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PASSED OVER? TAKE ANOTHER LOOK

February 21, 2023 by

Getting passed over on the job is a sign, but for what? A new job? Where else does it happen with sad results? Any time it happens to you, and it’s happened whether you admit it or not. Try on not default to bitterness and blame right away.

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TIME OUT FOR YOU, YOU, AND YOU

February 19, 2023 by

The first ‘time out’ I ever heard came during a grade school basketball game. Coach: Do you know who you’re supposed to be guarding? Me: No. Coach: Guard the other team, not ours. Me: Oh. Okay.

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HOPEFUL CITY, URBAN DUMP, OR BOTH

February 18, 2023 by

What makes a ‘hopeful city?’ Take Portland for example, a place other states once yearned for in their signature city. “We love Portland; we want to be Portland,” said Asheville, North Carolina. Except there are a few problems to overcome.

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DREAM OREGON FIRST, THEN GET TO WORK

February 14, 2023 by

Dream Oregon first, or you’ll be working in someone else’s dream. Will it be to your liking? If you don’t have a dream, you won’t know the difference. So let’s figure it out based on experience, my experience.

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ETERNAL BATTLE: THE GOOD CONTRACTOR vs CITY HALL

January 31, 2023 by

My regulars know the eternal battle contractors fight every day. They also know the battles the homeowner fights with himself before calling a contractor: “I can do this. How hard can it be?”

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DISPLACED WORKERS ‘RETIRED’ FROM OLD JOBS

January 5, 2023 by

Displaced workers retire? From what? Ask a Coos Bay logger about it, or a Charleston commercial fisherman. What did they retire from? Getting jacked around by new ideas on sustainability.

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BOOMER MISTAKES TO CLEAN UP

December 27, 2022 by

Baby boomer mistakes? What mistakes? In some circles everything boomer related is a mistake. This isn’t that circle. Instead, I’ll look at common mistakes and regrets to avoid. This is for younger generations.

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‘FIRE GOD’ READY FOR FREEZING RAIN

December 21, 2022 by

Fire God may be an exaggeration, but what else would you call it? This is an image of the final results, but what came before? A cold, dead, space in a wall of brick, which is what a fireplace is without a fire. Here’s the lesson I learned by sticking my head in there:

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CUSTOMER SERVICE REMINDERS FOR GAS FIREPLACE

December 20, 2022 by

Customer service, whether a health matter, auto, or gas fireplace, follow the same rules. You know it’s good when you don’t have remorse after the service. But what if you do have remorse and get a customer service call-back that goes wrong? Beware of the fast talking man with an edge to his voice. Health […]

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CONSTANT COMPLAINING DONE THE RIGHT WAY

December 13, 2022 by

If you hear constant complaining without end, what do you do? Tune it out? Change the channel? Or listen and learn because we all know it’s impossible to complain all the time. There’s something else going on, but what?

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