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AUTHORITY FIGURES? KEEP LOOKING

September 27, 2023 by

Authority figures come in all shapes and sizes. The strangest are those who don’t know their role. Do you know who looks up to you? You should. Who do you look up to?

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LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO MAKE NOW

September 25, 2023 by

Lifestyle changes? Either you make them or they’re made for you. This picture shows a flat bench with 225 lbs on the rack. You won’t take this off the rack if you neglected to protect your shoulders with lots of warming up. What about surgically repaired joints, like the shoulder?

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LOVE WORKING, AND OTHER MYTHS

September 24, 2023 by

Love working? Go ahead and love it up. Explain how anyone loves working makes you sound like you’ve never had a job. Have you? Did you love it? Here’s a view from coast to coast:

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CHANGING SEASONS = CHANGING CLIMATE?

September 21, 2023 by

Changing seasons were more of a mystery when human intelligence gathered and agreed that the sun and stars all moved around the earth. Back then we were the center of the universe. Man, those were the good old days. Or were they?

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GRASSROOTS WORK FOR THE NEAR FUTURE

September 20, 2023 by

Grassroots work for the future is making noise. In our digital age ‘grassroots’ means something different than other times. The Attention Economy asks but one question: “Can you make me care about your cause?”

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USEFUL BOOMERS FOR MATERIAL CULTURE

September 16, 2023 by

Useful boomers should know things, the sort of things that show a certain level of awareness. Awareness is useful, so is cleanliness. Directing that awareness to history is even more useful. But it can’t be funky history, so let’s start with the basic question: What Happened? People need to know the right stuff.

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CHANGING TIMES IN SEPTEMBER

September 15, 2023 by

Changing times are one thing: Fall back, or spring forward. Okay, two things. But the month of September is my big change month since first grade and every grade after. For everything:

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RISK MANAGEMENT FOR MARRIAGE

September 11, 2023 by

Does risk management apply to marriage? Only if you’re married. Single people have other risks to mitigate. So what are the risks for married people? The biggest risk is in not apologizing often enough. For example:

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CONTENT CREATION QUESTIONS TO ASK

September 10, 2023 by

Content creation are not my two favorite words. Content Creator sounds like a title bestowed by the Gods of the Internet. But if your goal is creating content for an online audience, where do you start? Ask a blogger with a track record of post production if you know one. If you don’t know an […]

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BUS DRUGS IN PORTLAND OREGON ‘DRUG DOME?’

September 9, 2023 by

Bus drugs, train drugs, and airplane drugs are a voluntary thing. Traditionally. Score a bag, hide it away in the last place any normal person would ever look, and be on your way. But not in Portland? Because Portland is soooo different?

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