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MUSK MANDATE RALLY CALL

April 26, 2022 by

With a Musk Mandate coming maybe it’s a good idea to know more about Elon Musk, THE MAN. A more responsible blogger might dig into biography, astrology, and significant ontology. Or Wikipedia. Come on. The bio reads a little different, but what would you expect.

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DRAWING LINES TO LIVE BY?

April 25, 2022 by

Who is drawing lines to live by? Picasso did. Unfortunately, you’re no Picasso, I’m no Picasso, so why bother? We bother with lines and borders for a sense of control like, “Don’t go there, girlfriend.” The big Question Of The Day: Who draws borders when they’re on the same side of the line you’re on?

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PERSONAL GOLIATHS AND HOW TO SLAY THEM

April 24, 2022 by

My first personal Goliaths, like most everyone growing up with parents, were my parents. I knew they were unslayable from the start. One because they were giants most of my early life, and two, they were my parents. What are you thinking? Besides, my dad had been a Marine Drill Instructor and my mom was […]

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INTERNAL POLLUTION IN A BABY BOOMER WORLD

April 23, 2022 by

Internal pollution is the filter we see through. It’s our judgement, our favoritism, our prejudice, and bias. What we see runs through our up-bringing, education, life choices, and judgement. Did I mention judgement? Add cataracts to that mess and you’ve got a problem. Cataracts?

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OVERCOME LIFESTYLE? YOU CAN DO IT

April 15, 2022 by

The overcome lifestyle asks one question: can you overcome? When every day feels like an overcome lifestyle day, it gets tough. Can you overcome? There are no wrong answers.

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MOUNT HOOD MORNING

April 5, 2022 by
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CONFIDENT MEN ON THEIR SPECIAL DAYS

March 31, 2022 by

Confident men gain more confidence at each milestone. Eventually some become over-confident men. It’s gets worse in middle-aged men and settles into the murky waters of wtf in senior men. That’s a picture of the seniors on their football team. Not the same senior as old guys. Building confident men starts early.

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MOVING ON WHEN YOU’RE THE LAST TO KNOW

March 30, 2022 by

Plans for moving on depend on timing: Don’t go too soon, or wait too long. If you’ve picked up and changed locations by yourself, you know the drill. Sometimes it works out better than expected. Then there’s this:

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ACCEPTABLE LOSSES? WHO DECIDES FOR BOOMERS

March 29, 2022 by

Acceptable losses are like minor surgery. There’s no such things as minor surgery, just minor surgeons. Or, it’s minor surgery if it’s someone else going under the knife. Losses are the same. The closer you are, the less acceptable the loss.

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DYING LIGHT? NO, IT’S CATARACTS

March 24, 2022 by

“Rage against the dying light.” That’s the advice dead-poet Dylan Thomas gives old people. “Do not go gentle into that good night, rage, rage against the dying of the light,” means something different at thirty-three, when Thomas wrote it, than ninety three. If the lights are dimming in your life, instead of raging and raging […]

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