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INSIDE HISTORY? FIND AN INSIDER

March 10, 2023 by

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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FIXING BLOG THINGS AND COMPLAINING AT THE SAME TIME

December 24, 2022 by

Fixing blog things is part of joining the blogger world circus. I update boomerpdx and lose my subscribers? Twitter takes a dump and I lose my blog traffic? Facebook is unreliable? These are examples of fixing things online AND complaining. Waaaa. But, first . . .

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SPENDING TIME LIKE YOU’LL NEVER GET OLD?

June 27, 2022 by

Spending time together in the right places make the best memories. The guys in the image are two brothers I follow on twitter. One is a sports talk guy, the other is a regular guest. They go beyond sports with their life lesson takes including recipes, medical advice, and their brand of man-knowledge. The tweet […]

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SCRIPT WRITING: KNOW WHEN TO END, Part 3

June 17, 2022 by

A script writing master class produced an original piece of work that’s still in progress. I took the class after buying and reading books about script writing and beating the odds in Hollywood. Part 3 follows Part 2.

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SCRIPT WRITER: WWII ON BOOMERPDX, PT 2

June 16, 2022 by

This script writer picks up the story of Jimmy, Johnny, and their dad after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Jimmy had been on the island working on his family’s business, electronics and early radar. They stood to make a haul in the coming war. Jimmy had other plans. We pick the story up there.

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ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: WWII ON BOOMERPDX

June 15, 2022 by

An original screenplay is what it says it is: Original, never seen, or heard. Who isn’t up for a new story? Let’s go:

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WAR ORIGINS: WWII ON TWITTER

June 14, 2022 by

War origins bring out the experts on Twitter. With warnings on what to pay attention to, what to ignore. It wasn’t a bad take, just wrong.

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GUN VIOLENCE PRIMER: TEAM PICTURES OF THE FUTURE

June 6, 2022 by

Gun violence changes the future of team pictures and school pictures. What will they look like to survivors of school shootings when they’re older? The kids in this picture are at the beginning of the their run through public school. The adults are coaches and team parents supporting their kids. What’s wrong in this picture? […]

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ARE TEMPORARY DISABILITIES THE SPICE OF LIFE?

April 21, 2022 by

Why temporary disabilities? Why can’t thrills and chills be the spice? Because the disability part might be more than temporary if you’re not spicy enough. Let’s say you fell down during a game of Swinging Statue. It was a game when I was a kid where the big strong kid grabbed smaller kids by the […]

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HONOR LIFE WHEREVER IT’S FOUND

March 14, 2022 by

How do you honor life when you don’t understand how anyone could live the way some people live? First, try to understand instead of judging. Besides, if you don’t understand their way of life, chances are they don’t understand your’s either. Remember, it’s not a contest, but if it was, the winner is the one […]

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