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PARADE MAGAZINE: MILLENNIALS VS BOOMERS

August 27, 2015 by

You Know It’s Over When Parade Magazine Chimes In. Who reads Parade Magazine today? It comes in the Sunday paper so it’s not hard to find. Call it the Saturday Evening Post of the newsroom, except it’s not in the print death throes you hear so much about. Tackling a subject like Millennials vs Boomers […]

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BOOMER BAD HABITS

August 26, 2015 by

Will Millennials Learn From Boomer Bad Habits? Inc.com ran a story about sniveling losers who all do the same things over and over. They might be aimed for younger people, i.e. millennials, but it rings true for all. Instead of the blogger habit of stealing content, I’m going to use the big points and add […]

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BOOMER CAREER PATHS LEAD MILLENNIALS

August 25, 2015 by

The Difference Between The Corporate Ladder And Building Your Own Boomer Career Paths? You’ve met people, chances are you’ve been one of them, who moved every five years. The company you started with out of college has been good to you, paying for your MBA good. The office joined in when you got married and […]

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MILLENNIALS CARRY BIG CHIP?

August 24, 2015 by

As They Age, Do Millennials Get More Bitter About Their World? Today’s news offers up an expert opinion on the Baby Boomer vs Millennial battle. How expert? Authored by the founders of a local public affairs company with ties to Republican politics, they are expert enough to explain how negligent baby boomers have swept the […]

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PORTLAND HOUSING = BOOMER FUTURE

June 20, 2015 by

Baby Boomers And Millennials Meet In Portland Housing Future. If you graph the timeline of young to old, small living spaces appear in the beginning and end. A young single person needs a small place to crash on their down time. From work to friends to dates, ‘Youthies’ need to pack as much experience into […]

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PICKING UP CO-EDS 70’S STYLE

May 22, 2015 by

Which One Was You? Before social media, meeting co-eds at college meant leaving the basement. Starbucks moved into the space on the opposite end of the block from the U of O bookstore. It the seventies it was a college bar, the best place on the street for 21 and over students. And everyone else. […]

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WHO ARE BOOMERS?

March 20, 2015 by

Who-Who? Who-Who? Who Are Boomers? For starters, the world’s richest man, Bill Gates, is a boomer. It’s nice being in the same group with the big dogs. The inventor of the richest company in the world? Steve Jobs, boomer. Glad to have him on board. With the numbers out of the way, and bottom line […]

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OREGON SHARING: WHEN IS IT ENOUGH?

February 17, 2015 by

The Sharing Economy, Or Just An Excuse To Complain. For all good reasons to share, because it’s the right thing to do, because you can make money doing nothing, because it’s so easy, there’s as many reasons not to share. That’s the sharing economy. Use my stuff for a price. A lower price than buying […]

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THE OREGON SECRET, part 1

December 22, 2014 by

Finally Exposed: Portland Street Car Suspicions… Read the transportation editorial on the Oregonian’s Opinion front page, the sort of benchmark work a newspaper of record addresses online and hard copy. In other words, try and stay awake. No thwarted world terror plans to reflect on. No national shootings of note. Just an honest request to […]

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BIG FROG MILLENNIALS FOR THE FUTURE

November 25, 2014 by

Special events have one thing in common: they’re special. The only problem is remembering how special. Sure you’ve got pictures to break out. Nothing refreshes memory like images. Video is even better. But what drives things deeper into meaning is talking about it. “Remember the time when…?” We’ve all heard stories that began that way. […]

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