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Betrayal Pain: What Pill Takes Away That Ill

    Getting stabbed in the back by someone you trust isn’t something you take to the doctor, unless they specialize in betrayal pain.   So make sure you see a talking doctor who understands the situation. Better yet, make sure you understand before seeking a remedy.   A back ache is different than a […]

HPV16 EXPLAINED BY WASHINGTON POST, HPVANDME.ORG

    There’s no fake news about HPV16 explained in the Washington Post, even if you wish it weren’t true. A story headlined, “What men should know about cancer that spreads through oral sex,” ran April 2 this year. Impressive stuff to jump start Head, Neck, and Throat Cancer Week. What should they know? What […]

LOOK HOMEWARD HILLBILLY ANGEL, LOOK HARD

What does a hillbilly see when they look homeward?   From all appearances I’m not the only blogger with a Thomas Wolfe fixation. Yet anyone who takes the time to look homeward as an adult, especially an adult writer with a Thomas Wolfe problem, sees the past in new light. Hard reading does that, which […]

IF MILLENNIALS SUCK, WHO ELSE SUCKS

A recent poll questions whether millennials suck as bad as everyone else. Too many times you hear about the new ‘biggest ever’ generation in negative terms. You’d think millennials suck worse than any other generation. Baby boomers enjoy dragging the youngsters around by their arm and reminding them they suck. Millennials seem to enjoy the […]

10 REASONS FOR BOOMER ISOLATION SHAME

More often than not, boomer isolation goes bad. Who of your friends would you vote for as Most Likely To Be A Hermit? Loosing touch with people doesn’t mean they’ve taken to boomer isolation. If you wonder, give them a call at the last number you have for them and see who answers. If they […]

STEPH YOUR GAME UP

Anything is possible when you Steph Your Game Up. Step back a moment and consider the history of the long range bomber in basketball. Baby boomers had Pistol Pete Maravich in his baggy gray socks launching forty footers. They went in often enough for Pete to avoid the tag of, “afraid of the paint,” which […]

THE BEST BOB HOPE CHRISTMAS SHOW

When servicemen spent time away from loved ones, a Bob Hope Christmas Show helped. Christmas 1974, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. Part of joining the ranks of the new all-volunteer Army meant meeting a new bunch of guys. They weren’t sports guys, or college guys. They weren’t career guys, or upwardly mobile guys. Instead […]

BABY BOOMER RETIREMENT?

Yes, Boomer Retirement is a real thing,  and you’re old enough, like your Grandparents. You probably are a Grandparent. An observant reader and sage of all things good sent BoomerPDX an edited version of how to retire right with added quotes by him. Like a good blogger I give credit and add my own quotes. […]

BOOMER ROCK HISTORY IN FIVE SONGS, pt. 1

1. I FOUGHT THE LAW by the Bobby Fuller Four. This is what you listen to after you’re banned from the biggest shopping center on the coast between Seattle and San Francisco. When a misunderstanding about how ‘that’ got into your pocket results in going home while your friends go to the mall, the only […]

THE TEAM NEEDS YOU, YOU NEED THE TEAM

A Follow Up On The Lake O Football Suspensions. The knock on baby boomer parents is we coddled our kids. We sent them to ‘time out’ instead of whipping a belt through our belt loops and giving a kid five lashes. Even if we whipped our kids, it wouldn’t have been enough. After the beat […]