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MOTIVATED LIFE: FEAR, ANGER, BIG FINISH

    From day one America grew an attitude of the picked on little brother. Instead of walking the plank of tradition and custom in the old country, early explorers took off for the new to live a motivated life. I hear Monty Python’s French accented, “Weee, doon’t neeeed yoooou.” That’s the enduring American story, […]

GYM RAT CONFESSIONS: FEAR DRIVEN EXERCISE

    Every fitness center, every last one, from 24Hour, to LA Fitness, to Curves, has a mayor. They also have city councilmen/women, department heads, and gym rats. The gym mayor checks their constituency. They spot, they talk. They walk from machine to machine. Gym councilmen / women spread an array of weights and surgical […]

ONE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM VISIT LATER

Museums make you feel something; in the Holocaust Museum it’s fear. Why is the Holocaust Museum, or more correctly the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, so frightening? Call it a learning tool. Older visitors who’ve watched a few Holocaust movies and documentaries need a reminder that the events shown in the Holocaust Museum actually happened. […]

FEAR, THE ALL TIME MOTIVATIONAL CHAMP

Nothing to fear but fear, and that’s more than enough. Quirky people have quirky fear, or they wouldn’t be quirky. Regardless of quirk, fear, real fear, is everywhere. “Do this, not that, or you’ll be sorry.” “Don’t forget to (insert action) or you’ll regret it.” Fear and status go hand in hand. Who isn’t afraid […]

FIELD BLOGGER BREAKDOWN

When a field blogger in the field gets locked out. There I was, gentle BoomerPdx reader, in the field. A field blogger. Just outside was blue sky, bright sun, and a swimming pool with northern lights at night. It wasn’t night time, not yet, when I found my problem. The problem wasn’t the temptation to […]