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GOOD READERS 2023 TOP TEN POSTS, SO FAR

Good readers decide what makes the Top 10 on boomerpdx. But are they actual readers or casual scrollers seeking something based on a headline? Which are you? What makes you stop and stick around on any blog? Let’s do a test beginning with a question:

WRITING SUCCESS THAT DOESN’T SUCK EVERY DAY

Asking anyone about their writing success is like asking if they won anything on their trip to Las Vegas. Everyone’s a winner when they get back home. “Best trip ever. Paid for itself.” Along with other various and assorted bulls!t. Writing success is easier to track, easier to explain, yet still a gamble.

ROBIN RICHARDS TO THE RESCUE

Robin Richards top row center. Image via teamusa.org I grew up in a small Oregon town that had one big team, the wrestling team. And I wasn’t a wrestler, not yet. Instead, I played ball, the usual ball. And not very well, which made me question if I’d ever be more than washed up at […]

AUTHORITARIAN PARENT? WHAT OTHER KIND IS THERE

    A scene from the movie Vision Quest shows Louden Swain’s buddy Kuch at home with his dad. Instead of a bonding moment of shared struggle, the dad slaps Kuch around, telling him he’ll never be nothing.   Nothing. Wrestling might make him feel like a big shot, but he’ll still be nothing.   […]

OSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: TWO DOG DAYS AWAY

BoomerPDX Poll: What will be the legacy of OSU Women’s Basketball after their first Final Four? If everything works out right the Beavers leave two dogs in the yard and bring the national championship to Corvallis. Only teams of Huskies from Washington and Connecticut stand in their way. Will a national title for OSU Women’s […]