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BOOMERPDX BOOK CHOP

June 30, 2015 by

Like Food Channel’s Chopped Except No One Spits On The Pages. The most often heard complaint of the avid reader? “What do I read next? I’m in between books.” Even with libraries and bookstores stocked to the roof, the next book is still an important choice. Museums have research libraries, colleges have academic libraries; hospitals […]

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FACEBOOK: FACE OF BOOMERS

May 7, 2015 by

Was This Part Of Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Plan? You start your computer, hit a few keys and look in awe. Go the right page and you see a family reunion, high school reunion, job reunion. Boomers dig reunions. Problem neighbors? Your town, your state, is taking turns aggravating you? It all goes away on a […]

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THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL AND CARDALE

January 14, 2015 by

The Oregon v Ohio St. Title Game. Hidden agendas make the best conspiracies. That’s where things get dirty. College football is no exception. The good news is the first College Football Playoff Championship looked as clean as big time college football will ever get. There’s still plenty of suspicion.

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A BOOK NO PARENT SHOULD HAVE TO WRITE

October 11, 2014 by

And Every Parent Should Read. Conner Luby died in a car crash. As I wrote that line in the lobby of a hotel near the Arizona State campus a one year old boy turned the corner before his dad showed up. We both smiled and he wobbled along when his father caught up. The dad […]

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FACEBOOK: MARK ZUCKERBERG OR JOSEPH GOEBBELS

June 30, 2014 by

 Facebook Is Not The New Fuhrer     After the NY Times and Wall Street Journal reported Facebook manipulated users’ emotions, those emotions hit the fan.   Like a good salesman, Facebook asks a few questions then sits back and listens.   What do we do? We let it all out. Where do we live? […]

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THE PEOPLE BEHIND BOOKS

June 27, 2014 by

For Example: I met the author during years of employment with the Oregon HIstorical Society. Some people called him TV. He was the regional history boss with enough pull to land international exhibits in Portland. While TV was the lead dog, he had a capable team pulling behind him. One of them was Bob Stark, […]

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PORTLAND OREGON’S FACEBOOK NUMBERS REVEALED

February 17, 2014 by

If you’ve ever had a special Facebook page for your business, your blog, or your cause, then you know how it feels when others find you and like you. Feels good. Does it feel good for others, like sports teams and cultural institutions in Portland? That’s the question boomerpdx aims to answer. Start with major […]

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Powell’s Books, Phillip Margolin, And Worthy Brown’s Daughter

January 23, 2014 by

Listen to a man say he writes but only took one college writing class. He admits to grinding out a C+, then says he’d like to talk to an MFA fiction expert one day to learn how writing really works. The same man tried writing historical fiction for thirty years. He took one history class. If the main question of history is, […]

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Dear Facebook, Huffington Post Wants Your Action

January 3, 2014 by

From news.discovery.com: “Now that Facebook has gone public and is struggling to get a steady valuation, the company is looking to find new ways to make its money and prove its worth to investors. One option Facebook is exploring is enhancing ad sales by more effective targeting of increasingly specific demographic groups, using location data […]

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CAREGIVING REVIEW WITH HUNTER THOMPSON

November 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment

A caregiving review needs an expert. I am that expert and this is my review with help from Hunter Thompson. His famous quotes are care-worthy:

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