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GOING FULL BOOMER: WHAT IT IS

December 13, 2019 by

Full boomer is not a goal to achieve, it is a scene to avoid. How do I know this? Evidence, I have evidence, and it’s not something I read, or saw on TV.

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AGING GRACEFULLY SINCE AGE HAPPENS? OKAY, BUT …

June 10, 2019 by

If you’re not aging gracefully, are you doing something wrong? A cursory glance around the modern landscape, from fillers to peels, lifts and lipo, I wonder if the age deal is an emotional reaction to aging, or a fear reaction. You get into your sixties and start looking like your grandpa and it gives you […]

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HOW PERSONALITY AFFECTS HPV16 GYM COMMUNICATION

March 26, 2019 by

I heard a story about a man from a good communication source: My kid told me an older man at my gym with an outgoing personality told him he had the same thing I had, meaning hpv16 neck cancer, throat cancer, tongue cancer, he wasn’t specific but it was cancer in the body part between […]

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TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN PORTLAND OREGON

March 12, 2019 by

Today’s the day, Tiny Beautiful Things day, at Portland Center Stage at the Armory. Truth is it could be any play and I’d still go. PCS used to be the go-to stage in Portland for my mother in law and my wife. After she shuffled off this mortal coil, I picked up the slack. Now […]

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WRITE A BOOK, THEY SAID. IT’LL BE FUN, 2

January 18, 2019 by

    What is the goal of writing a book? To get readers to turn the page. Such a modest goal. Should there be any other? I call it a building block, that’s what I call goals. What happens when you achieve your goals, when you have readers turning to the next page. Write another […]

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HOW TO #FINISHCANCER TODAY, START AT THE RIGHT END OF THE PROBLEM

December 27, 2018 by

      Every cancer patient wants to hear the same thing from a doctor: “The treatment was a success. You’ve had a full response. We see no sign of cancer existing where it had been.” But getting to the finish line of cancer treatment reveals success and failure along the way. #FINISHCANCER today by […]

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Batman Rescue, Or What To Do With A Bat In The House

August 28, 2018 by

    Picture yourself and your date out on a most enjoyable night with an invitation to a home cooked dinner.   The home in this case was a wonderful castle abode with a hillside view and an acre of manicured garden in the down sloping backyard.   It had a feeling of Xanadu from […]

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NATIONAL VIETNAM VETERAN DRILL SERGEANT DAY

March 29, 2018 by

    By the time of September, 1974, people joining the armed forces knew they wouldn’t go to Vietnam. At least the people who kept up with the Vietnam War knew, and keeping up was as easy as watching the six o’clock news.   Back then joining the Army wasn’t the same as being drafted, […]

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Life Plan? What To Do When Life Moves On

September 12, 2017 by

If I read a book I turn the page. That’s how it works with book reading. Turn the page, then another and another until there’s no more pages.   Call that story a page turner.   A life plan when life moves on without you feels the same. Maybe you didn’t turn the page, but […]

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Travel Education Fatigue Makes Well Rounded Snob

September 3, 2017 by

  The first time I heard an acquaintance talk about travel education I was impressed as hell. They made me want to do it, to go where they’d been. Then I heard it again, and again. And again. Has this happened to you, travel education fatigue? You need to fight through it.

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