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NEW YORK, NEW YORK? COME ON NEW YORK

New York

 

 

Doing the right thing in New York is the same as doing the right thing in Oregon:

 

Stay home, keep a social distance.

 

My social distance from NYC is 3000 miles away, but it wasn’t always that way.

 

Frank said it best:

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MATCHING CHAIRS FOR SALE, COULD BE FOR YOU?

MUSICAL URGE SUGGESTIONS: A LESSON POST

Acting on a musical urge is always chancy.
Will you sound the way you think you sound, would like to sound?
There’s only one way to find out, and there’s a guitar laying around. Maybe it’s enough to stop thinking about it and get back to the more important things like video games and TV.
We’re way past fifty-seven channels and nothing on.
So you listen to yourself, then lock that guitar back in the case and chase one hundred fifty-seven channels and nothing on, one thousand and fifty-seven channels.
Don’t do that. Why?
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CLEAN DRINKING WATER? I’LL HAVE ANOTHER

This is the Tualatin River water, not drinking water.
With this river running through Washington County to the lake in Lake Oswego, then out to the Willamette, why isn’t it tapped for drinking water in Tigard and LO?
This warning from the Tualatin Riverkeepers lays it out:

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ARMY ENLISTMENT? HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Me: Today is my Army enlistment anniversary. Did you remember.
Wife: It’s also the day my Mom died.
Me: It is? I mean, yes, it is, and also my anniversary.
Wife: I’m glad you remember it.
Me: And there’s another thing to celebrate on the same date.
Wife: What?
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toughen up

FOODIE vs eFOOD. WHAT TO EXPECT?

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TO MEN, FOR MEN, FROM MEN

  I’m posting this to men in the Toughen Up section because all the groping news seems like a medical issue, or mental health dilemma.   What goes through a man’s head in the heat of the moment, when the secret button locks the door, when you finally ask, “How much do want this part?” […]

Health Writing? Start With Cancer And Drill Down

  Health writing is about bringing hope to the afflicted. Cancer writing, not so much. One is about the future and the steps to make it better. The other is layered with dread.   One is about improving conditions, about personal bests, about gains; the other is layered with dread.   Health writing brings nutrition, […]

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boomer years

121212 And The Baby Boomer Soul

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FAILING MEMORIES, ENHANCED THOUGHT, BOOMER BRAIN

Failing memories include a list of golden moments that show up online more often than it should. They’re supposed to invoke a better time, but for the wrong reasons. Someone needs to set it straight, but who? Could be you if you saw the television shows first hand, been alive for events, and remember. The […]

CLAM DIGGERS, CLAM DIGGING, CARRYING A CLAM BUCKET

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KITCHEN TABLE BEER TRAVEL: OREGON TO GERMANY

  Beer travel starts at John’s Market in Multnomah. Culturally aware types emphasize art and architecture for reasons to travel. They love the history, the land, the people. And they can’t stop talking about all the new stuff they learn. If it’s someone you know, you listen like you’re not hearing an endless variation of […]

TAKE ME TO UNION STATION AND PUT ME ON A TRAIN

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PORTLAND MOVEABLE FEAST: COMMUNITY

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