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RISK AVOIDANCE FOR WASHINGTON POST IN BEZOS’ WORLD? WRITER PLEASE

February 8, 2026 by David Gillaspie

The only risk avoidance for the Washington Post firings, layoffs, retirements? Avoid holding their place at the top of the print media pyramid. No matter the metric, The Washington Post was among the top five, if not top three with The NY Times and Wall Street Journal. Maybe it will stay up there, but not […]

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OREGON COVER-UP REVEALED IN GEORGE ROGERS PARK

October 9, 2025 by David Gillaspie

The Oregon cover-up starts with scale for the new folks in town looking to show how backward we are, and how desperately we need help. Leader: We have our marching orders and we are assembled here to learn more about the problems these people get wrong. It would behoove you to pay attention. The lesson […]

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GROWING UP AMONG TOUGH PEOPLE HELPS

August 30, 2025 by David Gillaspie

The best thing about tough people is how nice they can be. Lucky for me, I grew up near a tough town, Coos Bay. One of my North Bend classmates said he started telling people he was from Coos Bay because he got more respect. People know Coos Bay for its toughness, North Bend not […]

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ONE UP: DOES IT MAKE YOU BETTER?

May 5, 2025 by David Gillaspie

After watching the Jack Black one up skit on SNL, I’m fascinated. Why is it so funny? Is it because they take ordinary events and things and elevate them to virtue? Let’s find out.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bad habit, Charleston, Coos Bay, empire, facinated, jack black, kids, lake oswego, North Bend, one up, one upped, one upping, ordinary events, wife

PIE COOKING CLASS STARTS WITH A PRO CRUST

November 21, 2024 by David Gillaspie

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:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baker, butter, chef, cooking, domestic science, flour, home ec, lake oswego, Nicoletta's table, Old School, old school chef, pecan pie, pie, pie cooking, pie crust, pie dough, pumpkin pie, recipe, salt, sugar

DO PORTLAND CHRISTMAS LIKE A THREE YEAR OLD

December 16, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A Portland Christmas goes one of two ways: “I will never set foot in that hell-hole.” Or? Peacock Lane? Let’s go.”

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DON’T CARE, OR CARE, THERE IS NO TRY

January 28, 2023 by David Gillaspie

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?

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TUMOR REPORT: MIKE KELLY GETS THE COOKIE

May 11, 2022 by David Gillaspie

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 […]

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ADVERSITY TRAINING ONE BLOG POST AFTER ANOTHER

July 13, 2021 by David Gillaspie

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 […]

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TIGARD MAN: WHY MOVING OUT OF INNER CITY PORTLAND WAS A GOOD IDEA

August 20, 2020 by David Gillaspie

I’ve been a Tigard Man for thirty years, but it feels like yesterday. Memories of Portland keep reminding me why I moved. Not bad memories, but they weren’t good for others. For example:

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