Pie cooking is easy. Preheat the oven, open the pie package, and put it in. But what if you start from scratch and do everything by hand? What’s that like? Let’s go:
DO PORTLAND CHRISTMAS LIKE A THREE YEAR OLD
A Portland Christmas goes one of two ways: “I will never set foot in that hell-hole.” Or? Peacock Lane? Let’s go.”
DON’T CARE, OR CARE, THERE IS NO TRY
If you don’t care about something, stay off the soapbox. Save your big talk for something you care about, we’ll figure out the rest. Once you’ve been around the block a few times it gets easier to care than not care. Why, you ask?
TUMOR REPORT: MIKE KELLY GETS THE COOKIE
A tumor report is what you get if you find a tumor. Mike Kelly found one the hard way: I was having trouble finding words, getting them out of my mouth and, to top it all off, I had an episode Sunday night — while we were watching “Call the Midwife” — where I could […]
ADVERSITY TRAINING ONE BLOG POST AFTER ANOTHER
Adversity training comes from two sources: Those who have faced adversity, and those who will face adversity. Pro Tip: We all face adversity. How we deal with it tells others who we are. While I’m not an adversity trainer, or in adversity training, I am a man and therefore qualified to add senseless context to […]
TIGARD HOUSE HUNTER REVIEW
Before Tigard house hunting began, one big question came up too often. Why Tigard? The view I had from downtown Portland included every direction out of the city.
Run Away From Home, Family, Life. But To Where?
If you were lucky growing up you couldn’t run away. Well you could, but would you end up someplace better? My hometown is North Bend, Oregon. I attended the same grade school, junior high, and high school all in the same school district. So did most of my graduating class. We didn’t hear […]
PORTLAND MOVE REVIEW: WHERE TO LOOK
Things look different before a Portland move. The Portland move is actually a move to Portland, not the Portland of California, the Portland of the midwest, or the Portland of the South. Call it the Portland of Portland. But where do you start with someone else in the car planning a Portland move?
A LAKE OSWEGO FOOTBALL COMMENT
Warning: Adult Language And Profanity Regarding Lake Oswego Football. Last year Lake Owego football suspended ten players for team rules violation. This year LO suspended thirty players for conduct outside the team rules agreement they signed. I see it as a type of non-disclosure statement, except it’s between the players and the team. A BoomerPDX […]