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BOOMER CHALLENGES NEVER STOP

May 26, 2015 by

A common theme among Baby Boomers, the 50-68 year olds born between 1946-64? Boomer challenges. As kids we were challenged to make sense of our Depression-era parents. We never will. The magnitude of desperation in the 1930’s is too hard to grasp. How desperate? Jump out the highest window desperate. Shoot yourself in the brain […]

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MEMORIAL DAY AT THE VA

May 24, 2015 by

Memoir: How To Make A Difference On Memorial Day. In the early 80’s a man moved to Portland from New York City. An Oregon man. He moved in with the best girl he’d ever known. Up until then. She was THE ONE, if one ever existed. Up until then. Keep in mind those who think […]

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BOOMER FAMILY AND PAT CONROY

May 13, 2015 by

If The Great Santini Couldn’t Break His Family, What Broke Your Boomer Family? The author Pat Conroy, one year older than the first baby boomer, had a traumatic childhood by most accounts. He’s a good boomer spokesman for the voiceless masses who wonder why things go wrong. Call him a senior boomer. He mined his […]

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HOW TO BEAT STRESS TV

May 5, 2015 by

Feeling Anxious? Overwhelmed? It Could Be Stress TV. Most of the time competition makes it clear who winners and losers are. It’s not a guessing game. In auto races the first one across the finish line is the winner. Waving a checkered flag helps. If that’s not enough, watch for someone gargling milk at the […]

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COURTROOM FASHION HITS AND MISSES

April 28, 2015 by

What Styles Say In Courtroom Fashion. If you go to court for a serious offense, take a good look around. Who looks like a good cellmate. You’ll want to know in case things go horribly wrong. Yoga pants in court? Fanciful and fun for the gym, dojo, or Safeway, but court? Not so much. There’s […]

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STEVE PREFONTAINE UNLOCKED

April 1, 2015 by

Prison Running Winner: Steve Prefontaine. Great sports events trap time in a bubble. You remember your favorite player scoring the winning points like it was yesterday, locking the image into your mind and throwing away the key. Yours for life. If the event was big enough, you learn more about the player and the game. […]

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OKC THUNDER AND STARBUCKS

March 25, 2015 by

The Coffee Man and OKC Thunder Share A Cup. Before they morphed into the OKC Thunder, your NBA Oklahoma City Thunder, they were the Seattle Supersonics. Everybody knows this, or ought to. The Sonics were Portland’s best rival on the west coast. Better than the Warriors who just spanked the Blazers, better than the Kings, […]

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SCORING THE COMPLAIN GAME

March 21, 2015 by

The Married’s Complain Game. How Good Is It? For the complain game to work right, you need to score early. BOB The movie starts in five minutes. We’re late. CAROL I wouldn’t be late if you remembered to call. We miss the previews? Oh boo. The movie is The Godfather. You want to see the […]

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THE BLAZERS: 5 BOOMER THUMBS UP, 5 THUMBS DOWN

February 19, 2015 by

Also Appearing On Oregon Sports News. THUMBS UP 1. Paul Allen. We’ve seen how other computer billionaires handle their teams. Mr. Allen is no Steve Ballmer? That’s good because Ballmer’s more than one of a kind. He’s one of a different kind. If computer guys didn’t like the nerd label, or didn’t before they got […]

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A NEIGHBORHOOD MURDER

February 4, 2015 by

How Close Is Too Close? Social media beat regular news to the punch. Again. No, it wasn’t Arab Spring and twitter. Not a former USSR satellite and a new Russian claim. How about a nice Portland, Oregon suburb and facebook? A facebook friend posted the story the moment they saw it…from Texas. The official story […]

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