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ELECTION GUIDE? VOTE LIKE FAMILY

Election guide 2022 sponsored by Phil Knight? Vote like Mr. Knight if you share common values. He’s a businessman, Oregon’s claim to membership in the billionaires club. And he’s competitive in how he sees money spent, so he’s working as an election guide? Unfortunately, his picks come with overweight baggage fees.

SPENDING TIME LIKE YOU’LL NEVER GET OLD?

Spending time together in the right places make the best memories. The guys in the image are two brothers I follow on twitter. One is a sports talk guy, the other is a regular guest. They go beyond sports with their life lesson takes including recipes, medical advice, and their brand of man-knowledge. The tweet […]

TAKEDOWN TACTICS LEARNED IN A WRESTLING ROOM

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.

GUN VIOLENCE PRIMER: TEAM PICTURES OF THE FUTURE

Gun violence changes the future of team pictures and school pictures. What will they look like to survivors of school shootings when they’re older? The kids in this picture are at the beginning of the their run through public school. The adults are coaches and team parents supporting their kids. What’s wrong in this picture? […]

McNAMARA’S MORONS? WE’RE ALL MORONS WITH GUN LAWS

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.

MOVING FORWARD SLOWLY, BUT MOVING

If the plan is moving forward, it’s fair to ask, “Moving forward from what?” I was in traffic and saw a 1964 Ford Galaxy. That’s it in the image. Spoiler: It was yesterday, not 1964, though I was a robust ten year old back then. By the time I was in high school the same […]

OREGON PRIMARY LISTENING FOR MILLENNIAL ROAR

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 […]

ADULT LEARNING NEVER GROWS OLD, YOU DO

Adult learning is when you say, “I was today years old when I learned _____.? For example, just last year I manned up and asked the Coach of Coaches the question that has haunted me for decades: How do referees know where to put the football after a player is tackled to the ground? Sure, […]

LIFETIME AWARDS? WHY NOT START EARLY

When do lifetime awards start pouring in? Angry Boomers say Millennials got too many awards already, trophy after trophy for signing up on soccer, indoor soccer, basketball, baseball, and football teams. And they are right. So what? Who has a problem with a kid trophy? It might be the only one they’ll get if they […]

ELECTION GUIDE? VOTE LIKE FAMILY

VOTE BLUE FOR A BETTER YOU, MILLENNIALS

SPENDING TIME LIKE YOU’LL NEVER GET OLD?

TAKEDOWN TACTICS LEARNED IN A WRESTLING ROOM

GUN VIOLENCE PRIMER: TEAM PICTURES OF THE FUTURE

McNAMARA’S MORONS? WE’RE ALL MORONS WITH GUN LAWS

MOVING FORWARD SLOWLY, BUT MOVING

OREGON PRIMARY LISTENING FOR MILLENNIAL ROAR

ADULT LEARNING NEVER GROWS OLD, YOU DO

LIFETIME AWARDS? WHY NOT START EARLY

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