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SHARE AN EMPTY BOOMER NEST WITH AIRBnB

June 9, 2014 by

Attend any gathering of baby boomers and you’ll hear about the empty nest. They’re happy, they’re sad. They’re moving forward, or staying put. Like others in a time of transition, boomers seem headed everywhere at the same time. But one thing they all have in common? Available space. Time to learn about AirBnB.

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WOMEN OF ICONIC MEASURE

June 7, 2014 by

Are There Any Other In Icon Shoes? How fabulous? First, the originals Icon shoes.

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FINDING BOOMER POWER WITH THE WELLDIGGERS

June 6, 2014 by

 New Boomers And Old Dig In. Welldiggers started in January 2005. Nine years later ring leader and organizer Walt Duddington invited me to speak to a monthly meeting. He gave three open dates. I picked the first one available. Why would a blogger writing for BoomerPDX jump at the chance to address a group of networking […]

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SELF DEFENSE, OR SELF DESTRUCTION

June 6, 2014 by

Is there a baby boomer alive who hasn’t tried teaching their kids to fight? When they’re 24? Most of the time it happens when they’re in their teens. You called it self-defense. My son was a high school wrestler. I knew he was scrappy, but could he punch? We hung the new heavy bag on […]

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PROTOCOL FOR THE NEW MIA: VETERAN PATIENTS IN THE VA

June 4, 2014 by

Please Make The Call At The Bottom Of This Post. Show Some Boomer Power. Portland, Oregon’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center list jobs on usajobs.gov. The stated goal on usajobs.gov is “Working For America.” Abraham Lincoln drives the point further with this quote: “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, […]

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BOX LIKE ALI TO LOSE WEIGHT

June 4, 2014 by

The weight loss industry works to turn big people into smaller versions of their former selves. Small people don’t take to it the same way. They don’t want to get much smaller than they already are. From surgery to cross-fit to P90-X, people are changing. It’s all good until new research on fitness/exercise comes out, […]

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BUSINESS NETWORKING ON BOOMERPDX

June 3, 2014 by

Is Networking As Important As It Sounds? Yes, It Is. Before you yawn off another self-hyping internet noise maker, consider this: Work used to mean show up, do the job, and go home. Then it became get an education, show up, do the job, and go home. The day gets longer when you start attending […]

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SWING HARD OR SOFT, BUT HIT THE SWEET SCIENCE

June 2, 2014 by

If The Heavy Bag Could Talk No matter the age or gender, we never lose the urge to fight. We fight for one thing or another all our lives. It’s not always called a fight, but it can feel like it. And you can still win. During the 1920’s Golden Age of Sports, college football, […]

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BOOMERS, THE FAIL GENERATION?

June 2, 2014 by

Deborah Bial Says Yes And She Should Know. Deborah who? Ms Bial is the founder and president of the Posse Foundation. With her help, thousands of urban kids have found their way to higher education. It’s a big deal. Kids with little chance to weave their way through the rigors of applying, acceptance, and actual […]

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HANS SCHIEBOLD, PAINTER

June 1, 2014 by

Images Of Hans Schiebold Paintings. Alert bloggers look for the diamond in the rough, people and places others’ have missed. Mr. Schiebold is a diamond, but not rough. He’s more of a diamond in a setting fit for Liz Taylor, or Cartier. His work reads like an excavation of natural history, memories hidden deep in […]

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