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THE ZAC BROWN BAND PLAYS TO BABY BOOMERS?

September 30, 2014 by

Head to a country music concert and what do you get? A Boomer Field Report: It was a Sunday, warmer than most for the time of year in the top left corner of America. The locals weren’t fooled. It was long pants weather, but felt like shorts. The headliner at the Sleep Country Amphitheater in Ridgefield, […]

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AL CAPONE: THE END OF BOOMER STORIES LIKE THIS

September 27, 2014 by

As Told To BoomerPDX. “…My Grandpa was a baker in Chicago, you know, bread and cakes and pastries. “One of his customers had him drive to Cicero to deliver cakes. “The customer was Al Capone. My uncles told me about it at Grandpa’s funeral. “He’d take the cakes in and the gangsters would hand them […]

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BLOG REVENUE OR BLOG HITS? NUMBERS DON’T LIE

September 26, 2014 by

What writers in the wide world of blogging need to know: Who’s making it? Once you leave the hobby blog behind, take aim at the big leagues where the pros play for keeps. Even if your blog is smaller than a grain of sand in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, the numbers of the […]

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WHEN FOREVER YOUNG GOT OLD

September 25, 2014 by

Bob Dylan Knows The Drill   Few poems and song lyrics speak to the baby boomer generation better than Dylan. People listened to his early work and it changed their lives. Why should it stop? Because his later work doesn’t compare to the early days? If that’s the best you’ve got, spin the old vinyl […]

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TOO OLD TO RETIRE YOUNG?

September 19, 2014 by

Sixty Is The New Sixty In The Garden. The dream used to be make a million before you’re thirty and retire. You’ve seen these people, these young retirees? They travel, learn new languages, stay in shape. In other words they’re bored to death and need to keep finding challenges before their brains shut down completely. […]

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A CLASSIC OREGON DUCK EXPLOSION

September 9, 2014 by

Oregon vs Michigan State Had A Familiar Feel. Football has so many gut references it’s no wonder fans gorge like there’s no tomorrow on game days. A couple of the gut basics: Punch in the gut. When the offense runs through the defense on an important drive. Gut check? That’s what a team does after […]

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A WEEK OF SEARCHING FOR HERE

August 29, 2014 by

What Brought Blog Fans To Boomerpdx? Like tea leaves in a cup, a blogger’s future rests on patterns. Search patterns Instead of Oolong, it’s Google. No credit given, or taken, for spelling.

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BOOMER DENIABILITY: WE DIDN’T LIGHT THE FIRE

August 22, 2014 by

We Know Where The Matches Are Though. Believable generational research relies on strong academic studies, insurance statistics, and the federal census. This triumvirate of detailed minutia creates a colorless picture of the past. Instead of men in grey flannel suits, it looks like grey men in flannel, lines of them. Baby Boomer research is the […]

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PORTLAND, WHERE THE DREAM OF AMERICA STILL LIVES

August 14, 2014 by

The hit show Portlandia tells America where the dream of the 90’s still lives, but why stop there? Why not the Portland where the dream of the 60’s still floats in the air? Better yet: Portland, where the dream of the 70’s never died. The 60’s work better because it was the first time an […]

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BABY BOOMER ON MODA CENTER PRESS ROW

July 28, 2014 by

Imagine, if you will, a humble boomer blogger achieving one of their dreams. From the sounds coming from our aging demographic, we’re all doing super. In a world of smoke and mirrors the truth is more elusive than ever. Whatever you write or claim needs documentation, research, and proof, or else it’s in the same […]

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