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FACEBOOK: FACE OF BOOMERS

May 7, 2015 by

Was This Part Of Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Plan? You start your computer, hit a few keys and look in awe. Go the right page and you see a family reunion, high school reunion, job reunion. Boomers dig reunions. Problem neighbors? Your town, your state, is taking turns aggravating you? It all goes away on a […]

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BABY BOOMER ANTHEM UPDATE

March 28, 2015 by

Talkin’ ‘Bout Our Regeneration Baby Boomer Anthem. Let’s get it straight from the start. If you’re reading this you probably didn’t die before you got old. I know, it’s a big surprise. Especially for you big party dogs. By now you know to avoid white flour, white powder, and white lightning in excess. You’ve learned […]

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How To Choose A Baby Boomer Expert

February 23, 2015 by

Are They Expert Enough? Baby Boomers love classes. They teach and learn. Cooking French? Take a class. Foreign travel? Take a class. Speak Spanish? Visit a Spanish speaking country and take a class. You get the idea. There’s nothing boomers can’t learn, or at least try to learn. Blame the rush to organic food and […]

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ALIENATED BOOMERS VS MODERN HIPPIE

November 14, 2014 by

Take a good look at the next Millennial hippie. A twenty-something in tie dye, hygiene averse, stands next to their custom made bicycle at a happening brew pub. This isn’t a Halloween costume, it’s their outfit of choice. Call it lifestyle for lack of a better term. Just don’t call it throwback. Their choice of […]

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THE GOOD LISTENER, A BABY BOOMER TRAIT

October 31, 2014 by

Making The Effort To Show You Care. Sometimes you come across a great notion and wonder if anyone else notices what you noticed. Notions are trickstery like that. What you see in your mind is all that matters. Does it matter? The mattering starts when you write it out, when you lay it down for […]

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CAN AXON SPORTS TESTING HELP BOOMERS?

September 23, 2014 by

Athletes are different. How different is always the question. What happens after your favorite players leave their sport is the best view of how different they are. No one enjoys seeing their sports heroes fall back to earth. You watched them soar with the eagles, then watched as they tumble back to normal. And it’s […]

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THE MISGUIDED BABY BOOMER

September 22, 2014 by

Won’t Get Fooled Again? Place Your Bet. Growing up, little boomer never questioned why anyone would smoke in the house. With a carton of Red in the freezer and ashtrays on every table, what are you supposed to do? Complain? To who? Then you go to college and find smokers everywhere, just like home, except […]

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HIKING BABY BOOMER PORTLAND, pt 1

September 4, 2014 by

Not one to miss a chance to reflect positively, I strolled Portland’s upper west side from 11th and PSU to the Central Library. It makes sense on the first Tuesday of each month. That’s when Willamette Writers, the largest writing organization in the state, holds its month meeting. I head down early on those days […]

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BABY BOOMER LIFE COACH: CHIP KELLY

August 18, 2014 by

Eat Right And Get Enough Sleep? Kelly Would Have Said The Same To Rocky. Does it get any easier than this? Don’t load up your plate three times at dinner and drop into a food coma in front of the television. You don’t need a coach to tell you that. Or do you? Be a […]

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DON’T BE A BABY, BOOMER, JUST JUMP THE FENCE

July 28, 2014 by

Age, like real estate, is about location, location, location. The beauty of Portland, Oregon is its proximity to the outdoors, great and otherwise. We’re not talking about the coast or the mountains an hour away. It’s Forest Park, and the walk starts under the Thurman Street Bridge. When you take someone on a hike from […]

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