A wife tone is the only note a husband needs to memorize. One tone, one wife, no others need acknowledging. Not a Mom Tone, a Boss Tone, Neighbor Tone, Friend Tone, or Kid Tone. It’s usually delivered in the key of A, the holy A, the first letter in the alphabet. Can you hear me? […]
LATE BLOOMERS CROWD THE STAGE
December 4, 2022 by
Who loves late bloomers? Not the people they crowd out. It’s hard enough getting any traction and gains without someone new showing up and taking all of the attention. To make it even worse, they might be Baby Boomers.
HOBBY BLOGGER EXPLAINS: WHY BOTHER WRITING?
November 6, 2022 by
Hobby blogger here, busy counting vanity metrics. Google analytics reports traffic from Seattle, not so much from Portland. West Coast readers show up more than any other region in the country. Call me a West Coast hobby blogger? I’ll take it, but . . .
INFORMATIONAL BLOG REVIEW, PANDEMIC VERSION
October 22, 2020 by
An informational blog does one thing best: it informs. But you know that. From a professional blogging point of view, the information on a blog needs to stay on topic. This blog, boomerpdx, sounds like a Baby Boomer blog, and it is. But like the now second biggest demographic in America, thanks millennials, the sky […]
BOOMERPDX HALLOWEEN PARTY GUIDE
October 31, 2019 by
A Halloween party is more than chugging a twelve pack and handing out candy. First it’s too much sugar; you know you’ll dip into the candy bowl a few times. If you wear a costume this will happen: Scare little kids so much their parents talk about reporting you; older kids will be frightened into […]
AARP WEED: “DON’T BOGART THAT JOINT MY FRIEND, PASS IT OVER TO ME”
October 2, 2019 by
At some point it had to happen: The AARP went front page with weed, calling it medical marijuana. They covered medical conditions and weed quality and bashful confessions on using weed, marijuana, medical marijuana, cannabis. Pick a name you like. To this boomer blogger it all sounds so disingenuous. Why?
A TIME LONG AGO AT A HIGH SCHOOL FAR FAR AWAY
January 27, 2018 by
North Bend Oregon High School, class of 1973. What’s so special? Like later generations staking their claims to, ‘the first digital generation’ or ‘the first paperless generation’ or ‘the first generation raised on video games,’ the generational niche of 1973 is ‘the first modern generation.’ Born of the roaring ’50’s with TV dinners […]
FACEBOOK WINGS ON AMERICAN AIRLINES
January 18, 2018 by
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 […]
MESA ARIZONA, CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE
January 15, 2018 by
Where are you right now? Do you wish you were somewhere else? Instead of working on the wish list of where you’d rather be, take a good look around. You may be in the center of the universe, like Mesa Arizona.
MEXICO TRAVEL: PUERTO VALLARTA PERFECTION, pt3
January 14, 2018 by
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.
