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TAKING TIME: EXPLAIN OREGON HISTORY TO YOUTHS

August 6, 2022 by

Taking time to explain history to younger people is a gift that keeps on giving. What if it’s someone from another country asking about a place like Oregon? Oregon? Who cares about Oregon? I know a young man from another country who cares.

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ASSISTED CONFRONTATION FOR CAR CRASH VICTIM

July 31, 2022 by

Who needs assisted confrontation? The nice guy who finishes last, that’s who. Besides, when you assist, and it goes wrong, you’re just trying to help, not hinder. I knew a nice guy once.

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MANLY MEN WHO FORGET TO BE MEN FIRST

July 28, 2022 by

The manly men where I grew up were loggers and truckers and fishermen. They were hard men doing hard jobs. One of them liked to visit with my dad and tease my older brother. There may have been tears. But it’s different now. What changed?

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NO REGRET LIFE FOR LIVING WITH REGRETS

July 18, 2022 by

Life with no regret, not one, is a life worth living. If you hear someone say they have no regrets about anything, it’s not your job to find something for them to regret. But it is your job to know how words work, beginning with definitions. Your understanding of regret might need an update:

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ALASKA AIRLINES PROMISE COMES THROUGH

July 17, 2022 by

An Alaska Airlines promise is different than Hawaiian Airlines. How different? Alaska sent a refund check this week, a refund Hawaiian couldn’t find a way to make. What’s the big difference? First with Alaska:

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LOYAL MEN FROM OREGON COAST TO MOUNTAINS

July 10, 2022 by

Loyal men used to do one thing: pledge and hold their allegiance to family and nation. It used to be a point of pride, like being a Dallas Cowboys fan. America’s Team, or just another outfit that can’t get out of its own way? How can we stay out of our own way?

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AMERICAN LIFE PLAN FOR LIVING UNGUARDED

July 5, 2022 by

An American life, yours and mine, is based on a certain freedom. Those freedoms are listed here in the National Archives Museum. If that’s not enough freedom, you might ask ‘what is enough?’

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SPENDING TIME LIKE YOU’LL NEVER GET OLD?

June 27, 2022 by

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 […]

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TIME TRAVEL WITH BULLIES BEING BULLIES

June 25, 2022 by

Time travel with me back fifty years. Here’s why: Fifty years ago I was a seventeen year old student following the stream from Miss Spooner’s kindergarten classes at Roosevelt to graduating on the football field where my sports heroes played. It was a good run.

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TEN HAMMERS? THINGS IN THE HOUSE WHEN ONE IS ENOUGH

June 23, 2022 by

Ten hammers ought to be enough? Who has ten hammers? Me. And they’re all looking for a nail.

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