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WEIGHT LOSS: DOES MY MAN MUU MUU MAKE ME LOOK FAT?

December 23, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Weight loss is a cruel joke on December 23rd. Christmas cookies, Christmas candy, Christmas cake and pie? Yes, yes, yes, and yes. Eat it or risk hurting someone’s feelings. Eat it and say you liked it.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: army wrestling, cancer, certain weight, christmas candy, college wrestling, exercise, fat man, feeding tube, fitness, health issues, high school, life changing, lose weight, overeat, weight control, Weight Loss, wrestling, wrestling coach

BLOGGER RULES: COMPLAIN, A LOT

November 17, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Blogger rules depend on the personality of the writer, but complaining endlessly is a common thread. I’m not a complainer, so it’s more difficult. Where is the starting line?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: angry, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, blogger rules, BOOMER, boomerpdx, boomers, cancer, complain, complainer, complaining, engagement, icu, nurses

CHEMO CLOTHES GET A NEW BELT NOTCH

October 22, 2022 by David Gillaspie

You’ve heard of ‘chemo clothes?’ That’s what you wear after getting the hell chemo-ed out of you, (hell = cancer.) Either that or you’ll be walking around like a kid in big boy trousers that don’t fit, but might some day. Today is that day. But it’s more about the belt.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: beer gut, blogger, boomerpdx, cancer, chemo, chemo appointments, chemo clothes, chemo gut, fashion, feeling good, looking good, loose skin, nutritional excess

CLUB BOOMER? ARE YOU IN OR OUT

October 20, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Club Boomer has requirements, which I’ll get to, but it’s not a specific age. It’s not finding bliss, either. Or your safe place. So what the heck are the requirements for membership? Here’s what I know so far:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, BOOMER, boomerpdx, boomers, cancer, classroom, club boomer, competitive eater, mid century modern, Oregon, Oregon History, volunteer, youth sports

NIKE MONEY TAKES A STAND IN OREGON

September 30, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Nike money is set to rescue Oregon, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting. The Knight in shining armor supposedly sees Betsy Johnson as the answer. But first the big question: Why, Uncle Phil? Why now?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Beaverton Oregon, Betsy johnson, blogger, boomerpdx, brand, business plan, cancer, cancer survivor, good neighbor, Knight Cancer Institute, Nike, nike vision, Oregon, Oregon republican party, Oregon republicans, Phil Knight, Portland, Steve Prefontaine, sustainability, taxes

‘BE PRESENT,’ SAYS YOUNG BOOMER HIPPIE

September 25, 2022 by David Gillaspie

“Be present, be in the moment.” What’s that supposed to mean? You’re here, I’m here. That’s not enough? Do you remember the first time you heard it, a reminder, an order, to ‘be present?’

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, be present, blogger, BOOMER, boomer class, boomer hippie, boomers, cancer, current elders, former hippies, grandkids, heart disease, hippies, kids, money worries, possibilities, present, retirement anxieties

OREGON WEED: STATE REVIEW

September 12, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Oregon weed is sold legally throughout the state. Does that sound right to baby boomers? A comfort? Yes, weed is legally sold in Oregon, with a load of stores in Portland, Oregon.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomers, boomerpdx, cancer, cancer patient, Center For Disease Control, drug addiction, harvard health, legal weed, marijuana, medical marijuana, medicine, opioids., Oregon, Oregon Coast, oregon weed, oxy, pain, pain control, pain management, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, surgery, weed

INSTANT GRATIFICATION: WHY SO SLOW

August 19, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Instant gratification: “What do we want?” “Everything.” “When do we want it?” “Now.” “Let’s re-set and I’ll get back to you.”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: cancer, fake news, family planning, florida, gratification, instant gratification, pay attention, planned family, plastic surgery, quit smoking

SERIOUS PEOPLE KNOW RESULTS FOR BAD BEHAVIOR

July 27, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Serious people don’t all walk around in their academic garb. You won’t find them all on TV or radio. Sometimes a serious man or woman is just down the street. Not my street, but some street in another neighborhood. Why?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bad results, big lie, cancer, Death, difficult times, drug addicts, drug house, drugs, heroin, insurrection, justice, meth, meth house, pandemic, Republican Party, results, serious, serious people, trump

LOSING WEIGHT? ARE YOU CALLING ME FAT?

July 16, 2022 by David Gillaspie

When you’re losing weight, two things happen: It’s either a celebration of mind over matter, with the matter being eating too much. Or it’s a medical investigation because you haven’t stopped eating everything in sight and you’re still losing weight. Either way you weigh less, and if you happen to start as an XXXL, it’s […]

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