page contents Google

Search Results for: blog

THE BABY BOOMER CHOICE: CAREGIVER OR SUICIDE PARTNER

How Sports Training Makes A Difference. A couple in New York state ended their lives in front of a freight train. The woman had a new medical condition that was slow to improve. The man was down because of the changes in his wife. They were married 42 years, both of them fifty nine years […]

WORST MOVIE EVER MADE, AND DONALD STERLING

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 […]

BOOMER GOT A BRAND NEW BAG

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 […]

10 BOOMER PARENT HABITS FOR MILLENNIALS

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 […]

PORTLAND’S LA SIMILAR TO CALIFORNIA’S LA

Fans of championship NBA teams know the true meaning of a victory in the first game of the playoffs. Business as usual is their attitude. Not in Portland. Trail Blazer fans don’t know business as usual. The first round of the playoffs might be the second season for good teams, but in Portland there’s only […]

HOW TO CRAFT THE WRONG BOOMER MESSAGE

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. […]

WHERE BULLIES FAIL, WHERE THEY SUCCEED. A BOOMER STUDY

NPR ran a story on the effects of being bullied. It was based on an a study from England. “Midlife … is an important stage in life because that sets in place the process of aging,” says Louise Arseneault, a developmental psychologist at King’s College London and the study’s senior author. “At age 50, if […]

LAST WEEK ON BOOMERPDX . . .

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 […]

THE MILLENNIAL FUTURE, FOR NOW

When They Complain About Boomers, It’s All About Mommy And Daddy? Maybe Not. It’s time to get used to the kids ranting about their parents. For now it’s Millennials vs Baby Boomers. Your kids have you in their crosshairs. From numbers alone, they win. Boomers come in at 79 million; Millennials tip the scales at 80 […]

BABY BOOMER PETS TODAY

It Starts With Winning A Goldfish At The County Fair. The difference between pets and other animals is where they sleep. If it’s in the house, it’s a pet; if it’s in a barn, it’s not a pet? You can have a pet that sleeps in a barn the same way you can have a […]