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A FAN LETTER TO WASHINGTON

October 12, 2015 by

How Often Does An American President Come To Town? Fan Letter Worthy. Dear Mr. President, Thank you for coming to Roseburg, Oregon last week. Those who have felt the sharp loss of loved ones know why you came. America needs your sort of leadership at all levels. As an Army veteran of 1974-76, the first […]

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LEGAL OREGON WEED MAKES YOU STUPID?

October 3, 2015 by

So How Do You Explain The Way Legal Oregon Weed Navigated The Legal System? As a sixty year old baby boomer I like age limits high for alcohol, weed, and tobacco. You could raise them even higher and who’d complain? Just as long as I’m not too young. Dangers to youth are no joking matter. […]

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BLOGGER BLOGGING BLOGS

July 19, 2015 by

Writers Write About Writing. It’s called review, writing reviews. If you’re into reviews what would you rather do, write about food and drink and travel, or blogs, or books? My advice on BoomerPdx: Do it all. One benefit of reviewing books is you get free books; a detriment to reviewing books is you get free […]

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PORTLAND BLOGGER & ELLEN URBANI

June 5, 2015 by

Willamette Writer Thrills Portland Blogger. Join a writers group, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. They were right on both counts. Join Willamette Writers and have some fun. Some meetings are more fun than others, but they all begin with promise. Show up early at the Old Church in Portland to network with other […]

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A SEXY BOOMER

May 8, 2015 by

Do You Need Statistical Support To Prove There’s Such A Thing As A Sexy Boomer? What looks like a nice website for baby boomers posted “Baby boomers had more sexual partners than today’s young adults.” Wouldn’t you hope a page call oversixty.com had a better handle on this? The writers used data from the Archives […]

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OREGON EDUCATION SHOWS OFF

April 11, 2015 by

Rob Saxton: The Right Stuff In Oregon Education? If you want a 9-5 job, don’t be a teacher. Forget a quiet walk. Teachers run into students and former students all their lives. It’s inescapable. They’re marked. You’re thinking of a teacher right now. Teachers, aka Educators, are woven into societal fabric. Everybody knows that. They […]

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GOOD BLOG OR BAD BLOG

April 3, 2015 by

A Five Year Search For Good Blog, Bad Blog. Good blogs make money. Lots of money. Back up the armored car to the garage kind of money. How do they do it and where can you find out how much? Start with the right website. Let’s get bad blog out of the way. You’re on […]

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CYLVIA HAYES MOTHER SAYS…?

February 7, 2015 by

From Dr. Hook To Dr. K. Cylvia Hayes Sings The Song. Like any responsible blogger I read the news. Online, cable, paper delivery. That’s being responsible. Call it part of a dying baby boomer culture but a newspaper makes real things more real. It can’t get more real than the front page of the Oregonian’s […]

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ALIENATED BOOMERS VS MODERN HIPPIE

November 14, 2014 by

Take a good look at the next Millennial hippie. A twenty-something in tie dye, hygiene averse, stands next to their custom made bicycle at a happening brew pub. This isn’t a Halloween costume, it’s their outfit of choice. Call it lifestyle for lack of a better term. Just don’t call it throwback. Their choice of […]

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TUNE INTO THE SLANT WITH BRAD STEIN

November 12, 2014 by

A Sports Talk Podcaster Dials Up His 200th Episode. Spin the radio dial and you’ll find something worth a listen. Hit a pre-set or scan the stations for some ear candy. You’ve got a favorite DJ not named Wolfman Jack? Who could that be? Classic Rock stabs your ear when Sir Mick Jagger explains walking […]

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