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OREGON SPORTS ILLUSTRATED COVERS AND MORE

January 20, 2024 by

Oregon sports didn’t begin with Steve Prefontaine, but he was the first Oregonian on the cover of Sports Illustrated. At least that’s what the smart-guy talent online say. Sports Illustrated and I were born the same year. With the end of the magazine this week everyone is sad. I’m sad even though my subscription lapsed […]

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D0G LESSONS FOR THE REST OF US

January 19, 2024 by

Dog lessons begin with a special dog. Since all dogs are special to every family who lives with one, this particular dog is the prime example. Why this dog? It’s the dog I know best, the dog who knows me best. First a note on dog owners:

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LIVING LIFE FOR BETTER RESULTS

January 18, 2024 by

Living life by paying attention? And being astonished? As a blogger with a big boomerpdx blog, what astonishes me? Truthfully? Everything astonishes me. That’s not the problem. I’m not the problem. What is the problem?

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SPORTS FAN HISTORY: SING IT OUT

January 17, 2024 by

Sports fan used to be a grubby, sweaty, man who enjoyed watching other men do what they couldn’t do. His observations made him an expert to those who didn’t know sports, and an annoyance to those who did. Those were the good old days when men dressed in suits and ties, wore a hat, and […]

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WINNING NOW: PHIL KNIGHT vs JERRY JONES

January 16, 2024 by

Winning now, right now, is more important the older you get. It’s like that when you have more seasons behind you than you do ahead. Phil Knight is eighty-five; Jerry Jones is eighty-one. Would it be too much to ask that they go out winners? First for the Ducks:

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DISAPPOINTING DALLAS LAST CALL FOR 2023

January 15, 2024 by

Disappointing Dallas played its last football game of the year. And they are disappointed. How disappointed? Disappointed in their coach and quarterback? That disappointed? Maybe?

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ADD ENTHUSIASM TODAY

January 14, 2024 by

Go ahead and add enthusiasm to your day. Start from the beginning. “But Master Blogger D, I don’t feel enthusiastic.” Well, neither does anyone else, but they still show it. Here’s how:

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BOOMER ENTERTAINMENT: A NICE RESTAURANT

January 13, 2024 by

Boomer entertainment starts with a dinner plan. Eat in, get take out, or sit at a tiny table in a ritzy restaurant. Which one is more entertaining for the long marrieds who’ve heard each other’s stories over and over and over as one of them likes reminding the other. “I’ve heard every story you’ve got […]

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DOWNER BEACH PLASTIC FOR BEACH TOWN

January 12, 2024 by

Downer Beach shouldn’t be pretty. Neither should the beach town next to it. Whose problem is the plastic on a downer beach near a nice little tourist town? Whose problem?

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BEACH TOWN? THERE’S ONLY ONE

January 11, 2024 by

Beach town is where I grew up. We had beaches all over the place, surrounded by beaches. But it was a bay town, a town on Coos Bay. Just not Coos Bay.

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