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HOW NORMAL HISTORICAL TIMES GO ABNORMAL

February 25, 2022 by

Normal historical times are also called boring, stuck in a rut, and monotonous times. Too much normal can drive people crazy. Nothing ever changes? Or maybe you don’t understand how changes happen. Is everything too slooooooooow for your liking?

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WEAK ACTOR ATTRACTS WEAK FANS TO FEEL STRONG

February 24, 2022 by

When a weak actor delivers a poor performance and still gets a standing ovation, something is wrong with the audience. After seeing enough live theater from third row center over the years, and watching movies and television like the next kook looking for something better, what exactly is an actor? An actor is, “a person […]

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GOOD LIFE? HOW LIVING IT HONORS THE PAST

February 23, 2022 by

A good life, living a good life, is a worthy goal. Give it a try if you haven’t already. It sets an example for those still working out right from wrong. When you talk about living that life to people who ought to know right from wrong based on their age and experience, and they […]

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ROSENBERG SUMMER OF 1953

April 19, 2019 by

The Rosenberg summer of 1953 didn’t end well, unless getting the chair in Sing Sing is on your schedule. They were the nice couple who were identified as spies funneling nuclear information to Russia. And they got electrocuted in prison for their effort, aka ‘the chair.’ Famous for being the only two executed for espionage […]

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How Older Men Express Themselves When No One Is Around To Call BS

July 18, 2018 by

  I knew older men who’d been everywhere, done everything, and could drive any car ever invented.   They’d had every job from sales executive to mailman, to factory worker, to fighter pilot in three wars. Sometimes it was true.   One of them said he was shot down and imprisoned on a Japanese held […]

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PORTLAND OREGON BLOG MESSAGE TO YOUR WORLD

May 24, 2017 by

Who reads posts and comments on a Portland Oregon blog? The weird thing about writing online is the reach. From literally around the world, readers find blogs like boomerpdx. They come in on a variety of devices, operating systems, and browsers. It’s amazing how anyone finds anything in their own house, but finding a blog […]

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PROFESSOR PUTIN WARMS UP FOR NEW PUPIL

December 17, 2016 by

  Check your class schedule for Professor Putin in the PE Department. If you’ve ever met Russians, and I have, then you know they are not all fans of Professor Putin. Like Americans, Russians live within the laws and customs of their land, and their leader. They live with their history, we live with ours. […]

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THE POSITIVE OPTIMIST POINT OF VIEW

July 27, 2016 by

On the darkest day look for light from The Positive Optimist. Bob Dylan told us we don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Turns out he wasn’t talking about the weather. You don’t need a weatherman, but you might want a translator to translate just what he means in Subterranean Homesick […]

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YOUR POLITICAL DEBATE RIGHT HERE

October 16, 2015 by

Baby Boomers Saw The First Televised Political Debate With Nixon And Kennedy. The first televised political debate pitted seasoned pro Vice President Nixon against the young newcomer Senator John Kennedy. The young charger was four years younger than Nixon. They squared up for the biggest political prize in the land, leader of the free world. […]

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HOW TO EXPLAIN MODERN PROBLEMS TO THE GREATEST GENERATION

July 31, 2014 by

Boomers in the Sandwich Generation have a lot to cover. Wedged between the Greats from WWII and Millennials, baby boomers in combined households find one group over-informed by network news, and the other who understand world events from Comedy Central. The younger group has time to figure things out on their terms. To the older […]

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