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LEARNING FROM WHERE YOU LIVE, PT2: BABY BOOMER ERA

March 24, 2017 by

  The baby boomer era state of mind.   What is there to learn from the baby boomer era? Every passing year the nostalgia grows stronger, but that doesn’t change history. Consider the boomer time line from 1946-1964. The oldest boomers were twenty year olds in 1966. The youngest were twenty in 1984. My cohort […]

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THE BOOMER END OF THE SPEEDO CHALLENGE

March 2, 2017 by

    Any challenge but the Speedo Challenge?   Even without a dashing, single-ski dock start, or the dive team Speedo, the man carried a lethal air. He looked like he could fight death and fear, and win. It made him an icon. Leaping off a houseboat deck rail into thin air with one foot […]

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PERSONAL PRIDE vs MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS

February 8, 2017 by

Go ahead and be selfish just this once, keep your personal pride personal.   Who among us admits personal pride? Raise a hand. All up? Good. Pride for you and yours is a cornerstone of civilization, something to build on. You can tell personal pride people when you see them in full blossom. They wear […]

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COACHES CHANGE PEOPLE, PLAYERS CHANGE COACHES

November 30, 2016 by

    Sports works best when coaches change people for the better. A coach new to youth football talks about fun. “Football is fun, but more fun when you win,” he says. The new coach played high school football on a championship team. He knew winning. Coaches change people from ordinary to extraordinary in the […]

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POWELL JOBS, XQ, AND FOOD EDUCATION

September 16, 2016 by

Connecting dots for Powell Jobs and America, one post at a time. When stars align, you see things. Big dippers, little dippers, archers, crabs, lions, the whole scope of imagination is out there in the stars. Closer to home the stars look like Powell Jobs and her commitment to better education, better schools. Her husband, […]

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BOOMER IN AWESOMEVILLE

April 19, 2016 by

Ode to a departed man of the world, a Boomer in Awesomeville.   Some people you save for the long haul, guys you know will be around, you’ll catch up with them later with they pass through town.   They never change, you can count on that, from their Romeo slippers to their old ball […]

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LOVE AFFAIRS OR LEARNING AFFAIRS

March 30, 2016 by

Do past love affairs affect the future? What happens between two people ought to be like Las Vegas: what happens there stays there. Except it never happens that way between two people, three or four people, or a whole team of people. No judgements, just call it a social agreement between adults who know how […]

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NEW PRINCIPAL AT FIRST ASSEMBLY

March 4, 2016 by

How a MAN communicates to children. Good morning students, great to see everyone rested and ready to learn. I’m the new principal. This is going to be a challenging year, this year, believe me, for both of us, you and me both. It won’t be like last year, I’m telling you. Last year you can […]

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IS COLLEGE EDUCATION A TRUST FACTOR?

February 17, 2016 by

Do you trust people with more college education than you? The old rule was get a college education and get a good job. A college degree opened doors. A high school diploma used to be the ticket to success. What changed? Boomers used to work high school education level jobs during their summer college break. […]

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THE FIGHTING FOO FIGHTERS

September 17, 2015 by

It’s Not Easy But You Will Win. Foo Fighters Fight For You. What’s the usual concert experience? Buy a ticket, show up, sit down, go home. Maybe raise a smart phone, flick a bic. Then there’s the concert up the Columbia at The Gorge in George, Washington. It’s a road trip no matter where you […]

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