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PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS NBA ALL STAR IN THE HOUSE

January 29, 2016 by

One NBA All Star is too many for the Portland Trail Blazers? No one is listed, but Damian Lillard in the Portland Trail Blazers NBA All Star. He wasn’t voted in, or chosen as a reserve, and it won’t matter. The Blazers are exceeding expectations, and Lillard leads the way. In a season ripe for […]

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THE AMERICAN JOB? BE A GOOD CITIZEN

January 21, 2016 by

The American job comes with a Mission Statement, Code of Conduct, and Job Description. Talk to people who came to America after WWII and hear their citizenship story. They came from bombed out nations to find a new life. They came for the American job and learned the job of being an American along the […]

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL COMPARED TO SINGERS

January 4, 2016 by

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, […]

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NEW PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZER TROPHY

December 29, 2015 by

The Portland Trail Blazer Trophy fits one of the youngest teams in the NBA? The Blazers are bad, but not that bad. You know what that means? No, they’re not a team like the Philadelphia 76ers or New Orleans Pelicans. Blazer fans will take a season of losses to take the next step forward with […]

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THE TICKING BABY BOOMERS

December 27, 2015 by

We didn’t start the fire? Maybe, but ticking baby boomers sure throw on the logs. A recent statement about relationships explains how you should never let others know what makes you tick. Why? If they know how you tick, they’ll wind you up on their schedule. Sounds stressful, like a hidden life with those who […]

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MMA REPUBLICANS IN THE OCTAGON

December 22, 2015 by

Who can take a hit best? Read MMA Republicans in the Octagon. The Sunday Oregonian ran a column by E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post titled ‘GOP plays at being television tough guys.’ Not to pick to closely but that’s the only place most of us will ever hear them. On television. Maybe you’ve heard […]

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TRUMP ARMY SUICIDE WATCH

December 6, 2015 by

If you’ve got no friends on the left, then you’re right for the Trump Army. Like the preeminent brain of our time, belonging to Neil deGrasse Tyson, BoomerPDX strives to gather information and let readers decide. Why not follow the leading American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator’s tactics when it comes to the political […]

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL 2015: OHIO STATE vs THE FIELD

September 9, 2015 by

Only one group gets to knock the defending national champion in big school college football. Alabama stays down after the Ohio State Buckeyes rolled them in last year’s semi-final at the New Orleans Super Dome. Florida State, the defending champ in 2014, got run out of the Rose Bowl. No word from them. That leaves […]

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WHY WHY IS THE WRONG WORD

August 28, 2015 by

Ask Why Then Brace Yourself For A Hit You Didn’t Want. It’s The Wrong Word. No one asks the guy who accidentally whacks a finger with his hammer why he did it. No one asks the cook why they cut themselves. And no one asks the athlete why they lost. Ask why and you won’t […]

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TOM BRADY RANKS 10 TOP SPORTS SCANDALS

July 29, 2015 by

The heat Tom Brady feels today is the same heat applied to sports history and the scandals of yesteryear without Facebook and twitter. The way he responded to the appeal of his four game suspension would have worked for others? Maybe not, but it probably won’t work for him either. – Let’s start with Jim […]

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