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FOR THE LOVE OF PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

A Haters’ Review. The love/hate relationship with sports comes into full blossom when a player leaves a team. Some leave with remorse, some leave with bitterness. All agree it’s part of the business. So what’s it about Portland that leaves such a bad feeling in some players? Why do some NBA guys take a shot […]

DEREK JETER: BLOGGER ON DECK

What Happened To The Dumb Jock Stereotype? While too many professional athletes seem to run amok, Derek Jeter managed to stay on the base paths. After twenty years of scrutiny in the most invasive media center in the world, what’s the worst thing you know about Jeter? He’s married with children and has a secret […]

VISITING WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL, pt. 2

To visit a prisoner in Hillsboro, you need to get on their visitor list. It’s not a drop-in deal. Then you need to provide your address and Oregon Drivers License number. No one wants a squirrely visitor raising hell on the block. They’ve got enough problems. I want to visit one of my son’s friends […]

THE LAST GENERATION (before the internet)

The Moment Of Internet Conception. Being the last of anything signals a changing of the guard, but the last generation before the internet? Is this special? It’s not the last Civil War, or WWI, veteran. It’s not the last generation before electric lights. If baby boomers are the last generation before the internet, then we’re […]

REMEMBER TO STRETCH BEFORE FOOTBALL SEASON

Are You Ready For The Pain? Across every sports spectrum, except soccer, you hear the same thing in August. “Are you ready for some football?” The fans are ready to go rabid, the ex-players, the has-beens, and the never was-ers. It’s the time of year when everyone is great, everyone’s a champion, and even people […]

3 WAYS TO USE A BLOG POST ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS

You’ve heard about blogs? Bloggers? Blogging? If you own a business and don’t promote it in social media, current thought says you need to start. SEO people say start with them. Web design professionals say don’t forget about us. If you’ve done that, and are happy with the results, you’re caught up. If not, you […]

To: COMMANDER, NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

Baby boomers know how to move on. We’ve seen hippies turn into businessmen, radicals to politicians, yippies into stock brokers. We’ve seen our soldiers come back from Vietnam and work to regain missing years. The following two letters come from an American veteran. He served on the Korean DMZ. Thomas Lucken, like thousands of other […]

LAST WEEK ON BOOMERPDX . . .

Every blogger knows the golden rule: ignore your blog and it will die. No one like a dead blog, an abandoned blog that leaves you wondering what went wrong. Show life, blog life, in each post, each line. Listen to the words you choose and find the music. It’s okay to change your tune if […]

GUEST BLOGGING ON BOOMERPDX

Good Idea Or A Passing Fad? None other than the great Jon Morrow says guest posting is still the best blogger game going.He knows this stuff. His blog grows by leaps and more leaps with each post. Today a blogger guest posted for him. He said all the right things, but the one that hit hardest was the […]

FOR THE LOVE OF PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

DEREK JETER: BLOGGER ON DECK

VISITING WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL, pt. 2

REMEMBER TO STRETCH BEFORE FOOTBALL SEASON

To: COMMANDER, NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

LAST WEEK ON BOOMERPDX . . .

GUEST BLOGGING ON BOOMERPDX

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