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SHARING SPECIAL DAYS, EVERY LAST ONE

Special days have special meaning which don’t hit the same for everyone.

For some it’s repeating, “Why bother,” for the fortieth time.

Others like to say, “I thought we’ve moved past all that.”

But you still find those looking for something special in every day, and keep looking until they find it. Hell or high water.

The last line is the bell ringer.

READING HISTORY LIKE IT MEANS SOMETHING?

Reading history is the same as reading a story, but it comes with a bonus:

You can check the validity of the history story, check the sources, visit the places history happened and is still happening.

When old people check sources it’s because they have nothing else to do?

Baby boomers visit historical sites not to learn anything new, but to confirm their already established believes?

If this sounds like a load of crap, you are correct.

DOES YOUR FAMILY HATE YOU ENOUGH? GET BUSY

Family hate means family values 0. Are you the right gender? Check early pictures to see if you’re wearing the right clothes. If you’re a guy and your baby pictures look like a girl, relax. General Douglas MacArther wore a dress and long hair as a child. It was the fashion, and it didn’t hurt […]

SNAP, CRACKLE, POP: WAKING UP OLD AND MOBILE

Fight waking up old by not moving? Oh those magic moment between sleep and awake. You could be any age at any place and be a vital force. So you don’t move to enjoy the moment as long as it lasts. Then you swing out of bed. Your back cracks. Take a step and your […]

CANCER EDUCATION, PAIN MANAGEMENT, LIQUID OXY

I am a sore throat expert. It’s a benefit of neck cancer education after I graduated from treatment. Of all sore throats in the history of sore throats mine was the worst, said everyone with a sore throat rated above an 8.5.

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COMFORT ZONE AND BIG SNAKES? GET. OUT.

If you’ve ever seen a snake wrangler in their comfort zone, they probably don’t look like this. There I was in a lovely Santa Monica apartment with nice people in Los Angeles. They seemed like nice people, then I saw the snake in a cage. “Do you like snakes?” someone […]

How Older Men Express Themselves When No One Is Around To Call BS

I knew older men who’d been everywhere, done everything, and could drive any car ever invented. They’d had every job from sales executive to mailman, to factory worker, to fighter pilot in three wars. Sometimes it was true. One of them said he was shot down and imprisoned on a Japanese held […]

Colin Kaepernick Kneels For Nike Like I Kneel For Nike

Do I kneel for Nike? I sure do, but it’s more in awe than anything else. Nike is awesome. So is Colin Kaepernick, but I don’t kneel to him. For some reason the Kaepernick Kneel is an irritant instead of a call to action. It is a call to action, right […]

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AT THE TRIMET BUS STOP

Public Transportation In Portland, The TriMet Bus Stop, And People. A man walks up to a trimet bus stop. A couple are arguing. The man ignores them. The lady seems agitated. The other man pushes in on her. Here’s what you do: Check your position. You want to be able to step away without the […]

SHARING EARTH WITH LIVING THINGS, EVEN THE CREEPY ONES

“Quick, where’s my camera?” he said. “What?” she said. “Birds.” “Camera? Here it is.” “These birds are huge. Look at that formation.” “What are they?” “Birds. Really big birds. What are they?” “I don’t know.” “You don’t know these birds? Since when would you even admit it?”

MOST HISTORIC LUNCH COUNTER IN AMERICA

When you claim your place it becomes an historic lunch counter. This historic lunch counter is big history, and big history goes into the Smithsonian. The American History section shows the Greensboro historic lunch counter in its full glory. Put yourself in the same place and wonder what you’d do.

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Special days have special meaning which don’t hit the same for everyone.

For some it’s repeating, “Why bother,” for the fortieth time.

Others like to say, “I thought we’ve moved past all that.”

But you still find those looking for something special in every day, and keep looking until they find it. Hell or high water.

The last line is the bell ringer.

Make that old Portland, youngish parents.

Or not so old Portland, and not so young parents.

We weren’t teenagers, but if you ever want to feel like one push a stroller around downtown.

With two kids it’s like a double punishment, like sent to your room AND missing dinner.

What else?

The Let Them Theory book has a lot of lets in the letters.

My favorites are the parts that address my problems, which come with a writing habit from what I can tell.

Will I discover why I’m not a better writer?

Learn what I should have done by now, or find a lingering message to get over myself already?

Calling North Bend a small town is a disservice to real small towns everywhere.

Driving south on 101 and crossing the North Bend Bridge takes you under this sign.

If you’re not paying close attention and keep going the same direction, the entire area of the largest metro complex on the Oregon coast feels like it’s all North Bend, especially if you miss the little coos bay sign.

Reading history is the same as reading a story, but it comes with a bonus:

You can check the validity of the history story, check the sources, visit the places history happened and is still happening.

When old people check sources it’s because they have nothing else to do?

Baby boomers visit historical sites not to learn anything new, but to confirm their already established believes?

If this sounds like a load of crap, you are correct.

toughen up

boomer years

buckle up

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