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FIGHTING BLOGGER vs TECHNOLOGY

September 17, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The fighting blogger is more than stirring things up. It’s responding to problems, not making problems. When the problem is technology, the fight is on. What is the current technology problem? DNS propagation.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blog, blogger, blogging time, Bluehost, boomerpdx, cancer memoir, disappearing blog, DNS, DNS propagation, fighting blogger, memoir, propagation, technology, world wide web, WWW

ROCKY RELATIONSHIP WITH WRITING?

September 11, 2024 by David Gillaspie

My rocky relationship with writing took a turn yesterday. It happens, but this one was avoidable. Boomerpdx was offline for ten hours. The longest ten hours of my . . . not my life. I just did other writer things. What writer things?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomer blogger, blog, blogger, Bluehost, BOOMER, boomerpdx, broken blog, cancer, domain name, education, expository writing, fitness, Love, memoir, offline, relationship, rocky relationship, story, writer, writer things, writing

MICRO MEMOIR II: LEAVING TOWN CHRISTMAS PARTY

April 20, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Leaving town used to be easy, if I remember right. Pack a bag, get in a car, hop on bus, and leave. “I’ll be there in a few days.” Same story going out to Brooklyn as leaving:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: back talk, books, brooklyn, Christmas party, dance, eat, exotic, food, italian, leaving town, library, made men, MARRIAGE, marriage material, memoir, micro memoir, new york, New York City, office buzz, office job, Penn station, relationship, shit talk, subway, sweet talk, talk, talking, Wall Street, write, writer, writing

LEAVING TOWN IN THE 70’S, A MICRO MEMOIR

April 19, 2024 by David Gillaspie

When you say you’re leaving town for good it doesn’t start with a packed bag. You need to let the landlord know, the boss know, your friends. The best town I ever left was the Brooklyn borough of New York City. See ya, suckers.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: brooklyn, change, Coos Bay, dorm life, every day, fashion, got dumped, leaving, leaving town, memoir, micro memoir, most days, moving, new you city, normal people, philadelphia, prettiest eyes, Wall Street, wardrobe, women, work buddies

CHEMO STORY FROM THE MEMOIR WIP

February 22, 2024 by David Gillaspie

One chemo story is not much different than another: Cancer diagnosis, testing, further testing, test some more, then sign up for the juice. Not much different until it’s you, and it’s your story. So why not write it? Here’s what it looks like:

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: blog, blogger, cancer, cancer chemo, chemo, chemo infusion, chemo story, Coos Bay, fitness, health, infusion clinic, memoir, new normal, North Bend, story, strong, warm blanket, write it, writer, writers, writing, your story

LOST HIGHWAY? GET A MAP, BOOMER

September 19, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The Lost Highway by Hank Williams is every road ever traveled. Some longer, some shorter, but it’s the same road. You can say you’re not lost. Go ahead. But we’re all old enough to know better.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: BOOMER, boomers, GUITAR, Hank Williams, lost highway, memoir, music, novel, poem, ponytail, road music, screenplay, song, weed

HOT WRITER IN A HOT AIRPORT BOOKSTORE: COLLEEN HOOVER

August 5, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The hot writer is who I pay attention to. I may not read their work, but I notice their books. Colleen Hoover was hard to miss in the airport bookstore. How hard?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: best sellers, bible, blogger, book store, boomerpdx, colleen hoover, engagement, hot writer, memoir, romance, self-published, spammers, tiktok, traditional publishers, work in progress, writer, Young Adult

PEOPLE UNITED BY GIVING WRITERS

June 8, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Needy people? You see them all over the place? So do I. I’m one of them. Oh, and so are you. We need things we don’t have. Writers give some of those things, or at least the feeling of giving. So what?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: cancer, cancer memoir, English major, facebook, giving writers, life story, memoir, needy people, read, short story, top ten, twitter, united, win, winner, winning, write, writers

FAMILY HISTORY FROM BOTH SIDES

April 29, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Family history comes in two varieties: The first: We don’t talk about that side of the family. The second: We can’t say enough about that side of the family. That’s the starting place for going off the rails.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: baby boomer, blogger, BOOMER, boomerpdx, dear readers, family, Family history, father, grandma, grandpa, history, memoir, memory, mother, readers, writer, writing, writing history

FACEBOOK LIFE IN FULL BLOOM

April 19, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Facebook life comes in all facets of living, some better left off, some not enough. When it’s done right it’s a window into the wonder of living at the same time as incredible people. They do things the rest of us can only dream of, but do it in such an inclusive way we feel […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: adventurous, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, blogger, BOOMER, boomerpdx, business plan, facebook, facebook friend, facebook life, influencer marketing, life, media consultant, memoir, time managers, writer