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Powell’s Books, Phillip Margolin, And Worthy Brown’s Daughter

January 23, 2014 by

Listen to a man say he writes but only took one college writing class. He admits to grinding out a C+, then says he’d like to talk to an MFA fiction expert one day to learn how writing really works. The same man tried writing historical fiction for thirty years. He took one history class. If the main question of history is, […]

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Connecting Boomer Exercise And Writing

January 22, 2014 by

Talk writing with a boomer, with anyone, and you hear a common story. “I’m going to write my novel (memoir, short story, or poem) when I retire. Or, “I’ve got it all figured out in my mind. Now all I need to do is find the time.” Or, “I’d like to write something, but all […]

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Richard Sherman, The New Muhammad Ali?

January 20, 2014 by

He’s Got A Good Start. Baby boomers have known The Greatest since the early sixties. Cassius Clay told us it was him. Even when he changed his name to Muhammad Ali, he was still the greatest. Richard Sherman channelled some Ali in his famous interview with espn talker Skip Bayless. While Bayless is no Howard […]

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Pushing The Brand, Pushing The Baby Boomer, And The N-word

January 18, 2014 by

Once you decide your business direction, and the name you want to carry, how do you move forward? Experts say to engage with your audience, your clients. Do that and risk getting tagged with the N-word. You’re a narcissist is you make it all about you. But it is all about you, right? It’s your […]

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Starting At Anti-Drug Quarterback, Kevin Sabet

January 17, 2014 by

From wiki: In February of 2013, Salon Magazine referred to Kevin as “the quarterback of the new anti-drug movement.” Welcome to Oregon, player. Hope you enjoy this stop on your platform building tour. Mr. Sabet, a Cal Berkeley grad with a PhD from Oxford understands his audience. When the subject is weed, he gets it. Isn’t Berkeley famous […]

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Portland Baby Boomers Retire: Then What?

January 10, 2014 by

One thing is certain with all the baby boomer retirement ideas: No matter what they do, it’ll be wrong. The backlash on what’s taken for granted today, like equal rights, environmental awareness, and women’s right to choose, started from the boomer beginning. Who hasn’t heard racial slurs and been shocked that grandma didn’t know times had […]

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Get Your Medical History In Another Language

January 9, 2014 by

In The Hospital And You Don’t Speak The Language. Now What? Do you like new places, the sort where you step off a plane and think, “It looks normal enough,” but you know it’s not? You know because you showed up after language immersion and Rosetta Stone, and you still don’t understand what anyone says. […]

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Downton Mountain Or Just Another English Oregon

January 7, 2014 by

Fans of one of the most watched shows in the world revel in the drama of English manners. Either that or they enjoy seeing landed aristocrats marrying American money to save their house. The English lords don’t call it, ‘taking one for the team,’ but the results are the same. If Monty Python is your sort […]

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How To Create A Stunning Blog Like Boomerpdx

January 5, 2014 by

Most bloggers get spam messages. Most bloggers delete them. Ugg boots and ‘cheap’ NFL jersey’s? You know if you need them. Every now and then you get a request that rings true. It’s straight forward and feels like it’s coming from on honest place, not a machine spewing spam notices on every url on the […]

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A Gift For The Baby Boomer Smoker: Gut Punch Therapy

January 2, 2014 by

And It’s Not A Carton Of Marlboro Red Even a smoker smells it. They may stink up a car with their smoky clothes and breath, but they’ll know if another smoker has been there. Will they complain about the bad effects of second hand smoke? Of course. Smokers come in all shapes and sizes and […]

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