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TRAUMA TELEVISION: NFL vs SVU

December 20, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Trauma television: scenes where you look away. The NFL is a hard watch at the beginning of the season because we forget how violent it is. Then we get up to spreed. When injuries happen it’s, “Well that’s football.”

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PORTLAND PARK BLOCKS IN DECEMBER WITH DOG

December 12, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

The Portland Park Blocks, the south side, deserves a good look this time of year. Call it a learning moment, my dog did. Who’s a good girl. We started at Portland State University to see what the youths were up to.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: art, education, education vibe, educational, good girl, history, learning, learning moment, my dog, OHS, Oregon, Oregon History, PAM, park blocks, Portland, Portland Art Museum, Portland Oregon, Portland Park Blocks, Portland stater university, student union, vibe

YOUR BOOK TO WRITE, YOUR STORY TO TELL

December 9, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Your book means just that; it’s your book to write. If you have a story to tell and share, write your book. The secret to finishing a book? Start writing it. Another secret? Everyone has a book in them. At least one. A BoomerPdx reader sent this message:

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LIFE WRITING RULES

December 6, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Rules for life writing: Get a life. Pay attention. Find a favorable form. Then what?

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BOOZE HISTORY UPDATE

December 5, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Boozer history is pretty straight forward, from China, to Egypt, to now. This link comes from homewetbar.com, which sounds pro-booze. Another link showing the same history comes from drugfreeworld.com, which doesn’t sound pro-booze. We all have a history of booze and booze culture as a participant, or witness. It’s not always pretty, but there are […]

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TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS IN WASHINGTON AND OREGON

December 4, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Traditions and customs reek of history and ceremony. Just the way I like it. The more the merrier is fitting for both. But, like George Harrison said, “All things must pass.”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Bybee howell house, customs, Fort Vancouver, historical, history, learning, museum, museum crew, new, old, old and new, Oregon, Oregon History, review, traditions, traditions and customs, travel, trifle

ACCEPTING FAILURE? LESSONS FROM LeBRON

November 6, 2024 by David Gillaspie

If you’re good at accepting failure, it means one thing: You tried, given it your best, and it wasn’t enough. You’ve done it, I’ve done it. If you haven’t done it, it’s coming. Accept failure to get better, and who doesn’t want to get better?

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WEIGHT LIFTING FOR MENTAL HEALTH

October 25, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Weight lifting is for everyone, more or less, weight-wise. Lifting is something you do every day whether you log it as such, or not. I’m a fan of trying to tell the difference between lifters and non-lifters.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: candidate, democracy, fitness, fitness watching, government work, history, Hitler, incompetence, lifters, lifting, mental health, mental process, metaphor, politics, president, stalin, successful democracy, trump, weight lifting, workout, write, write about it

BETTER WORLD IN THE 90’S? BETTER THAN WHAT?

October 10, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Do you remember a better world that existed thirty years ago? Talking 1994? I’m trying without looking, but I hit the archives on history.com. Ron Rule from twitter inspired me with this:

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AMERICAN PROCESS = THE GRIND

October 9, 2024 by David Gillaspie

American process is what we’re famous for around here. The U.S. didn’t become what it is today by scrapping everything and starting over, although some argue that that’s what FDR did in the Great Depression. Not my argument. Why? Because FDR was schooled in the American process. He had been a state senator, assistant secretary […]

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