With the old year out, the new year in, why not plan a road trip on a set of Goodyears? What else sounds better than Goodyear? A new year deserves a slice of goodness to balance what comes next. But that’s still to come.
FALLING LEAVES OF AUTUMN
November 22, 2024 by
Falling leaves are the rule of the season. The only place without a carpet of leaves is a parking garage. But that’s Oregon, famous for trees.
COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN
June 29, 2024 by
If a writer isn’t complaining, what are the other options? After a quick look since I came up with nothing, it’s praise. Praising. But we’re not used to praising. That needs to change.
PLACING BLAME IN THE RIGHT PLACE
May 1, 2024 by
What’s the best way of placing blame? Pointing a finger? Yelling? Or checking to make sure there’s anyone or anything to blame? What about the blameless among us who’ve never done anything wrong?
FIXING BLOG THINGS AND COMPLAINING AT THE SAME TIME
December 24, 2022 by
Fixing blog things is part of joining the blogger world circus. I update boomerpdx and lose my subscribers? Twitter takes a dump and I lose my blog traffic? Facebook is unreliable? These are examples of fixing things online AND complaining. Waaaa. But, first . . .
CONSTANT COMPLAINING DONE THE RIGHT WAY
December 13, 2022 by
If you hear constant complaining without end, what do you do? Tune it out? Change the channel? Or listen and learn because we all know it’s impossible to complain all the time. There’s something else going on, but what?
BLOGGER RULES: COMPLAIN, A LOT
November 17, 2022 by
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?
AMERICAN WAY FINDS NEW TRADITIONS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
July 4, 2021 by
The American way used go be different. Not that we’re living in a new world, but it’s just different. Instead of “do your work, keep your mouth shut, treats others fairly” we get “find a gig, live out loud, tell others how to do it.” That’s a change from the lock-step life celebrated by those […]
GROWING OLDER LIKE CHEESE, WINE, AND MILLENNIALS
August 13, 2020 by
Growing older is a common lament for all generations. The silliest complaints come from the youths. Who are these youths? Anyone younger than the one complaining about growing older. Since I’m sixty-five and don’t complain, let’s look at those who do. Ready?
TOUGH GUYS ANSWER THE CALL
June 13, 2020 by
In the tough guys universe, Batman is the toughest. He’s a super hero without any freaky super powers, except his own ingenuity. He’s not from another planet like Superman, or affected by space radiation like the Fantastic Four, or bitten by a radioactive insect like Spiderman. Instead, he’s driven by demons, not science, but he […]
