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AWAKE AMERICA STARTS AT HOME, YOUR HOME ON THE RANGE

June 29, 2021 by David Gillaspie

After last year it’s time to awake America, time for an awake America? Or time to find a new boogieman? Who remembers the first time someone yelled, “Wake Up,” in your face. If it’s never happened, then never mind, go back to sleep. But if it has happened, was it helpful? Were you asleep at […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, awake, awake america, critical race theory, fear, fox news, general Milley, hate, kindness, Love, racism, racist, Social media, white rage, woke

FATHER’S DAY FROM OLD DAD TO NEW DAD ALL TOGETHER

June 18, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Father’s Day comes every year, but that first one is something else. A new dad on his day lays the groundwork of tradition for every Father’s Day for the next fifty years. Will it be like a birthday? Christmas? Or eventually just another day on the calendar? The easy answer: It depends on the kids. […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, better future, common sense, facebook, father's day, grandad, human evolution, millennials, mom and dad, new dad, old dad, online marketer, parents, smart kids, smart parents, Social media, tradition, twitter

COMMUNITY LIVING: APARTMENT BUILDING vs CUL DE SAC

February 11, 2021 by David Gillaspie

Community living is as close as most people get to being where “Everybody knows your name.” Cheers. Old Flat Top lives on the second floor, last door on the left. He dates Cindy on the third floor. Her place has a beautiful curved wall. They’re thinking about moving in together. Her place, not his. They’ve […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: apartment building, community, community living, cul de sac, impeachment trial, Social media, social veneer, us capitol

SOCIAL MEDIA: WHAT DRAWS ONLINE ENGAGEMENT? FISH STORIES

December 17, 2020 by David Gillaspie

Social media, the big ones, are visual stimulants. Who doesn’t pause for the whacky and weird just a little bit longer than they expected? What shows up and grabs you so tight you can’t scroll away?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: boomerpdx blogger, media blogger, media hustler, online engagement, slow media, Social media, wired world

FUN TIME BALANCES REGRET AND REMORSE

July 29, 2020 by David Gillaspie

A fun time is the break in the clouds, a ray of sunshine on an otherwise darkened day. How’s that working this week? We all having a fun time yet? If not, why not? Maybe we need a new soundtrack, new songs for this space in time? (Thank you Ten Years After.)

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: cavalry, covid, devil makes three, drift, facebook, fun, fun time, mandolin orange, mental health, music, pandemic, portland protest, regret, remorse, running, Social media, songs, Tigard, twitter, washington county, wood brothers

PERSONAL IDENTITY BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA POST

July 19, 2019 by David Gillaspie

Meeting new people who roll out their personal identity is a thrill when it works out. I’ve learned so much by listening. (No matter what people who know me say, I do listen, just not to them.) An American family tradition, maybe your family tradition, is being kind to strangers, of giving others the benefit […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: American, blog post, college, custom, education, homeless, identity, Internet, personal identity, Portland State University, Social media, statue of liberty

HOW TO GARDEN ON A GAY PROUD DAY

June 4, 2019 by David Gillaspie

You look at a patch of ground in the yard and wonder, ‘could that mess every grow anything worthwhile, worth eating?’ So you throw some seeds one year, sprinkle some water. And nothing. After hardscaping with walls and patios, cleared space to grow vegetables one proud day, you end up with a bowl of rocks. […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: discrimination, empowered, empowerment, equal rights, gay, North Bend High School, North Bend Oregon, proud day, Social media

CONNECTIONS: MCDONALDS HAND DRYER, WASHINGTON VOICES, FAST LAW

January 28, 2019 by David Gillaspie

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 […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: bots, connections, fake news, gun law, gun violence, guns, mainstream media, mass shooting, mcdonalds, media, phone law, politicians, politics, president trump, seatbelt law, sharing, Social media, trump, us congress, washington DC

FAKE NEWS SHARED BY BABY BOOMERS, BUT WHY?

January 11, 2019 by David Gillaspie

For online fans of social media there’s a drumbeat across many platforms saying the same thing: Baby boomers share more fake news than any other demographic. The usual cutoff age is sixty five, so I’ve got another year before I hit that wall. If you are a boomer I’ve got a question: Do […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Baby Boomers, blog, blogger, boomers, facebook, fake news, GenX, instagram, lifelong learner, millennials, news, Social media, twitter

SOCIAL MEDIA SUPER STAR IN THE WINGS

December 18, 2018 by David Gillaspie

News reports about social media and the ‘new awareness’ we all need to observe will never keep grandma from posting new baby pictures. ButI think I get the point of the warning. From my census training I learned how to gather visual evidence at the door if a citizen didn’t want to interact […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: American values, blog, blogger, facebook, fake news, instagram, SEO, social, Social media, social platform, sources, twitter, values, writer, writing, youtube

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