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Home Town Sports Forty Years Later

High school reunions fall somewhere between a celebration and a punch in the gut. The celebration begins with joining classmates again. The punch comes from seeing the changes. In small town Oregon the punch comes from seeing the old school. In North Bend, the old school was a celebration.

How To Attend A Baby Boomer High School Reunion

Lessons From The Front Whether you’re a city boomer or country boomer, big school or small, these rules apply. If you were home schooled, tag along with friends from the local high school. If your Mom wants to go, you make that call.

The Mariota Way vs Baby Boomer

Sports talk radio won’t bring the best out in everyone. Either on the phone or in studio, the margin of error is thin. Say too much and you’re a grandstanding attention hog giving opponents material for their bulletin board. No one wants a fired up defensive tackle whispering sweet nothings in their ear at the […]

Learning To Water The Boomer Bamboo

Baby Boomers experience more enlightenment, and non-enlightenment, than any other slice of American pie. They didn’t invent religion or spiritualism. Boomers just think they improved on the one size fits all choice. The only problem was discovering one that fit them. They’ve seen more than a few. Did a friend ever show up as a Moonie in […]

All Ducks In A Line

What is the biggest lie in sports, in business? “We’re taking another direction at this time.” You hear it after failure stacked on failure grows too heavy. It usually means someone just got fired. In college football, it usually means the coach. Ohio State took a new direction. Texas will take a new direction if […]

The Baby Boomer Oregon 8

Where Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep. Walking past a local salon full of baby boomer women with a friend who said, “Looks like they’re doing good business in there.” He moved here from the Midwest and prides himself on a certain standard of beauty. “I’m not sure why so many Oregon women go to beauty salons,” I […]

How To Travel Out West

Baby boomers come west for every reason, but there’s one most important when you start. Know which way is west.  NW Boomer says, “It’s thataway.” You’ll know you’re in Oregon by the greenery. Once you drop down from the hills you’ll think you’re in England.

USA Football Month For Boomers

The time of year for football dreams. From the NFL preseason, college and high school training camps, to peewee football, all eyes focus on the grid iron. At every level players share similar dreams. Offensive linemen dream of springing a running back with a perfect block. Running backs dream of leaving a defender on the ground […]

Boomers, Choose A New Sport

If you’ve ever seen an adult league basketball game, then this is familiar territory: Older players show up at the local grade school at night with big bags. Is this for a trip to the gym or a month in Europe? They start unpacking their gear and you can’t figure out what it all is. When they […]

How To Go Home Again Boomer Style

NW Boomer, the baby boomer guide, disagrees with Thomas Wolfe. He said, “You can’t go home again,” then wrote a huge book about it. Maybe that works if you come from the east, but not in Oregon. You can’t go home if home means the same thing you left for. Dark bars and empty streets are […]