Weight lifting is for everyone, more or less, weight-wise. Lifting is something you do every day whether you log it as such, or not. I’m a fan of trying to tell the difference between lifters and non-lifters.
AMERICAN PROCESS = THE GRIND
October 9, 2024 by
American process is what we’re famous for around here. The U.S. didn’t become what it is today by scrapping everything and starting over, although some argue that that’s what FDR did in the Great Depression. Not my argument. Why? Because FDR was schooled in the American process. He had been a state senator, assistant secretary […]
YOUNG MEN LEARNING TO VOTE
September 22, 2024 by
Young men can do their own math on voting, but I’ll help: One man, one vote; one woman, one vote. You have one vote, bro, and it may not seem like much, but that’s what it is. One. Vote. Does it even matter enough to bother with? One vote may not seem like much, but […]
PERSONAL ATTACHMENTS KEEP GROWING
July 31, 2024 by
I’ll define ‘personal attachments’ first: it’s your leg, your arm, your head. It’s anything you’ve grown fond of. Baby boomers are officially old enough to have grown fond of most everything. And that’s a normal life.
COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN
June 29, 2024 by
If a writer isn’t complaining, what are the other options? After a quick look since I came up with nothing, it’s praise. Praising. But we’re not used to praising. That needs to change.
OREGON PRIMARY LISTENING FOR MILLENNIAL ROAR
May 16, 2022 by
Tuesday is election day for the Oregon Primary. But you already knew that. No? Now you do. Out here in the real west, not some landlocked desert version of ‘out west’ in states like Idaho, or Utah, or Arizona, we drag ourselves to the table, pick up a black or blue ink pen, open the […]
PROFESSIONAL SIGNALING AND COMMUNICATIONS LIKE SPORTS WORLD
November 5, 2021 by
Professional signaling prevents miscommunication and so much more. That’s what it’s supposed to do, more, along with ‘doing your own research.’ Besides, who really knows what research means, let alone doing it. Instead of confusing explanations of how good or bad something is, was, or might be, why not use the most effective communications known […]
INFORMATIONAL BLOG REVIEW, PANDEMIC VERSION
October 22, 2020 by
An informational blog does one thing best: it informs. But you know that. From a professional blogging point of view, the information on a blog needs to stay on topic. This blog, boomerpdx, sounds like a Baby Boomer blog, and it is. But like the now second biggest demographic in America, thanks millennials, the sky […]
CONNECTIONS: MCDONALDS HAND DRYER, WASHINGTON VOICES, FAST LAW
January 28, 2019 by
Connections? They are what you hope for when you network at a gathering; what you hope for when you plug something into the wall and turn it on. Personal connections, professional connections, electrical connections; they all ought to work if you follow the usual instructions. Share something of value, listen for help, and […]
TAKE A MERKLEY MINUTE IN BEAVERTON TOWN HALL
January 3, 2019 by
What do you get when you attend a Senator Jeff Merkley town hall meeting? I parked the car in a neighborhood near Conestoga Rec Center off 125th in Beaverton. Fifteen minutes from my driveway and I had time to attend? So I did. It took more than a Merkley minute for the hole […]
