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GILLASPIE LOVESEAT TO HONOR AMERICA. IT’S FRAGILE

June 17, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Who hasn’t been accused of making last minute presents? My specialty is carving names in oak with a router. It takes practice, at least more than a last minute panic to produce something meaningful on Christmas morning. I’ve been the object of such accusations, and while correct, there is a bigger […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: America, blogger, democracy, essay writer, family, family tree, Gillaspie, loveseat, memoir writer, right to choose, right to vote, vote, voting, writer

AR15 PURCHASE QUESTIONS THAT NEED ASKING

April 9, 2018 by David Gillaspie

The Washington Post ran an nice piece about a guy buying his first AR15. He’d wanted one for years and finally the day came. Money, motivation, and gun show all came together for him. The WaPo research seems pretty good, even with a tag of fake news thrown around. The […]

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FACEBOOK DATA BROKERS GET DIRTY WITH OUR MUD

March 19, 2018 by David Gillaspie

The numbers are too big to fathom. $42 billion loss in market value? 50 million users had their data harvested? All we want to do is post a nice cat picture, not get sucked into some weird vortex of data mining. Don’t get me wrong, I like mining, but for the right […]

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GUN TALK THE WRONG WAY … AGAIN

March 14, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Raw Story posted a gun column about white men and guns. It was the sort of gun talk white men with guns shouldn’t identify with. “White men stockpile guns because they’re scared of black people and feel inadequate, science says.” That’s the rawstory title. It’s raw, but even more, it’s lazy, but a site called […]

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DEMOCRAT PARTY OFFICIAL WEBSITE PHONE CALL

February 16, 2018 by David Gillaspie

I got the call last night from the Democrat Party, and like a story that goes public after signing non-disclosure statements, I felt a sense of freedom. The phone call on my land line, yes I still have a land line, was a money call. One hundred dollars was the starting point. […]

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FACEBOOK WINGS ON AMERICAN AIRLINES

January 18, 2018 by David Gillaspie

I stood across the concourse, the airport hallway, from my check in studying my boarding pass with Group Nine printed on the bottom right side. Group Nine is last to board, last to sit, and last to find an overhead bin for the carry-on. Luckily my wife and I were flying […]

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MEXICO TRAVEL: PUERTO VALLARTA PERFECTION, pt3

January 14, 2018 by David Gillaspie

The top down view from the seventh floor in Old Vallarta, or Viejo Vallarta, to the square. Is it Frida Kahlo’s turquoise house? It’s the right color. If it part of the Kahlo catalogue, she’s got octopus on her self portrait. But it’s not Frida. Not enough eyebrow.

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MEXICO TRAVEL: PUERTO VALLARTA PERFECTION, pt1

January 12, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Where the heck is Puerto Vallarta? Find a good map book. Look about two thousand miles south of Portland and you’re close. West coast of Mexico below the Gulf of California.

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FIVE DIAMOND ATTITUDE: WORK IN PROGRESS

January 10, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Ultimate luxury, like crack, coke, meth, heroin, oxy, opioids in general, and cigarettes, is a hard habit to kick. I’ve worn this wristband for three weeks as a reminder of ultimate luxury, and clever marketing. It reminds me to put things back where I found them in their original luxury, and find […]

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FAKE PRESIDENT DONALD STERLING HELPS PRESIDENT TRUMP SHINE

January 8, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Donald Sterling isn’t President of the United States, but he is a west coast version of the east coast Donald, President Donald J. Trump. What if the west coast Donald wanted it bad enough? As a billionaire real estate man, fake President Donald Sterling would have introduced his own incredible cast […]

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