“Be smart or be dead,” comes from a cop show I watch with my wife. It could be any cop show watched with any wife as long as Tom Selleck is in it. In a recent episode a retired cop stops some shady punk from robbing a cashier by pulling his gun, aiming it at […]
OHSU KNIGHT CANCER INSTITUTE FOR THE WIN
December 3, 2021 by
OHSU stands for Oregon Health Science University. The institution was founded in 1887 as the University of Oregon Medical Department and later became the University of Oregon Medical School. Today, if you’re first up in Pre-Op, check in is 5:30 with a go time of 7:30 With 26 operating rooms all scheduled to start at the same time, […]
BLOG TOOLS: HOW TO ORGANIZE TIME AND SPACE
October 1, 2021 by
Blog tools help writers get where they’re going, and as any writer will tell you, they are going to fill up a page. Sometimes it’s a long, long, loooooong haul to fill up one page, then another, then another. Look at a stack of printer paper some time and imagine filling them all. From the […]
GOOD INTENTIONS START TOMORROW
September 30, 2021 by
Why do good intentions pave the way to hell? Because of the follow up. More precise, it’s the lack of follow up. Say the right thing, then do the right thing and you stay out of hell. Does this sound right? Sounds like accountability to me. So why the gap between what is said and […]
MOUNT MARATHON, OR FITNESS MOUNTAIN? SAME THING
September 4, 2021 by
Mount Marathon is the only mountain I’ve climbed, and that’s the trail up in the image. It’s my Mount Marathon, but that’s now how it started. What’s it really like?
DO YOU KNOW BETTER? PROBABLY NOT AND YOU’RE NOT ALONE
August 22, 2021 by
What age marks the moment when you ‘ought to know better?’ How many times do we get fooled before we say we won’t get fooled again? The first time you got fooled: That was unexpected. The second time you got fooled: Didn’t we take care of that last time? The third time you got fooled: […]
CARE ENOUGH TO NOT TURN YOUR BACK ON OTHERS
July 31, 2021 by
When I had to care enough to do things caregivers do, I used to joke, “It’s easier if you don’t care.” It was funny back then because I did things caregivers didn’t do and it earned me the title of ‘Heroic Caregiver.’ That was a name given with certain trepidations because heroic caregivers are one […]
GREEN WINDOWS IN EVERY WALL TO BREATH EASY
June 5, 2021 by
Green windows, or greenery out every window, means one thing: You’re in Oregon. Maybe you’ve heard of Oregon from someone who visited the state in the summer and raved about how green it was. Or you live here and understand what all the green is about. What’s it about? Since trees leak oxygen, it’s about […]
TEETH MATTER MORE TO BOOMERS. HERE’S WHY
February 26, 2021 by
Teeth matter because oral health is so important. Google ‘oral health heart risk’ if you want more proof than some blogger spewing online. Better yet, and what sets me apart from your average dipstick, I’ll do it for you. Here to help:
BETTER LIVING: WHAT TO ADD, WHAT TO SUBTRACT
February 21, 2021 by
Better living asks one question: Better than what? Answer that and you’ll feel better immediately, if not sooner. Too often the answer is, “Better than the people I don’t like.” But, that’s the wrong answer. So is, “I want to live better than the people who don’t like me.” In both answers, the numbers are […]
