Fooled once happens to the best of us, and everyone else. Then you get fooled again and it’s different, but not for you because you might be blinded by love, money, power, then more love, more money, more power. If that’s your excuse, it’s not everyone’s. Love and power are nice, but the driver is, […]
TRANSIT TIME: FOUR EXAMPLES
Transit time for container ships? If you order from Amazon and expect next day, or same day delivery, it’s not fast enough. The containers carry the world in them, from factory to you. Unless they get stuck in the Suez Canal, Panama Canal, or Chesapeake Bay. Expect delays.
DREAMS DIE? NO, THEY GET CROWDED OUT BY NEW DREAMS
Dreams die, or seem to die, because that’s what dreams do. Does anyone remember the dream they had last night better than the dreams they had as kids? When a dream is memorable as an adult, which way do they go: nightmare, or comfort? I lean toward the anxious side.
HOPE IN ONE HAND, AND IT’S ENOUGH
Art is defined by hope. As in, “I hope people like my work.” Turns out people like Grant Wood’s American Gothic just fine.
HISTORY HERO IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR
As I reflect on a history and pick one history hero, it starts with the yard sign I had posted and now keep in the garage. Obama and Biden weren’t the perfect match, didn’t get everything right. What they did was put a best foot forward. They proceeded as if they knew […]
BOOMERPDX WORLD IN WRITER TIGARD
Like Mr. Trump, I own property. Unlike Mr. Trump, I don’t license property. Would I like to license property? Sure, who wouldn’t like the passive income of licensed property, until things go off the tracks. Is boomerpdx a licensed property? Yes. Licensed to me, based on the internet rules of the game. […]
APPLIED GUN VIOLENCE EXPLAINED
Baby boomers have a unique perspective when it comes to gun violence. Our fathers participated in the most extreme gun violence in world history. The books call it WWII and Korea; the dads went with bad intentions. Their applied gun violence saved the world from a Nazi future. Along with the horrific acts […]
OBAMA FAREWELL SPEECH, OR CITIZENSHIP CLASS
President Obama farewell speech a study in civics. At the crossroads of history, President Obama gave his last big goodbye. The heart of his farewell? The Constitution. You’d expect different from a Constitution scholar with twelve years in the classroom? Like a great politician, a showman for the ages, he did it in Chicago […]
PROFESSOR PUTIN WARMS UP FOR NEW PUPIL
Check your class schedule for Professor Putin in the PE Department. If you’ve ever met Russians, and I have, then you know they are not all fans of Professor Putin. Like Americans, Russians live within the laws and customs of their land, and their leader. They live with their history, we live with ours. […]