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INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN BOOMER

April 18, 2016 by

I hear you asking, “What’s a ‘proven’ boomer?” You know what a ‘made man’ is in the Mafia? They’ve taken an assignment from the boss and done good with it. Usually the assignment that makes you a Made Man also makes you a Button Man. You push the button, pull the trigger, you’re a made […]

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OSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: TWO DOG DAYS AWAY

March 29, 2016 by

BoomerPDX Poll: What will be the legacy of OSU Women’s Basketball after their first Final Four? If everything works out right the Beavers leave two dogs in the yard and bring the national championship to Corvallis. Only teams of Huskies from Washington and Connecticut stand in their way. Will a national title for OSU Women’s […]

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MIDDLE EASTERN EASTER MOMENTS IN OREGON

March 28, 2016 by

How you see your middle eastern Easter moments reveal your true self. Do you like it? If you’ve been to a big box store, you know the drill. Get a huge cart, fill it up, pack it into your car and go home. This was one of those trips to Costco. Nothing unusual. At first. […]

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PORTLAND BORN, PORTLAND WED, PORTLAND WORLD pt 2

March 22, 2016 by

Every marriage has a beginning. This is one of them. Portland Born, Portland Wed. I met my wife in early 80’s NW Portland. She was a new professional starting her first practice next to my apartment building. I should say my studio apartment, a sort of mini-pad that’s all the rage with the kids these […]

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BABY BOOMER WEDDING HISTORY

March 19, 2016 by

Like most history, baby boomer wedding history has at least two sides. Just the words baby boomer wedding history pops up the 1960’s classic image of the Woodstock couple standing in the mud. Or the times I best manned my brothers’ weddings in the 70’s and they co-best manned mine in the 80’s. Three decades […]

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CDC SAYS OPIOIDS SHOULDN’T BE FIRST CHOICE? THAT HURTS.

March 16, 2016 by

Pain relief moves from legal heroin to physical therapy, exercise, and over the counter pills? Who knew? I wrote a post about an author’s reading called BLACK TAR HEROIN, SAM QUINONES, AND DREAMLAND. Sam Quinones showed up in Powell’s City of Books and talked about pill mills supplying zombie customers with their opioid prescriptions; about […]

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MUSEUM ARTIFACTS DON’T BELONG IN TOILETS

February 22, 2016 by

If you have something worthy of a museum artifacts collection, keep it safe. A museum joke that bears repeating: This is George Washington’s hatchet he used to chop down the cherry tree. The handle’s been replaced six time, the head four, but it represents the same space. Funny stuff. I think it came from Saturday […]

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PORTLAND SUPER BOWL PRIMER WITH CHINESE NEW YEAR

February 8, 2016 by

Oregon Historical Society celebrates Chinese New Year before Portland Super Bowl. The Super Bowl date has been set for years. The only mystery is who will play the game. Unless you live in Portland, Oregon. Then you have more to do besides grill some cow and chug beers. In Portland you need something special before […]

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STREET FIGHTING MAN, OR PUSH OVER

February 6, 2016 by

Breaking up a street fight doesn’t take a street fighting man. My reward for breaking up a street fight was a punch in the face. Street fighting is a personal thing, apparently one you shouldn’t interfere with. Except when it’s in your neighborhood. And it’s a man beating a woman. Then it gets personal. City […]

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MALHEUR BLUES

January 30, 2016 by

Malheur Blues (inspired by Bad Moon Rising)   Out on the Malheur Reservation Some men are getting set to die Surrounded by national attention Who now are asking questions why   Don’t drive after dark Leave your truck in park Don’t make yourself an easy mark   Pull out your pocket Constitution Demand that you […]

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