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AWARD WINNING TAKES PRACTICE

May 23, 2025 by David Gillaspie

If you’ve never had an award winning experience, keep reading. After all of the training and expectations and worry you somehow win. What happens next? Disbelief. How did it happens? You know but still don’t believe it. Then it’s on to the next thing, the next big deal, but the feeling remains:

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MAKING FRIENDS WITH FRIENDS

May 20, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Making friends is as easy as stepping out your front door. Odds are good that someone will walk by from somewhere else. It’s up to you to break the ice. Or maybe you’re out walking around and have a conversation with a stranger that seems more like a friend you just met. The important thing […]

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NORTHWEST LOVEJOY, PORTLAND OREGON

May 17, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Northwest Lovejoy is where my current life began. That’s where I met my wife to be. She was walking up the sidewalk in a blue summer dress. I was talking to a new guy in the neighborhood who turned out to be her boyfriend. It was an auspicious beginning; I met a lot of people […]

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BREAKING STORY, OR BROKEN STORY

May 15, 2025 by David Gillaspie

A ‘breaking story’ as we all know is called a scoop. “Hear it first, hear it here.” We’re conditioned to pay attention to new information. If it’s an update, we want it. New and improved? We want it. We want it because it will make our lives better. But . . .

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JOURNALISM WORK FOR ONE AND ALL

May 14, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Journalism work helps everyone understand things better. Take any topic, any story worth telling, and a journalist will find it and write it. That’s what they’re famous for, digging up sources and context and turning them into coherent writing. They are also famous for making mistakes, taking short-cuts, and telling one side. That’s why everyone […]

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HYPE MAN FOR BOOMERPDX

May 9, 2025 by David Gillaspie

If my blog had a hype man it would sound like this: DON’T WASTE ANOTHER SECOND BEFORE SIGNING UP TO RECEIVE UPDATES FROM BOOMERPDX. No bonus, no gift, just an update on a thriving blog community. Boomers are big on not wasting time since our days are numbered with death at our doorstep. But why […]

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CENSORED BLOGGER AGREES WITH CENSORS

May 8, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Am I a censored blogger? Yes, I am. And it’s fair. If I weren’t censored I’d have a lot more material to work with. Not everyone wants a part in this long running project. My most blog worthy topics say, “Keep me out of it.” But I keep asking.

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HOBBY BLOGGER WRITES THE RULES

May 7, 2025 by David Gillaspie

A hobby blogger has rules? Who makes these rules? Unless you just got here on the writing bus, the rules are well established. Go ahead and add what’s missing, but not too much. Rule #1

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BOOMER ROOMERS FROM THE 70’S

April 30, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Boomer roomers in the 70’s were called roommates. Everybody had one. From dorms to apartments to houses, we had company. Was it fun? Let’s see:

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CHANGING TIMES, LIKE LAST TIME

April 29, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Changing times can break you. “You can only pull out of the times what the times will give you. “You create out of your experience. “If your experiences are the same as the guys’ next door and he ain’t doin’ nothin’, then you aren’t going to be doing much either.” Bob Dylan

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