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Continental Divide: A Place Not An Attitude

August 9, 2018 by

  Since I was in the neighborhood I kept a look out for this sign: Continental Divide.   It goes one way or the other. Water follows the path of least resistance? That’s the story.   One side drains to the east, the other to the west. That’s lots of drainage and it starts with […]

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ROSE PARADE PORTLAND OREGON, c. 2018

June 10, 2018 by

    If no one wanted to go with me, I was still going. It’s a tradition since 1981. Back then I lived in Northwest Portland. The Rose Parade ended a mile away.   I’d start a run at Lincoln high school and take the parade route all the way back toward the start. Once […]

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WOMEN STEER LOVE BOAT, THE REST OF US JUST SHOVEL COAL

June 4, 2018 by

    An unmarried man can have a great idea, work through problems, and it will either fail of succeed in some measure. Work hard enough and things get changed.   A married man knows this will never happen.   Instead of a great idea to dive into to, the idea becomes a conversation. If […]

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COMMUNICATION BLIND SPOT IN THE EAR

April 27, 2018 by

    Long married couples carry a blind spot in their ear on certain topics; they’ve talked about things, or only one thing, so often the momentum of communication is too great to stop.   Try and reset the bar of understanding on those things in the blind spot. It might be the best gift […]

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AFFLECK UPDATE: A MAN FOR ALL AGES, OR ALL DONE

April 13, 2018 by

  Get to a certain age and the realization, if it hadn’t hit yet, of a finite time to make a difference sets in. This Affleck Update serves as a reminder of who to make a difference to.   In the confusion that is Hollywood it’s not enough to win the favor of the crowd […]

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DIVORCE NEW NORMAL: “WAS IT ANOTHER GUY?”

March 15, 2018 by

    Older people, a goal baby boomers are moving toward at hyper speed, have heard more joy and heartache than anyone else. We’ve got at least ten thousand hours in each encompassing most every possible outcome.   At recent bar stop I learned a whole new take on divorce for modern times. It came […]

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THE LONG MARRIED SECRET? WORDS

February 18, 2018 by

    Too often we take wedding anniversaries for granted? Who does that? Not those married to a skunk who buys extravagant gifts to cover their stink. That’s the yearly bonus they give for looking the other way.   Just make sure your present is better than the one they bought the other one. That’s […]

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FAMILY SHAME HELPS A GROWN MAN SCHEDULE CHECK UP

February 4, 2018 by

  In a traditional wedding picture there’s a couple staring at the camera with faces radiating the joy of the day.   It’s a look of happiness as they look forward to the rest of their lives together.   Getting married is more than a date, it’s a roll of the dice on the long […]

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Man Married At Age Thirty One Sees Image Thirty One Years Later

November 6, 2017 by

    The saying ‘Like a deer in the headlights’ must have been coined at a wedding. My wedding.   Things changed that day.   We’re going through a phase, call it the non-hoarding phase, and this came up in an album.

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Men’s Poll Question: Your Wife’s Old ‘Friend’ Calls To Catch Up?

October 30, 2017 by

What’s the best approach is the question of the boomerpdx Men’s Poll Question?   When one of your wife’s college day boyfriends calls to catch up after a couple of decades, and she tells you about it, then what?   MAN #1   I wouldn’t think the question would ever come up since my wife […]

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