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MEDICAL MARIJUANA: 420 FROM THE OTHER SIDE

April 20, 2021 by

Medical marijuana sounded like a clever joke the first time I’d heard of it. Medical? Like legal? Did a smart hippie find a loophole to get high without getting arrested? What’s next, I figured, the return of cocaine to Coca-cola? Extra morphine in cough syrup? The benefits of medical marijuana dawned on me after a […]

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THOUGHTFUL TRAVEL, OR HOW TO GET WHERE YOU PLANNED ON GOING

April 14, 2021 by

Thoughtful travel feels like something that takes the fun out of adventure. Besides, how thoughtful do you need/want to be in getting someplace? Plan the place, load up, and head out works. Until it all goes south. If you have all of your thoughtful travel plans on your phone, then lose your phone on the […]

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STORY CATCHER IN THE WRITING ROOM NOT SO WRY

March 9, 2021 by

J.D. Salinger was a story catcher who wrote books. One of them sells like new today: Approximately 250,000 copies of The Catcher in the Rye are sold each year – which is almost 685 per day! The Catcher in the Rye was first published in 1951. That’s quite a record for keeping readers coming back. […]

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HISTORICAL ADVICE: THIS IS WORTH SOMETHING, ISN’T IT

March 3, 2021 by

Historical advice usually comes from a book, or a class where some gray bearded funky old man in a musty suit jacket rambles on and on in a cloud of dandruff. Doing history is different than studying history. History museums Do History for everyone else. Museum visitors walk from exhibit to exhibit, floor to floor, […]

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SOLDIER ADVICE: WHEN TO STAY, WHEN TO GO

March 2, 2021 by

Soldier advice usually comes from one place in the beginning. Can you guess where? If you said “recruiter,” you are correct. First they make an alluring argument for signing up. College money, healthcare, clothing, living expenses, food allowance. It’s all right here for a military career. If that hook isn’t sunk deep enough, Drill Sergeants […]

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COMMUNITY LIVING: APARTMENT BUILDING vs CUL DE SAC

February 11, 2021 by

Community living is as close as most people get to being where “Everybody knows your name.” Cheers. Old Flat Top lives on the second floor, last door on the left. He dates Cindy on the third floor. Her place has a beautiful curved wall. They’re thinking about moving in together. Her place, not his. They’ve […]

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AMERICAN ORIGINAL: BE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS

January 17, 2021 by

An American original sounds special? Maybe too special, like a club that only allows members with the proper appearance, background, and complexion? And somehow you don’t fit any of the criteria? You don’t need permission to be an American original, even with feelings of being left out, discarded, passed over. But if that is how […]

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TIGARD PROTEST MARCH AFTER POLICE SHOOTING

January 8, 2021 by

The Tigard protest came after a police shooting death. Tigard Police declared a riot Thursday night after a man in mental distress died earlier in the day. Tigard twitter caught it all: I’m all for the protests against police. Their all dangerous thugss especially in Portland area. That being said small businesses in tigard should […]

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BLOG TRAFFIC: BOOMERPDX FROM NATION TO NATION

December 15, 2020 by

Blog traffic map via google analytics. The big difference between the top map and every other map of the world is that this one tracks where the hits, the readers, the bots, showing up on boomerpdx originate. It’s a blog traffic map, which isn’t very writerly since geography isn’t about plot, story structure, or how […]

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YOU MIGHT BE PANDEMIC STUPID IF . . .

December 4, 2020 by

Pandemic stupid is more than the local mask denying moron in a red hat screaming into a camera about their rights and freedom. You might be pandemic stupid for not following the most basic, the most simple, the easiest way in making a difference. But it’s only been nearly a year of hearing what those […]

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