(Based on the top five search terms over the past month post: Ben Affleck Batman, Grateful Dead Show, young and old people, Baby Boomers pdx, www.babyboomerssocialclub.com) Young and old people alike share an opinion on the Ben Affleck-Batman. Too young, too old, not super hero enough. And they’re all wrong. Do they know Ben’s comic super hero cred? Doubtful. Google one […]
Boomer College. Smart, Smarter, and You
November 2, 2013 by
When old dropouts run out of excuses. Baby Boomers return to college to ‘Close Old Chapters.’ Or, ‘Open New Horizons.’ Most of all they’re tired of hearing about it. Any resolution from ‘Move Forward With My Life’ to ‘Finish Unfinished Business’ means the same thing: show up and finish. Returning Boomer wants to finish what they started, […]
Baby Boomers In Ruin
October 31, 2013 by
Why do they ruin everything? They don’t. Joe Klein, the crackerjack political writer, looked at the day and said, “Baby Boomers Ruined The Government.” He hammers the spike further into the ‘Peace, Love, and Understanding’ generation with, “The U.S. can lay the blame for its current political mess at the feet of my generation.” Boomer PDX […]
The Boomer Bulldog Difference, 2053
October 30, 2013 by
Experts say you lay the tracks for the rest of your life early. Boomer NW says it happens in high school football. Nothing in early childhood prepares kids to deal with the success and failure of sports. You didn’t get the ‘right’ bike at Christmas? And you feel bad? Even cheated? Maybe got your feelings […]
Boomer NW, Oregon Ducks, And Autzen
October 28, 2013 by
Great art needs a great stage. The Mona Lisa runs 30″ X 21″. Small enough to hang on a bathroom wall. Or The Louvre. Faberge eggs are big-bird-egg-sized packed with huge detail. But still small. Too small if you like big. The jewel that is Oregon Duck football at Autzen Stadium is just the right […]
Pat Conroy’s Nobel Prize
October 24, 2013 by
It hasn’t happened yet, but BoomerPDX predicts it For Pat Conroy. The name Santini means one thing: Pat Conroy. And he might come to your town. Maybe not your own town, but lots of them on this version of Book Tour. If you’ve seen Mr. Conroy’s reading/signing, tell boomerpdx how it went. Most authors do […]
The Car, The War
October 23, 2013 by
What’s the difference between a mobile society and a mobile war? You find out when the warriors hang up their guns. It’s how they drive down their familiar town road after trailing an IED blast in Iraq. Drive faster? Slower? Don’t drive?
