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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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DANGEROUS PLACES #1: MATERNITY WARD

August 18, 2023 by

Dangerous places are pretty obvious. Who doesn’t have a list of them. Here in Oregon, land of the great outdoors, we have plenty of danger. But, instead of a list picturing the grandeur and beauty of this great state, then spoiling if by saying climate change makes it all dangerous, let’s work a little harder.

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PHILADELPHIA TIME STANDING STILL

August 15, 2023 by

Philadelphia time passed by these stadiums and arenas in South Philly. It’s a shot from the Seventies with Veteran’s Stadium, JFK Stadium, with The Spectrum in between. The Phillies and Eagles played in The Vet, The 76ers in The Spectrum, with the annual Army v Navy game at JFK. Not. Any. More.

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BOOMERPDX SOCIAL TIPS

July 29, 2023 by

Boomerpdx social works to help the other guy, or gal. Whether they need help or not. Do they? Check the Portland boomer landscape by googling Portland Oregon Baby Boomers. Page one shows Baby Boomers Social Club in four of the top five slots.

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STARTING OUT vs FINISHING THE SHOW

July 28, 2023 by

Starting out is so slow, so hard, that sometimes the only thing you feel like doing is quitting. Whether it’s work, family, or friends, we get tired. Sooo tired. But it wasn’t always like that. Was it?

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