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WHEN ALCOHOL HITS DIFFERENT(LY)

December 8, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Alcohol hits everyone differently. Like any disruptive element, you need to find the boundaries. Saying “Let’s get a beer” to a pal who keeps going until you get a phone call from a thousand miles away should only happen once. They need to set their boundaries. But what about you?

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OLD MAN ADVICE FOR YOUTHS

November 18, 2025 by David Gillaspie

I saw an old man on a video giving advice, old man advice. How old? Too old to climb a redwood. He was giving advice to those younger than him, which is about everyone. He wasn’t a baby boomer, and if he was he had lots of wear and tear. The advice?

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GENERATION BIAS? LAY OFF BOOMERS ALREADY

June 28, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Generation bias happens every day in every window, mirror, or any other reflective surface. What is it? It’s the sense of being replaced, but not by anything new. The ‘old you’ has been replaced by the ‘new you’ and the new you is older than you anticipated. The old you is the young you who […]

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LOOKING BACK AT THE BEGINNING

March 23, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Looking back can be dangerous, in an embarrassing way. The 80’s were a time of tight shorts in the NBA, and Crater Lake. That’s me with my girlfriend’s dog on a summer fashion shoot, a single man loose in the wild. I married that particular girlfriend. We were wedding bound after this trip.

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HEALTH JOURNEY ON A ROUGH ROAD

May 2, 2024 by David Gillaspie

A ‘health journey’ is a phrase used by people with lots of doctor appointments. If you’re old enough you either take that rough road yourself, or you show up for others on it. Personally, I’ve never liked the term. I like it even less when it applies to young people coming down with old people […]

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GROWING OLDER LIKE CHEESE, WINE, AND MILLENNIALS

August 13, 2020 by David Gillaspie

Growing older is a common lament for all generations. The silliest complaints come from the youths. Who are these youths? Anyone younger than the one complaining about growing older. Since I’m sixty-five and don’t complain, let’s look at those who do. Ready?

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BON JOVI TABLE vs BAND TABLE

June 14, 2019 by David Gillaspie

Bon Jovi table versus the band table had a nice feel to it, like the Sharks and Jets in Westside Story, except without the dancing. One table is all in for one of the sexiest rockers to ever take the stage. Women love him, men want to be him. The other table worked the moment […]

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AGING GRACEFULLY SINCE AGE HAPPENS? OKAY, BUT …

June 10, 2019 by David Gillaspie

If you’re not aging gracefully, are you doing something wrong? A cursory glance around the modern landscape, from fillers to peels, lifts and lipo, I wonder if the age deal is an emotional reaction to aging, or a fear reaction. You get into your sixties and start looking like your grandpa and it gives you […]

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WHAT THE FUTURE LOOKED LIKE TO NEW PARENTS

July 29, 2017 by David Gillaspie

New families are the future of life on earth? Agree? Who doesn’t hope such a broad statement is true with kids in the house? Instead of feeling trapped by the needs of someone other than yourself, feel the power. Do it right and they grow up to make the sort of decisions that promote […]

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PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, PT3: MILLENNIAL ILLNESS

May 7, 2017 by David Gillaspie

This graph shows the age of BoomerPDX readers. From a boomer blogger to millennials, I’m glad you read this blog. Not all news is good, but good ideas help open the right doors. I’m as surprised as anyone to see who shows up here, and millennials lead the pack according to Google Analytics. And they […]

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