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RISK AVOIDANCE FOR WASHINGTON POST IN BEZOS’ WORLD? WRITER PLEASE

February 8, 2026 by David Gillaspie

The only risk avoidance for the Washington Post firings, layoffs, retirements? Avoid holding their place at the top of the print media pyramid. No matter the metric, The Washington Post was among the top five, if not top three with The NY Times and Wall Street Journal. Maybe it will stay up there, but not […]

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A CURATED LIFE OF MUSEUM QUALITY

October 16, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Who wouldn’t want a curated life? Curated: carefully chosen and thoughtfully organized or presented We’d get to skip all of the confusion and misunderstandings and go right to the good stuff. Sounds good to me, except for a small part. You know that small part?

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WALK AWAY PEOPLE? KEEP WALKING

April 4, 2025 by David Gillaspie

The problem with walk away people is what they leave behind: their mess. Someone will do the clean-up, just not them. They’re too busy. Not too busy walking, too busy making their next mess. There’s always something funny about them:

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GET BETTER, GET BITTER, OR . . .?

January 25, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Get better. That’s the plan? Yes, that is the plan. Otherwise, what are you going to do? I’m asking, what are the other options because I don’t see them. Do you? Let a blogger explain why if you’re having trouble with it.

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TIME OUT FOR YOU, YOU, AND YOU

February 19, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The first ‘time out’ I ever heard came during a grade school basketball game. Coach: Do you know who you’re supposed to be guarding? Me: No. Coach: Guard the other team, not ours. Me: Oh. Okay.

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RED FLAG IN MORNING, BOOMER TAKE WARNING

December 2, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Ordinarily a red flag is a warning, a fire warning, a dire warning. See one of those on the news and get your boogie bag packed. That’s a big red flag, not the one for this post. Let’s look at the small ones just for baby boomers who have it all. And, based on current […]

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SELF ACCEPTANCE? HOLD MY BEER

October 11, 2022 by David Gillaspie

If self acceptance sounds like another woo woo to you, take another look. You are who you are, now who you were, or who you want to be. It’s that simple, and that hard. If self acceptance is not for you, then you’ve got problems. What kind of problems, you ask?

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DELAYED SATISFACTION FOR DELAYED REGRET?

October 4, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Ask Portland baby boomers about delayed satisfaction and brace yourself. You might hear about training to climb Mt. Hood, or skiing Black Diamond trails, as well as the retirement account they focused on for forty years. Ask about the future and expect a solid take on living for the day. Why? Because they’ve already delayed satisfaction as […]

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RETIREMENT REDUCTION: TO TRASH OR NOT TO TRASH

May 12, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Retirement Reduction is the new code for dumping stuff. You’ve heard it, I’ve heard it: “Baby boomers need to downsize and stop hoarding.” Has anyone figured out what to toss and what to keep? Discover is here to help, or try to help. It’s as funny as it is helpful.

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OREGON’S BOOMER BLOGGER

November 9, 2016 by David Gillaspie

An interview with BoomerPdx, Oregon’s Boomer Blogger You are Oregon’s boomer blogger? How did that happen? By default. Baby Boomer bloggers seem obsessed with two things. Dating and retirement dominate that part of the blogosphere. Doesn’t that make sense? As a generation you’re going headlong into the retirement age. As a generation of horn […]

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