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RESPONSIBLE BLOGGER IN REAL TIME

August 12, 2023 by David Gillaspie

A responsible blogger is hard to find? Not at all, just search for an echo chamber that repeats what you think. Find that blogger and you start wondering why everything else isn’t as easy. But that’s not what’s going on here. I’m not doing the work, you are.

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BLOG COACH STEPS UP

July 19, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The blog coach call came from a man who needed help. Why call me? Because I’ve got a track record of thirty-two hundred posts on boomerpdx. Not thirty, not thirty-two, but thirty-two hundred blog posts. I’d call me too. But there’s more, so much more.

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START WRITING BECAUSE ‘YOU NEVER KNOW’

June 19, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Start writing because you have a story that needs telling. By you.

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DRAG QUEEN STORY TIME CANCELLED IN TIGARD LIBRARY?

June 9, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The drag queen story time is canceled in Tigard and I had to learn about it on twitter? Something’s gone wrong when drag queens out in the far reaches of Portland suburbs can’t fly under the radar. It’s not like there’s a specific drag queen review out here like Darcelle’s. Did someone drive up from […]

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GET OUT: WHEN YOU’RE ASKED TO LEAVE NICELY

May 31, 2023 by David Gillaspie

“Get out,” are more than just pretty words. I’ve heard it said before. It was said by a roommate I once had. Here’s what I did: I got out.

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‘THE PLOT’ THICKENS: A BOOK REVIEW

May 26, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The Plot is the first book I’ve read that includes Facebook and twitter as important characters. No that’s not a spoiler. Neither is this: they’re cast in a dark light. Did I enjoy reading The Plot? A reviewer on Amazon said the first third drags along but that’s the part I most enjoyed.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: boomerpdx, Death, dying, facebook, guts, internal story, Portland, powells, read books, readers, reading, spoiler, story, the plot, twitter, writers, writing

BEACH MUSIC BY PAT CONROY, A REVIEW

April 12, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Beach Music sat in my TBR pile for years while I passed by. At over 700 pages it intimidated me. I like novels around 200-250 pages. The Great Gatsby clocks in at 208 paged; Catcher In The Rye runs 234 pages, more or less. Beach Music at 800 pages? I got a Harry Potter vibe […]

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VIETNAM VETERANS ON BOOMERPDX

March 29, 2023 by David Gillaspie

My Vietnam Veterans show up on BoomerPdx not as veterans but as guys I’ve met along the way. Extraordinary guys I’ve been lucky to meet. What’s my plan to meet anyone? Get out of the house and walk around and you can’t go wrong.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: active duty, Air Force, Army veteran, blogger, boomerpdx, john prine, navy veteran, Portland, sam stone, south portland, story, veteran, veteran status, Vietnam, vietnam veterans, Vietnam War, Vietnam-era, war zone

INSIDE HISTORY? FIND AN INSIDER

March 10, 2023 by David Gillaspie

How does anyone get the real story inside history? Read books, watch documentaries, tour museums? That’s a good start, and for many an end to the story. But what if you want more because you know there’s more out there?

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UNDERDOG LIFER STARTS EARLY

January 6, 2023 by David Gillaspie

An underdog lifer life needs to start early, otherwise it’s just following trends. But how early? Top underdogs are never the first born, the first to start new things, or the first in line. If they were first, they wouldn’t be underdogs. Start with where you were raised.

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