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BEST SELF HELP? DRIVE PORTLAND TO LAKE TAHOE

May 8, 2017 by David Gillaspie

If you need the best self help run in America, take a drive I hear you asking now, “But, Dave, where do we go?” Not Europe. Save that for family and get blamed for museum and cathedral nightmares. For this episode of Get Lost, you only need two words: Lake. Tahoe. Or three words: […]

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: America, best self help, Europe, heavenly valley, lake tahoe, long drives, national scenic byway, north america, Oregon, oregon route 31, Portland, self help, south lake tahoe

THE REAL WESTERN AMERICA OUT HERE IN OREGON

April 12, 2017 by David Gillaspie

The real Western America isn’t Texas or California Readers around the world see the American west through movies. From John Wayne in his cowboy costume, to private eye Jack Nicholson in LA’s Chinatown, to policeman Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry franchise, they view the west through a distorted lens. Forget about the red rocks of Colorado, […]

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: America, american west, california, chinatown, Clint Eastwood, coast range, continental drift, dirty harry, great divide, heartland, history, Hollywood, jack nicholson, john wayne, mason-dixon line, mississippi river, North Bend Bulldogs, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, real western america, Rocky mountains, subduction zone, Washington, western america

BILTMORE: BIG MONEY BUILDS A BIG HOUSE

April 5, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Sneaking up on the big Biltmore House The first question is appearance. Not the house, you. What do you wear if you’re visiting the biggest privately owned house in America? This isn’t Disneyland and Sleeping Beauty Castle, so shorts and flip flops aren’t good enough? If that’s true, you’ll find dress code violations […]

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: America, biltmore, biltmore estate, biltmore house, commodore vanderbilt, decorative arts, disneyland, european decorative arts, north carolina, sleeping beauty castle, vanderbilt

OKAY IT’S BROKEN TREATIES, BUT WE’RE STILL KEEPING THE LAND

March 21, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Watching Broken Treaties on Oregon Public Broadcasting tonight? It’s no bedtime story. Too often we live in a bubble. Not much gets in and most of what we see is our own reflection. It’s not an ideal way of life, more a goal. Then the bubble pops and things change, like you’ve got things to […]

Filed Under: Who's Up Tagged With: America, broken treaties, doctrine of discovery, donation land claim, indians, land grants, manifest destiny, natives, new america, OHS, old america, OPB, Oregon, oregon historical society, oregon natives, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oregon Trail, portland housing, relocation

7 BILLION AND COUNTING? THAT’S A LOT OF BIRTH UNCONTROL

February 5, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Facing birth uncontrol with “Tell me what to do?” For starters, don’t do THAT! Personal uniqueness and individuality? Check. Fully armed with human rights? Check. Warm and dry and fed? Check. Ready to listen to the other 6,999,999,999 scream out to be like you? Sorry, man, you’re breaking up. You wanna repeat that? ‘Cause […]

Filed Under: Boomer Up Tagged With: America, birth control, birth uncontrol, boomerpdx, boundaries, Children, family, family of four, homeless, old man, old men, people, people power, population control, population studies, power, think local, vasectomy

PROFESSOR PUTIN WARMS UP FOR NEW PUPIL

December 17, 2016 by David Gillaspie

Check your class schedule for Professor Putin in the PE Department. If you’ve ever met Russians, and I have, then you know they are not all fans of Professor Putin. Like Americans, Russians live within the laws and customs of their land, and their leader. They live with their history, we live with ours. […]

Filed Under: Who's Up Tagged With: America, americans, dictator, education, government, learning, new student, obama, professor, professor putin, Putin, Russia, russians, student, trump, tyrant

MONEY MEN, GENERALS, DANCE THE DANCE

December 10, 2016 by David Gillaspie

In a band of money men and retired generals, who plays which instrument? Extreme wealth and unlimited power have one thing in common: they know how to close the deal. It might not be an ideal exchange, but it sets up a better one. Money men know how to roll with economic downturns. […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, Baby Boomer blogger, blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, boomers, business suits, fabulously wealthy, FDR, General Eisenhower, General MacArthur, generals, mission men, money men, power, rusty trombone, WWII

PEARL HARBOR, NEW HISTORY STUDENT GUIDE

December 7, 2016 by David Gillaspie

How to explain Pearl Harbor in 2016. While years speed by history lays at risk, Pearl Harbor in particular. Names and places change, motives revealed, but the dead stay dead. New students may have trouble gripping the scope of WWII, but Pearl Harbor needs to stay constant. The sneak attack that will live in infamy […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, education, Hawaii, history, history student, japan, learning, Pearl Harbor, pearl harbor bombed, pearl harbor rememberance day, pearl harbor sneak attack, rising sun, USS Arizona, war, WWII

MAN’S GAME FOR PUBLIC OFFICE?

November 4, 2016 by David Gillaspie

If it’s Man’s Game, it comes with Man Talk. Man talk comes in every flavor, in every color of the rainbow. Man’s Game is more straight forward. Man’s Game is harsh and unrelenting. Call it frightening. Men do things others’ can’t do. It’s not our fault that the limits of human achievement, like world records […]

Filed Under: BOOMER BLOGGER Tagged With: America, gender boundaries, man talk, man up, Man's Game, manly men, obama, President Obama, public office, women's work

WIFE BOSS FROM 1950 TO 2016

September 14, 2016 by David Gillaspie

Did Fifties women even listen? Everyone’s got advice on what they don’t know about. They connect dots, paint pictures, and still can’t make you can’t see it. Anytime you reach into recent history, you’re showing stuff with easy proofs, references, sources. Real easy, like millions of pictures, documents, oral histories. Especially with women’s history, a […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: America, fifties, fifties women, first lady, history, Mrs. Clinton, mrs. obama, swinging 60's and 70's, wife, wife boss, women's history

BEST SELF HELP? DRIVE PORTLAND TO LAKE TAHOE

THE REAL WESTERN AMERICA OUT HERE IN OREGON

BILTMORE: BIG MONEY BUILDS A BIG HOUSE

OKAY IT’S BROKEN TREATIES, BUT WE’RE STILL KEEPING THE LAND

7 BILLION AND COUNTING? THAT’S A LOT OF BIRTH UNCONTROL

PROFESSOR PUTIN WARMS UP FOR NEW PUPIL

MONEY MEN, GENERALS, DANCE THE DANCE

PEARL HARBOR, NEW HISTORY STUDENT GUIDE

MAN’S GAME FOR PUBLIC OFFICE?

WIFE BOSS FROM 1950 TO 2016

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