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.
FIVE DIAMOND ATTITUDE: WORK IN PROGRESS
January 10, 2018 by
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 […]
FAKE PRESIDENT DONALD STERLING HELPS PRESIDENT TRUMP SHINE
January 8, 2018 by
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 […]
MAKE NEW NORMAL BETTER THAN OLD NORMAL? THAT’S THE NEW JOB
January 6, 2018 by
I’ll never to get used to hearing about the ‘new normal,’ which is a pretty common topic after cancer treatment. “How is your new normal?” I’ve heard. “Do you miss the things you can’t do anymore?” I’ve heard. What’s the right answer? There is no right answer, but the questions ought to serve […]
CANCER TREATMENT: 5 THINGS I KNEW BEFORE STARTING
December 21, 2017 by
I will submit to the cancer treatment sequence of events that may or may not do what is predicted. Like a lamb to slaughter, I would submit to whatever it took to kill the shit out of hpv16 throat cancer. In the writing world we all dream of that one ‘YES’ that […]
AMERICAN EDUCATION STARTS WITH THE FIRST WORD
December 15, 2017 by
American education teaches and American education does some learning too, as in we learn how to teach. Isn’t that the happy ending education promises? Learn how to treat others as you would have them treat you. Why does that sound so biblical? This is where the separation does neither American public […]
CHICKEN DINNER: WHEN CHICKENS TALK
December 14, 2017 by
Too often we let days go by without notice. One chicken dinner blends into the next. June barbecued chicken turns into November roasters and it feels like a long weekend. It’s a sign we’re losing touch. At least that’s what we hear if we mention time passing at breakneck speed. If […]
PORTLAND TIME, OREGON LINES: TIME TRAVEL IF YOU NEVER LEAVE
December 13, 2017 by
Portland time changed from 1804 to 1904. Again from 1904 to 2004. To round things up, today is in the year 2017. From Lewis and Clark in 1804 to the Lewis and Clark Expo in 1904, give or take, to Big Pink, the changes show. On a calendar it measures here to […]
