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GOVERNMENT GOALS: TO VOTE OR NOT TO VOTE

August 12, 2019 by

Does it take a movie star, or blogger, to help get out the vote? Probably not, but it can’t hurt either, especially when the voter numbers look so sketchy. If the question is why vote, I know the answer.

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BLOG READERS, BOTS, AND WRITERS

July 10, 2019 by

Google analytics on blog readers is either the biggest tattletale in history, or an effective research tool. It shows and tells where blog readers like you find boomerpdx. Apparently I’m a big hit in Chicago, at least that’s what the bots say. Bot? What else hits a blogger page fifty times for an average of […]

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BOOMERPDX: FORTY STATES HIT THIS BLOG

April 5, 2019 by

Blogging is dead, long live blogging? Does that mean boomerpdx is dead, too? Or, All hail the podcast? Now I need a boomerpdx podcast? Books were called dead not too long ago, but they refused to go quietly. What, I’ve got to write a book to support books and reading? Reading was dying, but didn’t […]

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CANCER RECOVERY: ONE MAIN KEY

April 4, 2019 by

I’ve got a serious cancer recovery question in the vein of what came first, the chicken or the egg, after reading this. Maybe this isn’t the right place to ask, but come on blogosphere. The BBC reports, “HPV vaccine linked to ‘dramatic’ drop in cervical disease.” The next research I want to see is a […]

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BLOG PLATFORM, WRITER PLATFORM, LAUNCHES MEMOIR

February 26, 2019 by

We’ve got a joke, or more accurately my blog efforts get ridiculed, around the keyboard. Goes like this: “Why do you always write about yourself, or put yourself into every post?” I answer by spelling memoir, as in memoir blogger. “M-e … m-o-i-r. You can’t spell memoir without M and E.” Hilarity is supposed to […]

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TONY ROMO WRITNG COACH

January 22, 2019 by

    Tony Romo is getting great press as an NFL color commentator. His MVP showing in the AFC title game earned him the sort of career extension anyone would hope for. And he’s a second year guy in the booth. What if Tony Romo was a writing coach, as good a writing coach as […]

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FAKE NEWS SHARED BY BABY BOOMERS, BUT WHY?

January 11, 2019 by

    For online fans of social media there’s a drumbeat across many platforms saying the same thing: Baby boomers share more fake news than any other demographic. The usual cutoff age is sixty five, so I’ve got another year before I hit that wall. If you are a boomer I’ve got a question: Do […]

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SOCIAL MEDIA SUPER STAR IN THE WINGS

December 18, 2018 by

    News reports about social media and the ‘new awareness’ we all need to observe will never keep grandma from posting new baby pictures. ButI think I get the point of the warning. From my census training I learned how to gather visual evidence at the door if a citizen didn’t want to interact […]

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Google Blog Search, Lessons Learned And Ignored, But Maybe It Was Me?

August 29, 2018 by

    What do you get when ‘mayan calendar’ is the number 1 search term on any blog that isn’t related to the Mayan Calandar?   I don’t want to talk about it. Yes, I do.   How about ‘sniper equipment’ in the number two spot? Must be a military site, or a kook site, […]

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Cultural Exchange Without Leaving Home

August 23, 2018 by

  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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