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CHIP KELLY, SPORTS, AND LOYALTY

What are the Eagles doing? Ask Chip Kelly. Their coach end runs the entire organization and ends up with the final say on personnel. Chip Kelly trades or releases the sort of players other coaches pine for. And he does it more often than most. Didn’t someone explain to him that he’s a coach. He’s […]

FOODIE vs eFOOD. WHAT TO EXPECT?

Foodie For Thought. You smelled what The ‘foodie’ Rock was cookin’? It was a metaphor, medium rare, foodie. In real life you’ve smelled food before it hits the table. You’ve sat in Portland restaurants watching plates fly by trailing a scent stronger than a pheromone cat collar. The next one’s got to be yours. Or […]

ART WALK OF SE PORTLAND, AESTHETICS AND SWEAT

It’s The Art Walk Of Portland, Not Breaking And Entering. Art As Beauty. My art guru suggested a Saturday art walk. I had a week to think about it, but said yes right away. Art and walk both sound like a good time. Art Walk? Twice the fun. Ceramics, paintings, and all inside houses you’d […]

BOOMERPDX ARCHIVE, c. 1983

1-10-83 (Monday) A former Oregon governor died last Saturday. Tom McCall breathed his last in the hospital up the street. Good Samaritan. A student nurse in my building cared for him at the end. She said he’s a great guy. Everyone says it. He seems like someone you’d like to know. Oregon history’s Tom Vaughan […]

PROTECTING THE OREGON BRAND

More Than A Birthday. Oregon Governor in waiting Kate Brown spoke at the Oregon Historical Society. She could have dodged the event, which was Oregon’s birthday party. But she didn’t. Instead she gave history a nod. At the same time she signaled what to expect under her leadership. She gets history. Do you?

OREGON HISTORY SPEAKS OUT

 Kate Brown Knows The Drill. 1. Gravity’s History. Not long ago Governor Kitzhaber spoke during the memorial for Thomas Vaughan. He was a great man who elevated the role of history in Oregon by leading the Oregon Historical Society to great heights. Saturday, on Oregon’s 2015 birthday, the woman replacing Governor Kitzhaber the day after […]

OREGON GOVERNMENT LIKE A COLONOSCOPY

Starting with “You won’t feel a thing.” 1. The View. Whether combing over smaller evidence with a microscope of going for a bigger picture like the Hubble Space Telescope, you want to see it all. You’d rather use one of those than invite a judge and jury to examine evidence from the inside. 2. The […]

SPORTS SMART, THE WINNING DIFFERENCE

How Smart Is Too Smart? Being smart is one thing. No one is responsible for their IQ. It’s either in the family gene pool or you’re a freak of nature. Using your smarts is the biggest challenge. How do you channel that mental energy into something more constructive than solving Rubik’s Cube blindfolded? Should you […]

THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL AND CARDALE

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.

LEARNING CURVE ON BEING A DUCK FAN

A VooDoo Mask Made Of Duck Bones Sends The Wrong Message. Too often the current ‘golden boy’ in sports can’t take a rub. Rub too hard and you’ll see what’s underneath, like Johnny Football and Jameis Winston. Do the same with Marcus Mariota and he just gets more shine. Today he faces his biggest challenge […]