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CAVIAR DREAMS, CHAMPAGNE WISHES

January 7, 2024 by

My caviar dreams started when I asked my wife what she wanted for Christmas. I wasn’t going to make the same mistake when I’ve asked before and she said, “Nothing.” Hearing nothing is not a good reason to get loved ones nothing on their birthdays or Christmas. When a wife says, “Nothing,” what they mean […]

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FINISHING SCHOOL FOR THE UNFINISHED

December 13, 2023 by

If you’ve never heard of it, a finishing school is where women become ladies. Ladies? What kind of ladies? Ladies who grew up expecting others to know what they’d learned in finishing school. To that we say, “Good luck.”

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BOOMER ALCOHOL: AN INTERVIEW INTERVENTION

September 1, 2023 by

Boomer alcohol? They’ve met before, Baby Boomers and Alcohol. But have they ever really talked to each other? What would they say? Let’s find out:

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MARRIAGE TRAP, STARRING BEN AFFLECK

December 12, 2022 by

Does a ‘marriage trap’ sound different than a marriage between two movie stars? Edward Hopper painted what looks like a marriage trap. A couple in a room ignoring each other, trying to find anything to do besides talk. He reads bad news, she taps a sad note. Looks like a trap to me. But, what’s […]

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HONORABLE MEN AND WOMEN SOUND DIFFERENT

July 22, 2022 by

Honorable men don’t whine and complain about how unfairly they are treated, then turn around and treat others even worse. They don’t seek the easy way out of difficult situations, then preen and primp like they’ve just done the impossible that only they could do. Most important of all, honorable men see through the smokescreen […]

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NO REGRET LIFE FOR LIVING WITH REGRETS

July 18, 2022 by

Life with no regret, not one, is a life worth living. If you hear someone say they have no regrets about anything, it’s not your job to find something for them to regret. But it is your job to know how words work, beginning with definitions. Your understanding of regret might need an update:

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LEADERSHIP TRAINING WITH HOSPITALITY KING TRUMP

March 3, 2022 by

Leadership training comes in two flavors: you’re born with it, or you learn it. Those choices exclude too many, though. Some rise to leadership based on circumstances. Where someone would ordinarily lay back, the situation calls for them, for someone, to lean forward. Did Trump, the Hospitality King, receive leadership training, or was he born […]

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RESPECTING DECISIONS IS HARD, BUT WHY BE A PUNK ABOUT IT

January 15, 2022 by

Respecting decisions is part of the hard learning process. It starts early. Parents decide to put little Jimmy in an accelerated learning school and he learns to doubt their decisions sooner than later. But he still shows up for school everyday. Why? Because even little Jimmy knows that respecting decisions made for him by people […]

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TRICKLE DOWN JUSTICE STARTS AT THE TOP

January 5, 2022 by

Trickle down justice is different than trickle down economics where the rich get richer with tax breaks. In one the results are more visible: People get charged, tried, and sentenced if guilty. We’re not left wondering, ‘Do the 1% really give up their haul so the minimum wage workers in their companies can afford the […]

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ASTORIA OREGON, THE FIRST RIVER CITY OF THE WEST

June 15, 2021 by

You won’t need a boarding pass for Astoria, Oregon. Crossing the Columbia River from the Washington side doesn’t require a ferry, either. However you will need a Boarding Pass for the Columbia River Maritime Museum. More than a nice place for a regional story, CRMM tells a big history in a big way. Astoria and […]

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