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NW Boomer Travel, pt.2

August 16, 2013 by

From Empire To Enterprise Do you need proof that Oregon qualifies as a European nation? It’s more than the beer, but that’s a good start, ja? Oregon is one of the few states, maybe only state, that holds such a huge variety of road trips. For example, find a map and run your finger from […]

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Joel Stein, Boomer Enough

August 9, 2013 by

If you read Time Magazine, you’ve heard of Joel Stein. If not, he’s got the Awesome Column toward the back of each issue. And he fills it up boomer style. What is boomer style? Doing stuff that doesn’t seem to matter at first, but then grows legs and runs. Joel had a runner in a […]

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101% Divorce Proof

August 8, 2013 by

Don’t Be A Wild Turkey Huffington Post printed a story called 7 Ways To Divorce Proof Your Marriage. It showed up on galtime.com first by Johanna Lyman, The JOY Professor. Who does the responsible baby boomer blogger link to? The image on Gal Time shows two boomers. Huffington Post showed a younger couple, mid-30’s to early 40’s. […]

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Ben, It’s Me, Dave

August 5, 2013 by

Searching For Ben Affleck Have you heard the story about the blogger and the movie star? The blogger, an aging Baby Boomer, gets a man-crush on Ben Affleck after seeing Argo. He writes a few posts about Ben, how much he loved Argo’s movie inside a movie idea, and how shocking the story unfolded with […]

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Get A Handle On Your Life

August 4, 2013 by

The secret to a tidy life, clean space, and peace of mind comes down to one question. How many times do you handle things? People with newspapers littered all over the place need to pay attention. Got a garage full of excuses, er, treasures too valuable to part with? The easy solution is read the […]

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Boomer Hits The Road

August 1, 2013 by

10 States With The Lowest Overhead According To money.msn.com. Baby Boomers love a good deal. We’ve perfected phrases like, “What do you need to get for that?” It’s embarrassing to others when we go into bargain mode at the Safeway check-out, not so much at a flea market. If everything has a price, then so do […]

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NW Boomer With Nothing To Say

July 31, 2013 by

Calling Marilyn Manson To The Rescue But first meet Darren Rowse from ProBlogger.net. If you blog and get stuck, he’s the guy. Read problogger and get unstuck like WD40. His recent post gives bloggers a booster shot. If you have nothing left in the tank, nothing left to say, if you feel spent, hit the link […]

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BOOMERPDX PREDICTS NEXT WORLD CHAMPION

July 30, 2013 by

As a Baby Boomer blogger and sports fan, it’s important to keep up with local athletes. Sometimes that means going the extra mile. But first a little history. In the world of amateur wrestling, the first two World Champions were Oregonians. And they won their titles the same year at the same tournament. The first […]

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Baby Boomers vs Millennials

July 26, 2013 by

Do we baby boomers have pity on younger generations? Are their problems bigger than the obstacles we faced and continue to face? Katerina Rosen thinks so in her Huffington Post article, “Millennial Problems: 7 Issues Boomers Didn’t Deal With.” Issues? Obstacles? Problems? And only seven? We came out of a social upheaval called the Cultural Revolution […]

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NW Boomer Writing Process

July 23, 2013 by

If you know the alphabet, you know how to write. At least that’s what non-writers think. It used to take spelling skills before auto-correct. There are a few other technical details, but more on that later. This writer uses what he learned in screenwriter’s school. Local teacher and writer Cynthia Whitcomb uses her experience and success to inspire […]

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