

    Small wars turn into bigger war, small conflict to large scale How far back do you go to find a good war? It’s not that war, the Good War, the Last Good War, the Big One. The end results justified the means in WWII. Industrial death and human neglect in the Axis Powers […]

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LEARNING FROM WHERE YOU LIVE, PT2: BABY BOOMER ERA

March 24, 2017 by

  The baby boomer era state of mind.   What is there to learn from the baby boomer era? Every passing year the nostalgia grows stronger, but that doesn’t change history. Consider the boomer time line from 1946-1964. The oldest boomers were twenty year olds in 1966. The youngest were twenty in 1984. My cohort […]

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HOW TO FIND THE 18-34 DEMOGRAPHIC, aka MILLENNIALS

March 16, 2017 by

    What to do if they find you?   Turns out the new greatest generation visits BoomerPdx Choice more often than anyone else. Call me surprised, but not really. Those are my people, the people boomers created for the most part. How can you not love that? Baby Boomers grew up with one major […]

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EVERY SCRUB ATHLETE HAS THIS STORY

March 10, 2017 by

    If you’ve got one, then you’re a scrub athlete. And that’s not a bad thing.   Talking to college stars and professional athletes, one thing stands out: They’ve played a lot of games. Far too many for one moment to stand above the rest. Ask if they remember one game, one opponent, that […]

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