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KA-BAR TO THE RESCUE AGAINST BEARS AND OTHERS

February 7, 2018 by

  One of the benefits of being an Armed Forces veteran from the mid-70’s is the ability to relate to other veterans, to show respect for their service today.   History is full of great moments of grace and dignity, pomp and circumstance, but veteran to veteran isn’t about a parade, or acknowledgement.   Getting […]

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TRUST THE PROCESS FROM THE START

January 29, 2018 by

    Starting a project, a diet, a savings plan? Trust the process.   The first day is all magical. One screenwriter said a days work at the beginning of a new script means putting a title on a piece of paper and putting it in a drawer for tomorrow.   Cutting carrots follows a […]

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A TIME LONG AGO AT A HIGH SCHOOL FAR FAR AWAY

January 27, 2018 by

North Bend Oregon High School, class of 1973. What’s so special?   Like later generations staking their claims to, ‘the first digital generation’ or ‘the first paperless generation’ or ‘the first generation raised on video games,’ the generational niche of 1973 is ‘the first modern generation.’   Born of the roaring ’50’s with TV dinners […]

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RUSTIC FRUIT RECIPE ON THE WESTERN CHEF TABLE

January 22, 2018 by

  A recipe is nothing more than food history, and nothing says history better than ‘rustic.’   Like the discovery of fire, the first food recipe had to be pretty rustic.   The top cave chef probably didn’t have as much to work with.   No one appreciates recipes more than a history major with […]

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FAKE PRESIDENT DONALD STERLING HELPS PRESIDENT TRUMP SHINE

January 8, 2018 by

    Donald Sterling isn’t President of the United States, but he is a west coast version of the east coast Donald, President Donald J. Trump.   What if the west coast Donald wanted it bad enough?   As a billionaire real estate man, fake President Donald Sterling would have introduced his own incredible cast […]

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SPORT TALK RADIO ADS ON PORTLAND’S 620, 750, 1080

December 7, 2017 by

  Look at the face of sport talk reason. This man isn’t on sport talk radio because of his face. This face is on sport talk radio because of the audience. They want him.   They need him.   It doesn’t happen often, but if the airwaves line up in the right order while I […]

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Travel Bans From History, Who Should Be Banned

November 2, 2017 by

    Travel bans tend to be specific in terms of where to go and where not to go.   Travel bans say one thing: Don’t go there, girlfriend. Stay away, pal.   Like a dress code in the NY disco dancing prime time of the late ’70’s, while punk rock was getting ready to […]

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Smart Boston Loves Boomerpdx Portland But It’s Not Enough

October 7, 2017 by

    Smart Boston got it’s name by being smart. No news there, not when the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education list of top colleges came out Wednesday, September 27th, 2017.   Do we all agree that the WSJ/THE poll helps smart Boston? With two of the top three colleges in town, there’s […]

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PROFESSOR JIM JEFFERIES EXAMINES SOUTHERN HERITAGE WITH OLD MEN WHO WRITE BOOKS AND ONE WHO GIVES THEM CONTEXT

August 23, 2017 by

  If it takes an outsider like Jim Jefferies to explain things in America, the story doesn’t change, just the angle of interest. Jefferies reminds me of history professors from a few small discussion classes seniors took to graduate, symposiums. They’d show up slightly tanked, looking like they woke up in the same clothes they […]

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FAILING MEMORIES, ENHANCED THOUGHT, BOOMER BRAIN

August 9, 2017 by

Failing memories include a list of golden moments that show up online more often than it should. They’re supposed to invoke a better time, but for the wrong reasons. Someone needs to set it straight, but who? Could be you if you saw the television shows first hand, been alive for events, and remember. The […]

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