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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 […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: banned books, books, drag queen, drag queen story time, drag queens, learning, librarians, library, Portland, portland suburbs, public library, story, story time, threat, threatened violence, Tigard, tigard library, Tigard public library, Violence, violence threat

ACCEPTABLE LOSSES? WHO DECIDES FOR BOOMERS

March 29, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Acceptable losses are like minor surgery. There’s no such things as minor surgery, just minor surgeons. Or, it’s minor surgery if it’s someone else going under the knife. Losses are the same. The closer you are, the less acceptable the loss.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: acceptable losses, aging myth, baby boomer, Baby Boomers, beer, BOOMER, boomerpdx, boomers, ignorance, little beruit, loss, losses, PORTLAND BABY BOOMERS, Portland Oregon, vandalism, Violence

UNIFORM POWER CHANGES PEOPLE

June 5, 2020 by David Gillaspie

Buffalo Men In Blue Serving And Protecting If you’ve never seen uniform power up close, keep reading. This post might shed light on how people change when they put on a uniform with a bunch of other people. Or you might want to skip the read, after all, it’s just another old white male boomer, […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: army training, blogger, BOOMER, boomerpdx, police, police violence, policeman, protest, Violence

A PERSONAL PRIVATE LOVE STORY, PART TWO

January 2, 2019 by David Gillaspie

My biggest goal this year is getting my cancer memoir-70’s dating history-love story to a literary agent, to a publisher, to the book store in every airport with books for travelers who need something to avoid thinking about what could wrong on take off and landing and everything wrong where they’re headed. I’ve […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: agent, book publisher, book store, cancer, cancer memoir, cancer story, cupid, editor, fist fight, goals, literary agent, Love, love story, maid Marianne, memoir, relationship, sex cancer, Violence

ONE MAGIC MOMENT (AFTER ANOTHER)

December 9, 2018 by David Gillaspie

This is now it happens, just like this with no exceptions for race, religion, nationality, gender, orientation, or other sharp distinctions of separation. How do I know it happens like this for everyone? Because if it didn’t happen like this for you, this is your new memory: THE DRIFTERS This magic […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: grudge, hate, kindness, Love, sweetness, Violence

Violence, Anger, And The Great Sadness

September 11, 2018 by David Gillaspie

Where does it come from, this violence, anger, and sadness? We’re not born with it, according to experts. The same experts say we learn certain behavior. How to explain unexplained violence? When is the right time to lash out and hurt? Another writer, another blogger, might roll out their research […]

Filed Under: BOOMER BLOGGER Tagged With: America, anger, behavior, Communication, despair, freedom, hardship, hate, neglect, rights, sadness, threats, victim, Violence

SASQUATCH BIG RIG vs REAL LIFE RIG

May 31, 2018 by David Gillaspie

How does the Sasquatch Music Festival pull off a three day stand without the drama of conflict and violence? It is America, but no violence? How can that happen? The rest of the world needs to know and maybe they can tamp down the problems in their neighborhood. It starts with […]

Filed Under: Buckle Up Tagged With: big rig, conflict, education, law, learning, music festival, oregon washington, Portland, readable, reading, real life, sasquatch, Seattle, the gorge, Violence, writing

FATHERS DAY, LIKE A BIRTHDAY BUT NOT A WEEK LONG

June 18, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Ten years later our sister showed up for family pictures. Until then it was all boys. Fathers of an all boy family have problems with their Boys Club. If the boys grow up to be bad men, it’s on the them. Good men? Lucky they had such a good mom. Does that sound right? A […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: bad attitude, conflict, father's day, favorite son, kids, parenthood, parents, racist, role model, sons, Violence, white supremacist

BOOMER SON OF ENGLAND DIES 13 YEARS AFTER STABBING

May 31, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Boomer son Alexander Lloyd, dead at age 36, thirteen years after a stabbing left him in the sort of condition that calls for medical miracles. Family care helped him for from age twenty three, then an infection set in that couldn’t be stopped. Alex is the son of my wife’s cousin. My boys met their […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: alexander lloyd, Cambridge, Cambridge England, cambridge news, caregiver, chris lloyd, english family, family, family caregiver, medical miracle, Violence, violent act

GENTRIFY PORTLAND RENT

July 18, 2016 by David Gillaspie

What else goes up with gentrify Portland rent? Your blood pressure. Once upon a time the chase for the lowest rent led to some pretty sketchy dwellings. It was a contest to find the worst place for the lowest rent. A young single man seeking low rent in college is one thing. A single man […]

Filed Under: BOOMER YEARS Tagged With: crime, drugs, Eugene, gentrify, gentrify portland, gentrify portland rent, hipster, hipster renaissance, low rent, NW Portland, nw portland neighborhood, philadelphia, Portland, portland rent, Portland's West Hills, property taxes, property values, rent, Violence

DRAG QUEEN STORY TIME CANCELLED IN TIGARD LIBRARY?

ACCEPTABLE LOSSES? WHO DECIDES FOR BOOMERS

UNIFORM POWER CHANGES PEOPLE

A PERSONAL PRIVATE LOVE STORY, PART TWO

ONE MAGIC MOMENT (AFTER ANOTHER)

Violence, Anger, And The Great Sadness

SASQUATCH BIG RIG vs REAL LIFE RIG

FATHERS DAY, LIKE A BIRTHDAY BUT NOT A WEEK LONG

BOOMER SON OF ENGLAND DIES 13 YEARS AFTER STABBING

GENTRIFY PORTLAND RENT

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