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ONE NURSE STORY

November 23, 2025 by

If there’s a typical nurse story, it sounds like this: “I like to help people, and I don’t get grossed out.” A typical nursing patient has a similar story: “I need help, and I am grossed out.” Why are we grossed out about our bodies? I’ll start:

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FOR THOSE GIVING AND FOLLOWING ORDERS

November 22, 2025 by

Was it a treat to see an ocean of men and women trained in giving and following orders all in the same place? It was for me. These people are all Hall of Fame worthy, and already enshrined in my personal hall. While most of us packed our gear and went home after two, three, […]

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WRITING DOWN MY BONES

November 21, 2025 by

I bought the book ‘Writing Down The Bones’ a few times. There’s something about the title, but not enough for me to read it and save it, and I’m someone who still has books from my tenth birthday. When I find them all I’ll have my own Natalie Goldberg library. This is from her website:

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HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING WITH WOLVES

November 20, 2025 by

There comes a time in high school wrestling when you get thrown to the wolves. Ok, not real wolves, just the first time you knew you were over-matched, going to get rag-dolled, and still went out there. It doesn’t always work out the way it’s expected. I was a second year wrestler slated to face […]

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LIFE LESSONS START EARLY FOR OLD MEN

November 19, 2025 by

As a middle child myself for fourteen years, life lessons were important. We learned early to share with smaller kids, and not whine too much when older kids didn’t. Was there a learning curve? There’s always a learning curve when learning is involved. It’s not for everyone, to say the least, but . . .

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LEADER PREPARATION TRAINING PROGRAM 2025

November 17, 2025 by

This is my claim to leader preparation, not leader, but ready to lead. I lean on the Fort Ord Leadership Academy when I need to tighten things up. I’d like to thank the academy for the training? Thank you, but during the supposed twenty-one hours of training we were all so sleep-deprived we could barely […]

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DOCTOR VISIT SOLUTION

November 16, 2025 by

A man goes to a doctor visit with his wife. He gets checked out and the doctor says, “That’s it. Just leave a urine sample, semen sample, and a stool sample.” The wife says, “We haven’t got time for that. Just leave your underwear.” Follow me for more time saving advice.

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BLOG WORTHY vs NOT BLOG WORTHY? THE THIN BOOMERPDX LINE

November 15, 2025 by

I asked my kid the ‘blog worthy’ question this week. He had a slew of law enforcement gathered across the street from him. Me: Is it blog worthy? Kid: If it’s interesting. The kid obviously doesn’t read boomerpdx. When has interesting mattered? We talking about interesting, or interesting to me?

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HOW TO STAY SHARP

November 14, 2025 by

You stay sharp by asking questions, by hanging around people working on answers. But you know that. I know you know based on analytics, which says we can’t all be morons. Statistically speaking, of course. Take smoking cigarettes for example.

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FOREVER SEARCHES, PARTS 1-5

November 13, 2025 by

Forever searches are not futile. You’ll eventually find what you’re looking for, along with other finds along the way. Keep looking and you’ll find it in the end. If you don’t, then it’s not the end.

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