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BIRTHDAY WEEK WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE

June 25, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Birthday Week is not a request, you just take it: You: This is my birthday week. Them: Really? Your mother had that long of labor? You: More or less. Them: If that’s the case I’d have a birthday hour.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, birthday, birthday evening, birthday week, birthday year, BOOMER, china, common bonds, married, Michelin star, northwest, parents, planned cities, Portland, potlatch, reserves, Shanghai, smart cities, urbanization, world travel, young parents

THE RIGHT SHIRT PULLS EVERYTHING TOGETHER

June 15, 2025 by David Gillaspie

What is the right shirt for the occasion? As all fashionistas know, it depends on the occasion. You don’t want to go too over the top as much as you don’t want to look like you could care less. Try not to channel your inner-Lady Gaga. This was the right shirt for the No Kings […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: army birthday, beer, dropout, education, enthusiasm, family, father's day, fathers day, GPA, history, joy, Love, low GPA, married, Michael Jordan, millennials, no kings, Oregon History, pater familias, philadelphia, public service, real world, retired teachers, right shirt, seventies guy, sixties guy, story, student loans, teachers, Tigard, US Army, us history, wife, young people

NO KINGS? HOW THINGS CHANGE OVER TIME

June 14, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Running at the No Kings march? No, but . . . Things change slowly that feel like warp speed looking back. One day you’re a marathoner in Seaside cruising down the road. Feeling good, looking good, before hitting the wall. Then it’s all about recovering and finishing big. On the sandy beach. Ugh.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Army, army shirt, challenges, citizen, citizenship, citizenship test, civic duty, elmer's, garden window, marcher, married, married life, men in masks, no kings, no kings march, peaceful, peaceful protest, peaceful protestors, protest, protest march, runner, suburban streets, things change, Tigard, wife

SPECIAL DAY MADE MORE SPECIAL

May 10, 2025 by David Gillaspie

What makes a special day? What makes it special for only you? Maybe it’s your birthday, or your mom’s birthday, or your dad’s. If it’s special to you, do you share it with anyone else? These are the questions, followed by the answers.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: anniversary, divorced, encouragement, enthusiasm, married, married people, more special, sharing, special, special day, wedding, wedding anniversary

BOOMMATES IS A THING?

May 1, 2025 by David Gillaspie

‘Boommates’ is a new translation for roommates, which is kind of catchy. But is it the new kind of new, or a recycle job, after all we did grow up with the Odd Couple. The movie came out in 1968.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, Baby Boomer blogger, Baby Boomers, BOOMER, boomer blogger, Boomer Roomer, boomer roomers, boomerpdx, boomers, boommates, Divorce, divorced, friendship, history, hot mommas, life, MARRIAGE, married, memories, odd couple, old boyfriend, old girlfriend, online search, parents, story, wedding anniversary, wife, writer, writing

WARNING SIGNS TO WOMEN LOOKING FOR RED FLAGS

April 24, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Warning signs for women come in all shapes and sizes from stop signs to rip tide signs to the groovy ‘What’s your sign’ guy. Some of the signs are lifestyle related, like the above picture. Would you guess this is how women interpret how guys would live without them, or some guy’s dream house. Either […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: apartment, collections, family, fitness, GUITAR, guitar guy, history, kids, lifestyle, Love, low pay, low rent, MARRIAGE, married, millennials, music, music guy, Oregon, Portland, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, record guy, red flags, warning signs, wife

AMERICAN WAY, MY VERSION

March 26, 2025 by David Gillaspie

The American way of my Dad was different than mine. For him it was finish high school, wait a year for his brother, then go to junior college to play baseball together. Instead of waiting it out, he got with his buddies and they all joined the Marine Corps. Everyone went in, except one, and […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: American, american way, blame, business, cash flow, civilization, concerned, concerned wife, drinking, fuck up, gambling, gravy train, junior college, Marine Corps, Marines, married, money, problems, society, solutions, wife, women, work

SPONSORSHIP BADGE, AND HOW TO WEAR IT

March 16, 2025 by David Gillaspie

A sponsorship badge is a symbol, not an endorsement of everything the sponsor has done, is doing, or will do. Someone wants to give someone else money to wear a t-shirt showing their name, their product, their service? Sign me up. Just don’t expect a 24/7 effort. As a married writer, that time slot is […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: armed forces, badge, be friendly, creative writing, family, friend, friends, husband, married, married writer, sponsor, sponsorship, sponsorship badge, symbol, wife, writer

HOMESICK FEELING FOR LIFE, A GOOD THING

February 20, 2025 by David Gillaspie

If you’ve never had that homesick feeling, it doesn’t mean you hate your home. I think of it as more of a time than a location. Not that we grow out those feelings, we just remember them differently the further we roam. Do you remember that time?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: be kind, blessing, blessing of hope, cousin, family, feeling, homesick, homesick feeling, hope, kids, kind, kindness, MARRIAGE, married, multiple marriages, North Bend, play, play ground, someone special, stay together

MARRIAGE PROMISES: WHAT THEY MEAN IN REAL TIME

January 27, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Marriage promises are different than marriage vows? If you don’t know the answer right away, this is the blog post for you. See, everybody takes wedding vows, makes wedding vows, shares a kiss, and calls it good. That’s when the promising starts, if it hasn’t been going on up until then.

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