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GOVERNMENT GOALS: TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE

August 12, 2019 by

Does it take a movie star, or blogger, to help get out the vote? Probably not, but it can’t hurt either, especially when the voter numbers look so sketchy. If the question is why vote, I know the answer.

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ART HISTORY BASED ON THE GYM HUSTLE

July 31, 2019 by

Art history is a funny place to start a post, especially when it’s not about art or history. A man working out with women said: Nude male bodies are sort of gross, all hairy and lumpy, not like women who are smooth and sleek. The guy got some kudos from the ladies for his observation, […]

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BLOG READERS, BOTS, AND WRITERS

July 10, 2019 by

Google analytics on blog readers is either the biggest tattletale in history, or an effective research tool. It shows and tells where blog readers like you find boomerpdx. Apparently I’m a big hit in Chicago, at least that’s what the bots say. Bot? What else hits a blogger page fifty times for an average of […]

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MOST FEARFUL GENERATION TODAY: INTERVIEW

May 17, 2019 by

And it’s not the big ones The beauty of writing a blog is the feedback from unexpected sources. Most of the reading audience for BoomerPdx is afflicted by the internet ghosts of privacy protection, bashfulness, or worst of all, they’ve forgotten how to work a keyboard, so the feedback I hear is in person, which […]

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BLOG PLATFORM, WRITER PLATFORM, LAUNCHES MEMOIR

February 26, 2019 by

We’ve got a joke, or more accurately my blog efforts get ridiculed, around the keyboard. Goes like this: “Why do you always write about yourself, or put yourself into every post?” I answer by spelling memoir, as in memoir blogger. “M-e … m-o-i-r. You can’t spell memoir without M and E.” Hilarity is supposed to […]

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PORTLAND BLOGS: TOP TEN ACCORDING TO RANKER.COM

November 18, 2017 by

    What’s it take to make the top ten list of Portland blogs. If you read ranker.com, the answer is be a newspaper since Willamette Week and The Portland Mercury top the the list at #1 and #2.   I’m not complaining that newspapers and blogs shouldn’t be compared but if it was my […]

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Travel Bans From History, Who Should Be Banned

November 2, 2017 by

    Travel bans tend to be specific in terms of where to go and where not to go.   Travel bans say one thing: Don’t go there, girlfriend. Stay away, pal.   Like a dress code in the NY disco dancing prime time of the late ’70’s, while punk rock was getting ready to […]

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Smart Boston Loves Boomerpdx Portland But It’s Not Enough

October 7, 2017 by

    Smart Boston got it’s name by being smart. No news there, not when the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education list of top colleges came out Wednesday, September 27th, 2017.   Do we all agree that the WSJ/THE poll helps smart Boston? With two of the top three colleges in town, there’s […]

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MOUNT RAINIER CALLS JOHN MUIR, ME, AND YOU TOO

July 25, 2017 by

  “The mountains are calling and I must go,” said John Muir. If go you must, then go prepared. Most important is going with the right people. Or person. It’s not a marriage, but there are some similarities with a good travel partner. Can you take it if they make fun of your driving? Make […]

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LIFE CHANGE UP? SAW-WING BATTER, BATTER, BATTER

May 23, 2017 by

  See a fat pitch down the middle and get hold of it. After that they all look like a fat pitch down the middle. All you need to do is stand in and swing for the fences T-ball style. That’s baseball, but how does it connect to your busy life?

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