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WHO GETS FOOLED AGAIN? WHO? WHO?

May 12, 2016 by

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Baby boomers grew up with The Man. It wasn’t daddy, but daddy knew The Man. Sometimes daddy was on The Man reserve. Who is The Man? It’s the police Man. We saw him at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The Man swung a hard […]

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WILWRITE 1, TRAIL BLAZERS 0

May 4, 2016 by

Picking two winners on the same night? Good luck with that. Tuesday night was Willamette Writer, WilWrite Night, for WordPress at Portland’s Old Church, and Game 2 in the NBA playoffs in California. Which one to focus on? With time for one or the other, which one to choose: a power point presentation on WordPress, […]

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PIANO PLAYER POUNDS PORTLAND

May 1, 2016 by

The Lure Of The Piano Player. My Amazing Mother in Law, or AMIL, will be 90 and she’s active by anyone’s standards, not just for 90. But even she has an off day. One of her off days came the same time as her and my wife’s stage night out at Portland’s Gerding Theater. Would […]

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SENIOR TRAVELER, DOLLAR RENT A CAR ANGEL, AND BOOMERPDX

April 25, 2016 by

Senior traveler gets an assist from Dollar Rent A Car agent. If you’re a senior citizen, or traveled with seniors, you know how it works. Caution is the word of the day. Air travel makes your feet swell. Maybe your entire leg. The airplane bathroom seems like a mile away. Lifting carry on bags into […]

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LIFE LONG LEARNING STARTS EARLY

April 16, 2016 by

Baby Boomers do life long learning out of habit. What’s your excuse? Yes, I’m certified for leadership. At least that’s what the Fort Ord Leadership Academy says. What does a 21 Hour Leader Preparation Program do? In the wrong hands it turns a decent person into a tyrant. In the right hands it makes for […]

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AMERICAN CTE: FOOTBALL AND DRIVING

April 13, 2016 by

The last thing good baby boomer helicopter parents wanted was their precious getting his brain rattled loose. But they have friends, friends with dads who coach youth football. “I hear your boy’s a good kicker. He want to play some ball?” And he’s on the team, from sixth grade kicker to pulling guard on a […]

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HOW BABY BOOMERS PUSHED WOMEN’S HEALTH

April 1, 2016 by

Even in 2016 women’s health is a hot button topic? 1973, the year of de-criminalized marijuana and Roe v Wade. What could go wrong? The counter culture had been rolling for years with people moving to Haight Ashbury, joining communes, going to music festivals. More than one family saw their little girl hop into a […]

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LOVE AFFAIRS OR LEARNING AFFAIRS

March 30, 2016 by

Do past love affairs affect the future? What happens between two people ought to be like Las Vegas: what happens there stays there. Except it never happens that way between two people, three or four people, or a whole team of people. No judgements, just call it a social agreement between adults who know how […]

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BABY BOOMERS GROW UP?

March 26, 2016 by

How can you tell when boomers grow up? When you wonder how you got where you are, it’s nice to have a reminder. Find a place that’s yours, where it would take some nosing around to find. That’s where the Shelf of Fame goes. It’s not for everyone to see, just a reminder of your […]

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BOOMER HEALTH RISK: UNINTENTIONAL FALL

March 19, 2016 by

Ask Amy gives her take on baby boomers’ unintentional fall. Her numbers are big on the unintentional fall. Ask Amy doesn’t want us to take a dive. 25,000 deaths, over two million emergency room visits, all due to an unintentional fall. The Center for Disease Control even has a page, as if an unintentional fall […]

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