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THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL BIRTHDAY HOUSE

May 13, 2014 by

Or, Why It’s A Healthy Idea To Share One Roof. Living with people who range in age from 23 to 88 calls for many things, the right house being a big one. What makes one house more right than others? Enough space for the people, even if they all end up in the same room […]

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BOOMERS AND THEIR PETS ARE GOOD MEDICINE

May 12, 2014 by

Walk the dog, or pet the cat?  If normal pets are good for our health, then abnormal pets ought to be even better. But first, what is a normal pet? As kids we got whatever our parents brought home. Rusty the cute little dog with a biting habit. Tom, the king of the jungle cat […]

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BOOMER RELATIONSHIPS: GOING FOR THE WIN-WIN

May 3, 2014 by

Whether husband or wife, childhood friend or college pal, you eventually get this question: “Be honest. I want to ask an important question and I’d like an honest answer. Am I a bad friend?” How you answer reveals if you’re a bad friend, or not. So give a process answer. No sense digging a hole […]

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WORST MOVIE EVER MADE, AND DONALD STERLING

April 30, 2014 by

Mandingo And The Man. The first time I saw the name Mandingo was on a theater marquee in Philadelphia, 1975. A slave drama from the old South was before it’s time, before Unchained and 12 Years. I didn’t go in. Ken Norton played the title role. Years later I checked out the VHS version from […]

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BOOMER GOT A BRAND NEW BAG

April 30, 2014 by

And It’s Bigger Than Yours. You’ve seen the results of baby boomer parents who coddled their kids. Millennials get blamed for being self-centered, lazy, unmotivated. They’re tagged with some of the same names boomers were tagged with by their parents. It wasn’t fair then, and it’s not now. Except there is a big difference. The […]

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10 BOOMER PARENT HABITS FOR MILLENNIALS

April 23, 2014 by

Why Reinvent The Play Pen? 1. You didn’t jump up every Sunday morning for church and now you feel like you’ve let the kids down spiritually. If you’ve checked the news over the past decade or so you’ve seen moves in The Church like a retiring pope and expressions of remorse after centuries of poor […]

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HOW TO CRAFT THE WRONG BOOMER MESSAGE

April 21, 2014 by

The Right Way: Paint A Picture And Put Yourself In It. Good bloggers, like good business people and good artists, always look for the edge. You never know if you’re about to fall off until you know where the edge is, so seeking it out is part of the deal. Bloggers look for trending topics. […]

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LAST WEEK ON BOOMERPDX . . .

April 19, 2014 by

Every blogger knows the golden rule: ignore your blog and it will die. No one like a dead blog, an abandoned blog that leaves you wondering what went wrong. Show life, blog life, in each post, each line. Listen to the words you choose and find the music. It’s okay to change your tune if […]

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TO RETIRED TEACHERS, BOOMERS AND ABOVE

April 7, 2014 by

Talk to a retired teacher long enough and one thing becomes apparent: they’ve got the best stories. Listening to the stories is one thing, convincing them to write them down so others can enjoy them is quite another. The argument for them to write goes like this: You’ve heard people speak from the heart. Nothing […]

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THE CHIPPER THAT SLICES AND DICES

April 4, 2014 by

Fast track coaches do things differently. They take risks. Chip Kelly is one of those coaches. The former Oregon Duck head coach and current top man with the Philadelphia Eagle was trending recently for cutting DeSean Jackson, Eagle wide receiver. That’s either a fast track coaching move, or career killer. Who does that? This is […]

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