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Doing Time, And It Ain’t a’Changin’

December 28, 2013 by

Any front page Oregonian news featuring a baby boomer is good news for boomerpdx. But there’s a problem. It’s about a retired man moving up in his career, a man with a sail in the winds of progress. That’s not the problem. Baby boomers drive entrepreneurship. You can’t walk into a coffee shop without seeing gray hair […]

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Is Mark Cuban Talking To Portland Baby Boomers?

December 22, 2013 by

When a software giant, a businessman, investor, and NBA owner whose name is not Paul Allen gives startup advise, why not listen? Mark Cuban has been everywhere a startup wants to go. The tips come from his book, ‘How To Win At The Sport Of Business,’ and excerpted on entrepreneur.com. Too often Cuban reacts to life […]

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Portland Boomer Sports Gods, circa 2013

December 2, 2013 by

Baby Boomer sports fans carry too many sports memories, but somehow add more. If recent games need more space to settle, does that mean tossing old memories? The following are in the permanent collection, along with the new stuff.

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Boomerpdx Discovers New Oregon History

December 2, 2013 by

And Roosevelt High School Rough Writers.  What pops into your mind when you hear the word “History?” Big books? Musty libraries? A gray bearded professor in tattered tweed? It’s all part of history, just not the appealing part. Why not make your own appealing history? Lay down the five pound doorstop of a book. Take […]

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Six Hits To A Better Blog

October 25, 2013 by

Two iron-clad rules of Show Business: The Show must go on and Give The People what they want. Lets agree that any time spent reading a blog is part show business. The writing instructor’s iron-clad rule to Show, Don’t Tell, sounds show business-y enough. Bloggers on the WordPress platform have an advantage in giving The People what […]

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Marcus Mariota Loves Dogs

October 16, 2013 by

A Heisman For The Nice Man He’s from Hawaii, plays football for the University of Oregon. Mello Marcus sounds right? When it comes to Husky week, does he bring out the Mean Mariota? Does he scream at his teammates, hassle the refs, ignore his coach? No, because he’s a nice man. Boomer NW likes the […]

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Portland, Boomer Writer Magnet

October 14, 2013 by

Boomer NW Introduces Courtney Pierce. Like iron shavings on a magnet, baby boomer writers cling to Portland. Why? It’s not because flavorwire.com lists 20 great American cities for writers. Not when Portland, Oregon comes in 17th with Jersey City, NJ and Iowa City, Iowa on either side. If you were a Milwaukie novelist where would you meet a […]

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Tigard Backpack Program

October 2, 2013 by

Charlie Sandbo Shows How To Help A Food Budget. How often do you read about retiring Baby Boomers striving to remain relevant? Whether it’s their family, their community at large, or something on a national level, Boomers keep looking for a better way. Is it a surprise that a boomer couple’s son would do the […]

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Johnny Shaw In The House (Old Church)

September 6, 2013 by

Once a month on the first Tuesday, Willamette Writers meet in Portland, Oregon. The Old Church near Portland State plays host. Eleven times a year a guest speaker takes the stage. The missing month is August because of the Conference. Johnny Shaw, author of Dove Season, spoke to the gathering for September. One part industry insider, one part […]

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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Cursed

August 16, 2013 by

Slate’s culture blog, browbeat, asks of there’s a Good Will Hunting curse on Ben Affleck and Matt Damon? NW Boomer says no, but what about Robin Williams and director Gus Van Sant? Robin and Gus will work it out if there is a curse, but there’s help for Ben and Matt. Writers Sharan Shetty and Holly […]

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