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VOTE BLUE FOR A BETTER YOU, MILLENNIALS

October 31, 2022 by

Vote Blue ‘for a chance’ to be a better you is more like it. “But what’s a better me, BoomerPdx?” Sure, go ahead and ask a blogger that question and don’t be too surprised at the answer. Is there a right answer?

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OREGON ZEALOT AHEAD OF HIS TIME: LON MABON AND THE OCA

October 19, 2022 by

An Oregon zealot once roamed the landscape. As zealots go, he had a good run. It would have been a great run if he’d had more money. Luckily, he wasn’t as well funded as more recent zealots.

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MESA ARIZONA NEEDS A SHOWER

October 10, 2022 by

Mesa Arizona is not fly-over country, but it might be drive-through country. It’s the sort of place between where you are and where you want to go. Oddly enough, not everyone shares this back-water idea. Mesa Arizona is a backwater? Not with the Salt River flowing nearby.

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YEARNING NOSTALGIA vs REAL LIFE

August 15, 2022 by

Yearning nostalgia poured out of the TV screen during CBS Sunday Morning. It happened when they ran a story on the town of Mayberry where Andy Griffith kept order. People in North Carolina love Mayberry, except it’s pronounced Mount Airy.

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FRAGILE MASCULINITY, OR LOST ‘MAN CARD’

August 5, 2022 by

Fragile masculinity needs help. And it requires wearing kid gloves, the softer the better Also, try and be agreeable. About everything. No one wants to see Superman crash.

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ASSISTED CONFRONTATION FOR CAR CRASH VICTIM

July 31, 2022 by

Who needs assisted confrontation? The nice guy who finishes last, that’s who. Besides, when you assist, and it goes wrong, you’re just trying to help, not hinder. I knew a nice guy once.

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SERIOUS PEOPLE KNOW RESULTS FOR BAD BEHAVIOR

July 27, 2022 by

Serious people don’t all walk around in their academic garb. You won’t find them all on TV or radio. Sometimes a serious man or woman is just down the street. Not my street, but some street in another neighborhood. Why?

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EMOTIONAL PAIN NOTHING TO IGNORE

July 23, 2022 by

Emotional pain is when you tell your doctor, “It hurts when I do this.” If your doctor says, “Then don’t do that,” is it time to find a new doctor? Or, is it time to get to the roots of the problem. This should not be a mystery.

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DEFECTIVE OFFSPRING PRAISE SHOW OFF DADDIES

July 9, 2022 by

There is a family of defective offspring that keeps growing. Not all are blood related, but more intent related. They want what daddy wants. Or mommy. But mostly daddy. Why daddy?

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STABLE MAN? WHAT HE IS, OR WHERE HE LIVES?

June 30, 2022 by

A stable man is good to know, whether it’s in the neighborhood or the horse barn. If you see a man mucking out a stall, that’s a stable man. The same also name applies to the guy who keeps his yard up, his car clean, and decorates his porch with flowers instead of old refrigerators. […]

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