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HISTORY MATTERS MORE THAN OPINIONS? USUALLY

August 2, 2020 by

History matters when someone starts explaining things beyond their grasp. If you don’t understand the basics of a single topic, then everything sounds authoritative. So how is it possible to tell the difference between a crackpot and a legitimate source? If you trust a blogger who gets with it an a daily basis, you’re on […]

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HITCHHIKING WITH BOOMERPDX IN YOUNGER TIMES

July 30, 2020 by

Thumbing A Wrestling Ride. The late, great, Rick Sanders traveled light and alone, hitchhiking down the road. He might have been alone, but not lonely. He showed up one night in 1972 after hitchhiking to Stillwater, Oklahoma with a wrestling singlet, shoes, and a few beers. He was there for the National Freestyle Championships and […]

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UNIFORM POWER CHANGES PEOPLE

June 5, 2020 by

Buffalo Men In Blue Serving And Protecting If you’ve never seen uniform power up close, keep reading. This post might shed light on how people change when they put on a uniform with a bunch of other people. Or you might want to skip the read, after all, it’s just another old white male boomer, […]

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BLOGGER COMMUNITY, NOT A WRITING COMMUNITY

June 4, 2020 by

The blogger community runs parallel to the writing community. From most vantage points, it’s looks similar, but it’s not. The biggest difference is accountability, and that means money, a question of either making money, spending money, or both. The correct answer is both.

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CHOICES MADE, ROADS TAKEN

May 24, 2020 by

We live with choices made, some we make, some made for us. Who among us wants a voice? Who here asks a question and accepts the answer offered? Most important, what is the question that needs an answer today, right now? I’ll go first, since I’m the blogger authority here, and start with wrong questions.

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WALKING THE WALK LIKE YOU MEAN IT, THEN TALK THE TALK

April 30, 2020 by

Walking the walk? I’ve heard it, so have you, but what’s it really mean? Really? It seems so obvious, but not when you hear people talk the talk without walking the walk. How can we tell the difference?

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HISTORY SPEAKS IN A LOUD VOICE FROM A ROOF TOP

April 4, 2020 by

History speaks in a loud voice, sometimes too loud. And if it tells something uncomfortable, the only thing louder is denial. A boompdx reader checked in to ask about the Fox Theater posts. Why all the Broadway posts. “All two of them?” I said.

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NOSY IS DIFFERENT IF YOU’RE THE NOSY ONE?

January 25, 2020 by

Who’s the nosy one in your circle of people? Do they still have their noses? If they do, maybe they’re not nosy enough; that’s where we come in.

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EMPATHY ADDICTION: IT HURTS WHEN I FEEL

January 23, 2020 by

Is empathy addiction a call to action every time you feel something so intensely you have to do something? “That could’ve been me; I’ll make sure it never happens again.”

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ESSENTIAL READING TO IGNORE . . . AT YOUR OWN RISK

January 18, 2020 by

One blogger’s essential reading is another’s fire-starter; that’s just how it is. Except the book in Ken Kesey’s hand won’t start any fires today, not the way it started fires in his younger days.

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