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BAD APPS RUNNING HUMAN OPERATING SYSTEM?

April 6, 2017 by

3 ways to tell a bad app from good on your own human operating system Consider the human operating system basics, what you demand everyday: If you’re hungry, find food. Too cold? Grab a coat. For a safe night, find a safe shelter. Those are the basics, right? Food. Clothing. Shelter. But not with a […]

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BUNKUM STONE FINALLY DEBUNKED BY LOAD OF BUNK

December 22, 2016 by

Good luck and gifts of Bunkum Stone? ‘Tis the Season to talk it out. The gift of ‘loquacity?’ Gift? The incessant jabbering of the loquacious is a gift, not the reason earplugs were invented? Now you know. Now you know even more. From dictionary.com: Word Origin and History for loquacity n. c.1200, from Latin loquacitatem […]

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SCIENCE, HISTORY, OREGON’S BOOMER BLOGGER

November 15, 2016 by

Boomerpdx: Where science and history collide.   Science and history carry the weight of understanding our common roots. First science, then history. Why? The early people didn’t read or write. By the time their remains were discovered in the fossil strata enough people made the connections. Look at those skulls. Do you see a Darth […]

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HISTORY ROAD CHALLENGES FROM BOOMERPDX

August 17, 2016 by

The current state of history road challenges. Westies, people living beyond the Mississippi, and beyond the Great Divide in the Rockies, live with problems of modern America, along with the rash of chain stores you can’t escape. If a town like Staunton, Virginia, like most towns in Virginia, have centuries of history behind them, why […]

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, RIGHT OR WRONG

July 21, 2016 by

The wrong questions and answers still get the right words. All parents have heard questions from their kids that made them think they’ve both gone over the topic before. And they probably have, but that’s no excuse for ignoring any question from a kid. They want answers and you’re the answer man, the answer woman, […]

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PORTLAND TAPROOMS: NINE COMMANDMENTS

June 29, 2016 by

A cry for beer opened Portland taprooms, but suburban taprooms like Tigard’s Tapphoria make our day. An ocean of new beer flooded Oregon in the 1980’s. The original Portland Brewing next to the old Acapulco’s Gold on NW 14th and Flanders was enough to make beer lovers cry. Then things changed when small batch beer […]

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THE ENGLISH WAY OUT OF THE EU

June 24, 2016 by

How does England leave the European Union? By the English Way, thank you very much. Checking my history book on this, but the last time England left the European Union was Dunkirk in 1940. Wiki says: “In total, 338,226 troops were pulled off the beaches, of which 230,000 were British. However, almost all the army’s […]

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MODERN MILITARY GENIUS MISTAKE

June 14, 2016 by

How does military genius work? Start with technology. Military genius understands the role of technology. They’re geniuses for a reason. And they study stuff. Military genius comes in two flavors, weapons and tactics. It doesn’t take a genius to understand the evolution of weapons. Tactics are harder. The knife wins hand to hand fighting. The […]

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HOW TO WRITE AN ARTIST REVIEW pt 3: HANS SCHIEBOLD

April 6, 2016 by

Seeing art online is instant replay; seeing Hans Schiebold in gallery is game time. An artist review isn’t a trip to the dentist. You don’t need to pull any teeth to get it done. If the artist is someone you see weekly, and they don’t like your review, welcome to the party. Be fair and […]

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PORTLAND BORN, PORTLAND WED, PORTLAND WORLD pt 2

March 22, 2016 by

Every marriage has a beginning. This is one of them. Portland Born, Portland Wed. I met my wife in early 80’s NW Portland. She was a new professional starting her first practice next to my apartment building. I should say my studio apartment, a sort of mini-pad that’s all the rage with the kids these […]

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