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HEMP HYPE FROM A GANJA GANGSTER

February 27, 2015 by

What Is Hemp Hype? The Oregonian showed up with a front page above the fold image of someone about to roll a pile of weed into a single zigzag sheet. It’s an inflammatory image geared to race the hearts of the anti-hemp crowd. Baby boomers know this scene. They’ve either lived it or left the […]

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OREGON’S WRESTLING WEEKEND

February 26, 2015 by

Putting Pride On The Line. The sound you hear in Oregon, all up and down the west coast, comes from wrestling families. It’s championship weekend. Oregon high school wrestlers meet on the mats inside Memorial Coliseum starting Friday. By Saturday night every place on the podium will be filled, all medals hung. Sunday the big […]

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BOOMERPDX ARCHIVE, c. 1983

February 22, 2015 by

1-10-83 (Monday) A former Oregon governor died last Saturday. Tom McCall breathed his last in the hospital up the street. Good Samaritan. A student nurse in my building cared for him at the end. She said he’s a great guy. Everyone says it. He seems like someone you’d like to know. Oregon history’s Tom Vaughan […]

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THE MERCY RULE: JEROME KERSEY

February 20, 2015 by

1. On the court, show no mercy. 2. Off the court, show kindness. Portland Got Him; He Got Portland. Jerome Kersey, Baby Boomer. Somehow that doesn’t sound right, does it? He’s not old enough. Besides, baby boomers have a different image associated with them. Maybe that will change once we see the scope of the […]

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THE BLAZERS: 5 BOOMER THUMBS UP, 5 THUMBS DOWN

February 19, 2015 by

Also Appearing On Oregon Sports News. THUMBS UP 1. Paul Allen. We’ve seen how other computer billionaires handle their teams. Mr. Allen is no Steve Ballmer? That’s good because Ballmer’s more than one of a kind. He’s one of a different kind. If computer guys didn’t like the nerd label, or didn’t before they got […]

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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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PROTECTING THE OREGON BRAND

February 16, 2015 by

More Than A Birthday. Oregon Governor in waiting Kate Brown spoke at the Oregon Historical Society. She could have dodged the event, which was Oregon’s birthday party. But she didn’t. Instead she gave history a nod. At the same time she signaled what to expect under her leadership. She gets history. Do you?

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OREGON GOVERNMENT LIKE A COLONOSCOPY

February 13, 2015 by

Starting with “You won’t feel a thing.” 1. The View. Whether combing over smaller evidence with a microscope of going for a bigger picture like the Hubble Space Telescope, you want to see it all. You’d rather use one of those than invite a judge and jury to examine evidence from the inside. 2. The […]

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CYLVIA HAYES MOTHER SAYS…?

February 7, 2015 by

From Dr. Hook To Dr. K. Cylvia Hayes Sings The Song. Like any responsible blogger I read the news. Online, cable, paper delivery. That’s being responsible. Call it part of a dying baby boomer culture but a newspaper makes real things more real. It can’t get more real than the front page of the Oregonian’s […]

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END OF THE CHEESE STEAK TRAIL IN OREGON

January 30, 2015 by

NW 23rd and Northrup. A food obsession isn’t a pretty thing. It makes you do things you’d rather not do, go places you shouldn’t. The best example in Portland, Oregon is the famous Poc Poc in SE. Where do you go after Poc Poc? Thailand, of course, and take Anthony Bourdain with you to get […]

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