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BASEBALL, BEER, FIREWORKS, BOOMERPDX STYLE

July 5, 2016 by

In a search for holiday ideas, there’s BoomerPdx Style. Who drank a beer yesterday? Anyone? Super Patriot in their flag focused ensemble leads a toast. Slinky character in a DD214 t-shirt cheers him on. Everyone else joins in. If that’s your Fourth of July, you did it right. If it didn’t go that way, take […]

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MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S SUSHI

June 25, 2016 by

When a birthday dinner turns to Shakespeare and Midsummer Night’s sushi. Imagine if you will a birthday dinner, but not just a regular birthday dinner for a regular birthday. Instead, it’s a milestone birthday dinner, a biggie, so you plan and time and schedule and connect. Because it is an older birthday, one idea is […]

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10 REASONS FOR BOOMER ISOLATION SHAME

May 23, 2016 by

More often than not, boomer isolation goes bad. Who of your friends would you vote for as Most Likely To Be A Hermit? Loosing touch with people doesn’t mean they’ve taken to boomer isolation. If you wonder, give them a call at the last number you have for them and see who answers. If they […]

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FUKUSHIMA FEVER OR BEER

May 17, 2016 by

That red line aiming for Oregon hit me with a wave of Fukushima Fever. If you don’t live on the Oregon coast, you drive to the Oregon coast. That’s how it works. If you don’t like the drive, you move there. I grew up on the Oregon coast so every time I go to the […]

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WHO GETS FOOLED AGAIN? WHO? WHO?

May 12, 2016 by

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Baby boomers grew up with The Man. It wasn’t daddy, but daddy knew The Man. Sometimes daddy was on The Man reserve. Who is The Man? It’s the police Man. We saw him at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The Man swung a hard […]

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BABY BOOMER RETIREMENT FEARS

May 5, 2016 by

Big life and big fears? Or the other way around? Baby boomer retirement fears come in all sizes, like our houses, which we fear. A doctor might say fear that won’t go away is a medical condition. You could get a pill for that. Instead, try and choke your fear down and carry on. What’s […]

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BOOMER IN AWESOMEVILLE

April 19, 2016 by

Ode to a departed man of the world, a Boomer in Awesomeville.   Some people you save for the long haul, guys you know will be around, you’ll catch up with them later with they pass through town.   They never change, you can count on that, from their Romeo slippers to their old ball […]

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INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN BOOMER

April 18, 2016 by

I hear you asking, “What’s a ‘proven’ boomer?” You know what a ‘made man’ is in the Mafia? They’ve taken an assignment from the boss and done good with it. Usually the assignment that makes you a Made Man also makes you a Button Man. You push the button, pull the trigger, you’re a made […]

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BOOMER UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY

April 17, 2016 by

Time to answer the charges? Boomer UNTIL proven guilty. Too many accuse the baby boomer generation of things they didn’t do. How can that change? And how fast? You may recognize some of the accusations, you might have a made a few yourself. After all these years, it’s finally okay. Let it go. Boomers showed […]

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BABY BOOMER WEDDING HISTORY

March 19, 2016 by

Like most history, baby boomer wedding history has at least two sides. Just the words baby boomer wedding history pops up the 1960’s classic image of the Woodstock couple standing in the mud. Or the times I best manned my brothers’ weddings in the 70’s and they co-best manned mine in the 80’s. Three decades […]

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