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HONOR SYSTEM? HOLD THE HONOR

May 16, 2021 by

The problem with the ‘honor system’ is the definition. From merriam-webster.com: : a system (as at a college) whereby persons are trusted to abide by the regulations (as for a code of conduct) without supervision or surveillance The idea of honor doesn’t work when people who know better decide to ditch honor for the definition spit […]

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SELF ESTEEM, THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF TRUST

January 4, 2021 by

Self esteem is more than a shot in the arm, more than getting pumped up. If you’re good and you know it, how do you show it? Is there a secret, because you know self esteem when it walks in the door. Do you really need to show you’ve ‘Got It?’

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CAREGIVING COVID IN 2021 LIKE A CAREGIVER WOULD DO

December 31, 2020 by

Caregiving covid as only a caregiver can do? Only a caregiver can figure this one out. If it takes one to know one, I’m here to serve. I got my caregiver merit badge and five stripes for consecutive years with my Parkinson’s afflicted father-in-law. I believe my caregiver tactics offer an angle into dealing with […]

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GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP, THE MISSING INGREDIENT

November 23, 2020 by

Good sportsmanship crosses all boundaries in private and public life. It’s the public part we get judged on. Are we gracious in victory. Humble, even? Can we take defeat in stride and learn from the loss? Let’s say we’re that good for the sake of argument, instead of the small, bitter, people we secretly are. […]

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MASK WEARING GIG LINE DANCE vs YOUR FREEDOM

November 19, 2020 by

First, mask wearing is not a gig line violation. What is a gig line: put your finger on your chin and drop it straight down in a line that ends at the bottom of your crotch. Go ahead, I’ll wait. Chin to crotch, a straight line from top to bottom. Got it? Good. A gig […]

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MASK REMINDER FOR THE HARD OF LEARNING

July 18, 2020 by

This mask reminder comes via a piece of wood and duck bones. The wood is Doug Fir bark, the tree that made Oregon famous, after all it’s the State Tree. Boomerpdx customers have seen this image before. It has it’s own history, like most everything else.

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MASK STIGMA, OR JUST ANOTHER THING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT

June 30, 2020 by

When I hear the words ‘mask stigma’ I wonder what other stigmas are equally troublesome. Wearing a mask is pretty simple. Loop a strap behind one ear, then the other, pinch the nose wire, and you’re good to go. Good to go, that is, until the stigma surges like a sneaker wave.

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