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PORTLAND’S EASTSIDE ALIVE

March 19, 2015 by

An Outsider Guide To Portland’s Eastside ‘Neighbourhood.’ When Virgin Atlantic blogs about your city expect a few things to be off. Not wrong exactly, just not quite the same as it looks. Portland’s eastside has an Artisan Quarter. Artisan? Quarter? I’ve heard Paris has a French Quarter but this is the first I’ve heard of […]

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REGRETS FROM THE DEATHBED

March 18, 2015 by

Bronnie Ware Listens To The Dying On Their Deathbed. The writer worked with dying patients who told their story. She listed the top five in her book. If you’ve been with others on their deathbed, do any of them ring true to you? The baby boomer demographic may have the same responses to imminent death, […]

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BoomerPdx And End Of Life Debate

February 24, 2015 by

Oregon wins the trifecta for end-of-life discussion. 1. Oregon Senate Bill 451 establishes the nation’s first state registry of people’s wishes for end-of-life care. 2. U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer’s H.R. 1898 allows funds for doctors discussing end-of-life choices with their patients. 3. The state has allowed physician-assisted suicide/death with dignity as a final option. In […]

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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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OREGON HISTORY SPEAKS OUT

February 15, 2015 by

 Kate Brown Knows The Drill. 1. Gravity’s History. Not long ago Governor Kitzhaber spoke during the memorial for Thomas Vaughan. He was a great man who elevated the role of history in Oregon by leading the Oregon Historical Society to great heights. Saturday, on Oregon’s 2015 birthday, the woman replacing Governor Kitzhaber the day after […]

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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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A NEIGHBORHOOD MURDER

February 4, 2015 by

How Close Is Too Close? Social media beat regular news to the punch. Again. No, it wasn’t Arab Spring and twitter. Not a former USSR satellite and a new Russian claim. How about a nice Portland, Oregon suburb and facebook? A facebook friend posted the story the moment they saw it…from Texas. The official story […]

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