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MISSING PORTLAND FOUND

I asked Big Paul about missing Portland and he set me straight.
“It’s not missing.”
“It is if you can’t find it.”
“Then you need to look harder.”

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GUITAR NIGHT STARTER PACK

Guitar night always starts the same: With a plan.
Plan to sound musical, nothing more, nothing less.
The plan is successful when two people play together the first time and agree they sounded good.
For at least ten seconds. Why ten seconds?
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LEAVING HOME? NO, JUST GET OUT OF THE HOUSE TODAY

Leaving home is a life event?
Not so much after the first time, whether it was leaving for college, the Army, or a first apartment.
When baby boomers leave home what they’re doing is leaving their house.
So when did leaving the house become such a big deal?
Maybe right after some important study says not leaving the house is a sign of a problem.
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ONE QUESTION, ONE ANSWER, OR . . .

Ask one question, just one, and if you know each other, things start clicking, woman or man.
If you don’t know each other? Good luck. Maybe don’t ask anything.
It’s not any particular question we’re talking about; it could be anything.

 

“Is that a new car?”
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LIFE BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA

As a seasoned blogger I’ve grown immune to social media.
Is someone who discovers boomerpdx on their own any different than someone who lands here based on algorithms and exposure?
With subscription numbers I can present to sponsors as a metric, they are not.
People, people like you, me, them, subscribe to blogs on a whim.
After a few awkward exchanges I’ve stopped bring it up. It’s better for all.
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toughen up

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.   […]

PORTLAND STORY THEATER TELLS THE TALE AT WILLAMETTE WRITERS

  Lawrence Howard and Lynne Duddy ran the first Willamette Writers meeting of 2018. For all the wishes for a Happy New Year still echoing, their presentation confirmed the idea.   I came in right as they started and found a seat in the back, the last seat open. I start every meeting with high […]

CANCER VIEW: WEED FROM THE OTHER SIDE

My cancer view had more weed hope later than sooner with DAG approved brownies. It started with a look for an alternate route for a cure instead of chemo road.   What I found was a log of death in men who’d gone the alternate route instead of chemo, then switched to the hard stuff […]

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BABY BOOMER WEDDING HISTORY

Like most history, baby boomer wedding history has at least two sides. Just the words baby boomer wedding history pops up the 1960’s classic image of the Woodstock couple standing in the mud. Or the times I best manned my brothers’ weddings in the 70’s and they co-best manned mine in the 80’s. Three decades […]

HIDING THE TRUTH IN PLAIN VIEW? GOOD PLAN, MAN

Hiding The Truth? From baby boomers? Try again.   Sports fans know all about hiding the truth. Others not so much. For all the memory problems on record, no one forgets the highlights of hiding the truth. Did Barry Bonds get help breaking the all-time Major League Baseball home run record? He’s the head of […]

SCORING THE COMPLAIN GAME

The Married’s Complain Game. How Good Is It? For the complain game to work right, you need to score early. BOB The movie starts in five minutes. We’re late. CAROL I wouldn’t be late if you remembered to call. We miss the previews? Oh boo. The movie is The Godfather. You want to see the […]

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buckle up

MOUNT RAINIER CALLS JOHN MUIR, ME, AND YOU TOO

  “The mountains are calling and I must go,” said John Muir. If go you must, then go prepared. Most important is going with the right people. Or person. It’s not a marriage, but there are some similarities with a good travel partner. Can you take it if they make fun of your driving? Make […]

FIVE DIAMOND ATTITUDE: WORK IN PROGRESS

    Ultimate luxury, like crack, coke, meth, heroin, oxy, opioids in general, and cigarettes, is a hard habit to kick.   I’ve worn this wristband for three weeks as a reminder of ultimate luxury, and clever marketing. It reminds me to put things back where I found them in their original luxury, and find […]

Cultural Exchange Without Leaving Home

  Last night my cultural exchange student, better said as ‘our’ cultural exchange student, prepared dinner for seven.   And the kid can cook.   I know the difference when someone mails it in from the kitchen. How? Because someone I know tried doing it for years.   Me.   Now I’m much better and […]

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