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EFFICIENT DEXTERITY FOR DIFFICULT TIMES

November 16, 2023 by

Efficient dexterity means different things to different people? Like everything you try for the first time, or the millionth time, always remember one thing: Everyone is different and what matters to you and I doesn’t matter for everyone else. If you’re reading this I’m bunching you with my other readers. “BUNCH.” Now we’re all gathered […]

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AUTHORITY BLOGGER? COME ON, MAN

November 7, 2023 by

Am I an authority blogger because I say so? An Alpha Male on my own recognizance? In ordinary online discourse, yes. So why don’t I make my claim? I mean, shouldn’t I? I’ve got a few thoughts.

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BAY BOY: FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO COOS BAY WATER

November 5, 2023 by

One or my favorite writers traveled across the country from California to New York. He called the Hudson “the river of his birth” which got me going. You can tell if you have a favorite author if they ‘get you going.’ I thought of the river of my birth, except it wasn’t a river. It […]

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OREGON HISTORICAL BUSINESS

November 3, 2023 by

The Oregon Historical Society holds a special place in my heart. I took a temporary job there as a museum guard, a six month assignment to watch over an exhibit called Soft Gold. Six months turned into twenty-odd years before I signed off. It was a dream job from guard, to exhibit worker, to curatorial […]

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HUSBAND GOALS, FATHER GOALS 2023

November 2, 2023 by

Husband goals? First, get married. Father goals? Then have kids. But what’s next? Let’s start with husband goals.

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DAME TIME DONE IN PORTLAND

September 28, 2023 by

Dame time ran on a fast clock in Portland. This was a player the Trail Blazers couldn’t figure out. Even when he got paid, they couldn’t figure out what to do with the team. They had a leader who did what leaders do. Now what? Find a way to honor Dame Time.

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JUPITER HOTEL ON PORTLAND’S EAST SIDE: THE NEXT LEVEL

September 17, 2023 by

The Jupiter Hotel on Saturday felt like travel. A time before the meth epidemic, the opioid epidemic, the covid epidemic, the homeless epidemic, and every other epidemic. Why? Because of the fun sense of humor. “Make mine a fir burger?” I’m still laughing.

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BUS DRUGS IN PORTLAND OREGON ‘DRUG DOME?’

September 9, 2023 by

Bus drugs, train drugs, and airplane drugs are a voluntary thing. Traditionally. Score a bag, hide it away in the last place any normal person would ever look, and be on your way. But not in Portland? Because Portland is soooo different?

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WEST COAST WIPEOUT FOR PAC-12?

September 3, 2023 by

The west coast finally achieved what the smart sports guys from the eastern time zone have said for years: The Pac-12 is a minor league athletic conference. They always blamed the three hour time difference for media neglect. Was it ever all about the clock? Now time has run out. What happened? No respect, that’s […]

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CITY LIVING REALLY GOT YOU DOWN

August 24, 2023 by

City living gets everyone down eventually. Then we get back up and keep going. And it doesn’t have to be a big city. Someone from Coquille might call someone from North Bend a ‘city boy’, which is probably better than pretty boy. And it rolls on from there.

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