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THE NEW THING vs OLD THING

August 13, 2024 by

My new thing is blogging like I’ve never blogged before and calling myself a writer. “So what do you do?” “I’m a blogger.” “No, I mean what do you really do?”

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ABANDONED PLACES WHERE COMMON SENSE USED TO BE

September 27, 2021 by

Abandoned places can be literal or figurative. The first is an old log cabin in the woods rotting into the ground; the other is the hollow spot in your chest where a heart use to be. Why a heart? Because I’ve had recent experience with that hollow spot. With regard to emotions, ignore them long […]

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INFLUENCER BLOGGING: BOOMERPDX IN A VACUUM

September 5, 2021 by

Influencer blogging is determined by the ‘most read’ posts on any particular blog. Take BoomerPdx for example. The influence this blog carries includes naked men in a gym locker room. If this was a marketing influencer blog, I’d market this idea for gyms: shower up, get dressed, and leave. Stopping hanging around, showboat. Speaking of […]

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INFLUENCE YOURSELF FOR LASTING RESULTS

July 26, 2021 by

How can you influence yourself without thinking the influencer is clueless? I don’t like being told what to do, but that’s where we all start. “Put your things away. Clean up after yourself. Show some respect.” Who hasn’t heard that as a child? Who hasn’t said it to a child? From appearances, not everyone was […]

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GOOD JUDGEMENT IN CONSEQUENTIAL TIMES

July 18, 2021 by

Let’s be frank about the notion of good judgement: if you never do anything of consequence, any sort of awareness is fine. Why? Because it doesn’t really matter. The problem is influence. Too many punks have found their ‘voice’ in social media. Instead of yelling at people to stay off their yard, they’ve done some […]

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