journal Archives • DAVIDPDX

page contents Google

TAXES PAID, SERVICES DELIVERED, AMERICAN DREAM

March 1, 2026 by David Gillaspie

You settle back after you close the books on your taxes paid and that new life waiting just around the corner. Those taxes are the money paid to live the American Dream. Who among us thinks of taxes paid every time we get jolted driving over another gaping pothole? “Why do I bother when they […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, American Dream, art, Baby Boomer blogger, Baby Boomers, blog, blogger, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, education, family, film artist, film maker, history, journal, journalist, learning, pothole, richest man, services, services delivered, story, taxes, taxes paid, travel, wife, writer, writing

ONLINE NEWS: CITIZENS JOURNALING THEIR JOURNEY

January 8, 2025 by David Gillaspie

ONLINE NEWS

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Alex jones, attention, audience, Austin texas, broadcast news, infowars, Joe rogan experience, journal, journal writing, journaler, journaling, journalist, journey, lower standards, news anchors, nightly news, normal life, observation, online news, PBS, right wing, walter cronkite, writer, writing

THE NEW THING vs OLD THING

August 13, 2024 by David Gillaspie

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?”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: aging, beautiful reflection, blog, blogger, bloggers, boomerpdx, clicks, creative side, decrepitude, diary, familiar faces, fitness, hate bloggers, influence, International Olympic Committee, journal, middle aged, money, new thing, notoriety, olympic medal, Olympics, personal pressure, racist bloggers, reading, right place, seeker, seeking attention, story, writer