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BRANDED BLOGGER: WHO IS ON BRAND

January 28, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Every branded blogger works their site like a farmer. They prep the page, sew the seeds (words,) and irrigate. But the best branded bloggers do more than irrigate. They irritate. It goes like this:

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GET LIT, BUT NOT TOO LIT

July 23, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Get lit, getting lit, lighting the fuse? They all shift things around, sometimes more than planned. In one case you’re in for an internal reaction; in another it’s external. Both come with their own problems, and you might be one of them.

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LOVE LIFE HISTORY OF THE BABY BOOMER

January 14, 2023 by David Gillaspie

For a successful love life you need to make the decision all English majors make: Do you throw yourself into the fire, or coast along for the ride? Do the required reading? Or go to Cliff Notes? Checking in on an old Baby Boomer favorite from Facebook.

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FIXING BLOG THINGS AND COMPLAINING AT THE SAME TIME

December 24, 2022 by David Gillaspie

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 . . .

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SHARING BLAME FOR AIR QUALITY: YOU’RE NOT THE PROBLEM?

October 21, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Sharing blame requires a pointy finger to wag. Something happens, plans go sideways, and instead of fun you find disappointment. You could move on, but what about the unfinished business? First you need to assign blame. Get that finger ready.

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‘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?’

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HIPPIE HISTORY WITH FADING VISION

July 20, 2022 by David Gillaspie

There should be more hippie history posts on a blog called BoomerPdx? I’ll talk to the manager. I like hippie-era history for one reason: the shifting time frame, and what was/is a REAL hippie?

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OVER EMPATHETIC? YOU MIGHT BE A BOOMER, OR BOOMER RAISED

November 24, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Empathetic, or over empathetic? Save the whales, or save the oceans? Boomers raised their kids with more awareness than any generation before or since. At least that’s what the narcissists in the group claim. They alone have persevered through the murky swamp we all sprang from Boomers build this world by themselves? Or, boomers are […]

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COLOR TELEVISION STARTED THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA

August 24, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Color television started before hippies were tripping on recreational acid. Young Moondoggie and Star Dreamer saw the Wizard of Oz in black and white as kids. If they hadn’t seen it in a theater, color television blew their minds when Dorothy stepped out of the house after it landed. Spoiler Alert: It went from black […]

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CHECKING OUT THEN BEFORE CHECKING BACK IN NOW

July 21, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Checking out, dropping out, call it what you will, but leave the back door open. Why the back door? Because you may want to check back in and avoid the scrutiny out front. The nice picture above was not taken at an Amish farm last week, or a pioneer homestead in the 1860’s. Nope, none […]

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