The power tooth, as defined on this blog, is more than a tooth. It is all your teeth, a lifetime of teeth. Is that powerful enough for you to keep up with them? More importantly, powerful enough for me, the tooth blogger?
USEFUL BOOMERS FOR MATERIAL CULTURE
September 16, 2023 by
Useful boomers should know things, the sort of things that show a certain level of awareness. Awareness is useful, so is cleanliness. Directing that awareness to history is even more useful. But it can’t be funky history, so let’s start with the basic question: What Happened? People need to know the right stuff.
ASPIRATIONAL LIVING STEP BY STEP
August 17, 2023 by
Aspirational living has it’s own vocabulary. “I would have done that.” “I could have done that.” “How hard can it be?” Sometimes reality sets in sooner than later, as it should.
HARDEST WORKER? MOMS FOR THE WIN
March 4, 2023 by
Who is the hardest worker you know? If it’s not your Mom, or the mother of your children, you’re wrong. I know this how? Every baby boomer knows the answer.
AGING PARENTS FROM BOTH SIDES NOW
October 23, 2022 by
Aging parents get old fast. One day they’re skiing black diamonds on Mt. Hood, wind surfing the Columbia River, or hang gliding off sand dunes in Pacific City. The next day you’re blending up a hamburger because they can’t eat solid food. Is that how it works? Not for everyone.
TAKEDOWN TACTICS LEARNED IN A WRESTLING ROOM
June 8, 2022 by
Takedown tactics in wrestling come from as many angles as there are wrestlers. Takedowns in real life are the same, except no one is keeping score. Since real life takedowns come with unforeseen consequences, be careful how you choose. The first thing to do is show up.
McNAMARA’S MORONS? WE’RE ALL MORONS WITH GUN LAWS
May 30, 2022 by
McNamara’s Morons was a government program for filling the enlisted ranks during the Vietnam War. But, that wasn’t the official name of the program. In 1967, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara lowered military recruiting standards as part of a program called Project 100,000. Doesn’t Project 100,000 sound better than McNamara’s Morons.
OREGON PRIMARY LISTENING FOR MILLENNIAL ROAR
May 16, 2022 by
Tuesday is election day for the Oregon Primary. But you already knew that. No? Now you do. Out here in the real west, not some landlocked desert version of ‘out west’ in states like Idaho, or Utah, or Arizona, we drag ourselves to the table, pick up a black or blue ink pen, open the […]
STAY CALM ENOUGH TO MAKE IT THROUGH HARD TIMES
April 3, 2022 by
Stay calm is different than being told, “CALM DOWN.” The first is what you tell yourself; the second is what you hear when it’s not working. What’s the big deal about staying calm? Is it really that important? Yes, and here’s why:
PARENTAL ADVICE FROM THE HISTORY OF ALL PARENTAL ADVICE
December 21, 2021 by
Parental advice is best served as a hand-me-down plate. That is, tell your kids what your parents told you so they’ll know what to tell their kids. Sound complicated? It’s not. Instead, it is listening, listening and understanding. It goes like this:
