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LONG MARRIAGE, WITH AGREEMENT DEALS

If you are in a marriage, long or short, bride or groom, and it’s your first one, you are aware of certain deals, made aware of certain deals, from the start.
They begin with to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part.
I’m finally getting it, I think I get it. Taking it from the top with a question popped.

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FINDING FAULT EVERYWHERE? BLAME SOCRATES

 

Finding fault with the quote, “The unexamined life is not worth living?”
You should.
Social media demands an examination of the unexamined life beginning in two weeks.
Or now.
Let’s start by examining Socrates. And his life.
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CHANGING FACES FOR CHANGING TIMES

Peace and friendship are the right ingredients for changing times and what goes better with it than a dangerous looking beard?
If you’ve never had one hanging off your face, if you’re a woman or a light shaver, a dangerous looking beard sends a message.
One beard message is, “This man is too busy thinking about important things, too important to waste time pulling a razor blade across their face.”
The other message:
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DANG GREEN ON OREGON FOOTBALL GAME DAY

Dang Green started strong for Oregon football on Saturday with six big boys left in the Safeway cooler.
All six in the cart? Check.
It felt like a good omen with three fans watching the game together from the same place.
I’ll do the math: Two each.
Wrapped in a game worn Oregon Duck shirt inherited from one of the biggest Duck fans ever, another good omen, the pre-game began to wind down.
The problem wasn’t the Dang Green or the three official plaid Duck shirts we all wore. It was worse:
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THE NORTH BEND OF COOS BAY

Who saw this messy map and thought, “That’s where I’m going?”
My parents, apparently.
This is where they raised their family.
I asked the old man, who had grown up in a logging company town, whose hometown was tougher, his or mine?
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Chemo Nausea: How To Cope By Comparing Other Nausea

People who’ve lived a little, maybe over done things once or twice, have lists.   A Best Of list.   A Worst Of list.   Whether it’s a car, teacher, town, or vacation, it all fits one list or the other.   Then there’s the list you make for chemo nausea, which you only get […]

BABY BOOMER FOOT ISSUES SOLVED

Do you have Baby Boomer Foot Issues? Yesterday I jammed my pained tootsie into about twenty shoes. The pain comes with plantar fasciitis, which is supposed to be a heel thing, but got my middle toe instead. I blame a famous shoe brand for bending my foot the wrong direction, then myself for thinking the […]

Cancer Message Still In The Merck Ad Mess

  Call me a late bloomer. Maybe you are too? My discoveries and enthusiasm come after most things have moved on. But it still counts for something. At least that’s what I tell myself. I’m telling you, too, it still counts, you still count.   I’m late to see the parent shaming ad for hpv16 […]

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ART WALK OF SE PORTLAND, AESTHETICS AND SWEAT

It’s The Art Walk Of Portland, Not Breaking And Entering. Art As Beauty. My art guru suggested a Saturday art walk. I had a week to think about it, but said yes right away. Art and walk both sound like a good time. Art Walk? Twice the fun. Ceramics, paintings, and all inside houses you’d […]

MAN ANTHEM FOR MODERN TIMES

Every era has a song. This era needs a Man Anthem. This Man Anthem is inspired by Barney the Purple Dinosauer and the Republican National Convention. The epicenter of male testosterone in America is Cleveland, Ohio. As if to prove it, Candidate Trump took the stage the way Mr. McMahon takes to the ring. Into […]

OBAMA FAREWELL SPEECH, OR CITIZENSHIP CLASS

President Obama farewell speech a study in civics.   At the crossroads of history, President Obama gave his last big goodbye. The heart of his farewell? The Constitution. You’d expect different from a Constitution scholar with twelve years in the classroom? Like a great politician, a showman for the ages, he did it in Chicago […]

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DESTINATION PORTLAND

Once you move out, the city becomes a backdrop for Destination Portland. Oregonlive posted the story 9 Legit Reasons To Leave Portland For The Suburbs. Like millions of stories to stay in the Rose City, there’s just as many for leaving. The more questions you ask people about leaving Portland, the more you realize no […]

BILTMORE: BIG MONEY BUILDS A BIG HOUSE

    Sneaking up on the big Biltmore House The first question is appearance. Not the house, you. What do you wear if you’re visiting the biggest privately owned house in America? This isn’t Disneyland and Sleeping Beauty Castle, so shorts and flip flops aren’t good enough? If that’s true, you’ll find dress code violations […]

NW Boomer Travel, pt.1

The Oregon Alps If you look back at Portland from LaGrande, the miles pile up. But you’re not done. You can’t drive to the Swiss Alps on Interstate 84, but the Oregon Alps are a tank of gasoline away. Look for highway 82 and read the signs to Joseph.

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