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Ben Affleck or George Clooney, A Monumental Man Dilemma

January 25, 2014 by

Which Actor / Director / Producer Works Best For The Next Epic WWII Script? Here on the outskirts of civilization the choice of who would do Flying Home justice grows more complicated. Both Affleck and Clooney won Oscars for producing Argo. Both know Hollywood inside out. George seems to like people for who they are, not what they […]

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Late Blooming Baby Boomers

January 21, 2014 by

Too Late To Be A Child Prodigy? Idiot Savant Carries No Age Barrier. Just Be Ready For Changes. Who doesn’t like a good label. They make things so understandable. Steve Jobs was a ‘genius.’ What else do you call the man who reinvented computers, phones, and music delivery? What did his employees call him when […]

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Older Boomer Means Old. Then What?

January 20, 2014 by

And None Of The Rest Of You Are Off The Hook Either. Maybe it’s just me, but the age limit for elder complaints seems to be dropping fast. Just yesterday no one I knew talked about the health problems. Medical procedures? What’s that? Try talking about a trip to the dentist. Wait, don’t. What is […]

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1947 – The Highlights Of Baby Boomer Year #2

January 18, 2014 by

PART 2 OF A CONTINUING SERIES Reality TV is born. Early television finds its mark broadcasting events in the U.S. Congress for the first time, then the World Series. The complaint, “Man, there’s nothing good on TV,” was first heard. Voice of America. Eastern Europe and the old USSR begin tuning into the broadcasts of […]

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When The Lights Go Down In The City

January 17, 2014 by

The Neon Gets Better. On a cold, dark, night, a city asks for caution. Even the familiar takes on an extra foreboding. With others, or walking alone, the sound of footsteps behind you quickens your pace. Empty shadows carry secrets you don’t want to know. Some streets are just not very inviting. Even in the […]

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Author Jill Kelly Speaks To Willamette Writers

January 8, 2014 by

She Tells Her Truth, The Writer’s Truth, Inside The Old Church. What do you buy a know-it-all for Christmas? Not an encyclopedia. What do you give a writer? A membership to the Willamette Writers always works. If that was a present to the writer in your life, then the first Tuesday in January would have […]

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Victim Marketing To Baby Boomers

January 3, 2014 by

Getting old is not a crime. No one goes to court on their sixtieth birthday for sentencing. If they did, and I was the judge, I’d sentence all 79 million boomers to join and read boomerpdx the rest of their lives. Of course there’d be an appeals process and because I’m lenient I’d reduce some […]

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Baby Boomers, Gyms, And Church: Beware Of Hazards

December 30, 2013 by

Raise your hand it you attend church services on Christmas and Easter. Keep it up if you’ve ever been described as a Chreaster Christian. As Boomers age, and feel the gaze of their children and grandchildren upon them, they start making more of an effort on Sunday. Some might see the newly churched in the same light […]

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Doing Time, And It Ain’t a’Changin’

December 28, 2013 by

Any front page Oregonian news featuring a baby boomer is good news for boomerpdx. But there’s a problem. It’s about a retired man moving up in his career, a man with a sail in the winds of progress. That’s not the problem. Baby boomers drive entrepreneurship. You can’t walk into a coffee shop without seeing gray hair […]

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Is Mark Cuban Talking To Portland Baby Boomers?

December 22, 2013 by

When a software giant, a businessman, investor, and NBA owner whose name is not Paul Allen gives startup advise, why not listen? Mark Cuban has been everywhere a startup wants to go. The tips come from his book, ‘How To Win At The Sport Of Business,’ and excerpted on entrepreneur.com. Too often Cuban reacts to life […]

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