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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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BETTER BUSINESS EVOLUTION

July 21, 2014 by

Every species knows the rules of evolution, or at least abides by them. The fossil record is full of proof, studied or not. Adapt or perish. Do the same rules apply to business? Consider the world economy. Industries didn’t move to China for the clean air and sparkling water. They moved for the favorable labor […]

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METH: THE MESSAGE, THE MESSENGER, AND FITNESS

July 20, 2014 by

Breaking Bad Goes Good? What’s the first thing to consider when you meet someone in tremendous shape? Good diet and workout? Steroids? Human growth hormones? Meth? That last one is a sticker. Who says meth is a health supplement? Any hands? No? Ok, meth is not a fitness supplement. Meth is a soul robbing drug […]

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PORTLAND BABY BOOMER YEARNS FOR TINY HOUSE

July 20, 2014 by

Besides riding the leading wave of beer, coffee, and strip clubs, Portland is also awash in the Tiny House movement. More than that, Portland celebrates the tiny house. One future looks like this: a Portland visitor leaves a tiny house hotel, gets into a tiny zipcar, grabs a bite at a tiny food cart, and […]

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BOOMERITIS, OR WHY DOES IT HURT WHEN I DO THIS?

July 17, 2014 by

The Longer You Let Yourself Go, The Longer The Trail Back. One doctor joke goes like this: “It hurts when I raise my arm.” Doc says, “Don’t raise your arm.” It’s as funny the first time as it is the last, if you don’t have arm pain. Most of us have pain from one thing […]

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STEPHEN GASKIN: THE HIPPIE KING EXITS FARM

July 3, 2014 by

Believe in something or someone enough and you’ll follow them to the ends of the earth. Those following Stephen Gaskin to the ends of the earth found it in Tennessee. Gaskin’s death at age 79 explains much about the counter-culture of the Sixties in general and hippies in particular. A mobile society means moving away […]

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