LAST BABY
When you’ve got the last baby of your baby boomer cohort. Do kids wear parents out? Look at your parents for that answer, but what about parents your own age when you have kids? They’ve already seen it...
View ArticleBABY BOOMERS ENJOY HOT YEARS HOLDING ONTO THINGS
First we Hold Onto Things to stand up, then Hold Onto Things to stay up. Hot sounds good. A hot dinner. A hot rod. A hot shot. Hot is a difference maker. Hot is cool, until it’s not. Growing up baby...
View ArticleBABY BOOMER PARENTS DO THE RIGHT THING
Wrong versus Right for baby boomer parents. The old days, the ‘good old days’, had a few rules. One of the first rules baby boomers learned at home was My Way or the Highway. This rule usually came up...
View ArticleERIN ANDREWS, CELEBRITY NUDES, AND PEEPING TOMS
A day in court for Erin Andrews and her stalker case. Celebrity nudes are as old as still photography, as old as paint and canvas, as old as the first stone scratching on cave walls. That old. We’ll...
View ArticleHOW TO DRAG A PORTLAND DRUG HOUSE
Dragging the gut for young baby boomer not the same as dragging Portland drug house. If you are in the drug life, a drug house next door is perfect. If you’re not in the life, the neighbor might crowd...
View ArticleBABY BOOMERS RUINED AMERICA? NO, YOU DID.
When you hear how ruined America is and agree, it means one thing. If it’s not poisoned air, poisoned water, or broken bridges, it’s broken morals. Pick one to work on first. Did you pick yourself? Not...
View ArticleBABY BOOMER WEDDING HISTORY
Like most history, baby boomer wedding history has at least two sides. Just the words baby boomer wedding history pops up the 1960’s classic image of the Woodstock couple standing in the mud. Or the...
View ArticleBOOMER UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
Time to answer the charges? Boomer UNTIL proven guilty. Too many accuse the baby boomer generation of things they didn’t do. How can that change? And how fast? You may recognize some of the...
View ArticleINNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN BOOMER
I hear you asking, “What’s a ‘proven’ boomer?” You know what a ‘made man’ is in the Mafia? They’ve taken an assignment from the boss and done good with it. Usually the assignment that makes you a Made...
View ArticleBOOMER IN AWESOMEVILLE
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...
View ArticleBABY BOOMER RETIREMENT FEARS
Big life and big fears? Or the other way around? Baby boomer retirement fears come in all sizes, like our houses, which we fear. A doctor might say fear that won’t go away is a medical condition. You...
View ArticleGENTLE LIFE, VIOLENT DEATH
Living a gentle life deserves a better ending. A sweet face came up on the evening news, followed by a cruel man’s face glaring from the television screen. Probably the worst face in the world. Not the...
View ArticleWHO GETS FOOLED AGAIN? WHO? WHO?
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Baby boomers grew up with The Man. It wasn’t daddy, but daddy knew The Man. Sometimes daddy was on The Man reserve. Who is The Man? It’s the police Man. We saw...
View ArticleFUKUSHIMA FEVER OR BEER
That red line aiming for Oregon hit me with a wave of Fukushima Fever. If you don’t live on the Oregon coast, you drive to the Oregon coast. That’s how it works. If you don’t like the drive, you move...
View Article10 REASONS FOR BOOMER ISOLATION SHAME
More often than not, boomer isolation goes bad. Who of your friends would you vote for as Most Likely To Be A Hermit? Loosing touch with people doesn’t mean they’ve taken to boomer isolation. If you...
View ArticleMIDSUMMER NIGHT’S SUSHI
When a birthday dinner turns to Shakespeare and Midsummer Night’s sushi. Imagine if you will a birthday dinner, but not just a regular birthday dinner for a regular birthday. Instead, it’s a milestone...
View ArticleBASEBALL, BEER, FIREWORKS, BOOMERPDX STYLE
In a search for holiday ideas, there’s BoomerPdx Style. Who drank a beer yesterday? Anyone? Super Patriot in their flag focused ensemble leads a toast. Slinky character in a DD214 t-shirt cheers him...
View ArticleADD YARD WORK TO ANY CRIME AND IT’S NOT A CRIME
The ‘get out of jail free’ card? Yard work. Rob a bank, steal a car, and do some yard work? Ok. Murder and pillage and do some yard work when I get back? Ok. It might sound easy, but adding yard work...
View ArticleAGING IN PLACE MEANS LIVING IN PEACE
Baby Boomers yearn for an Aging in Place state of mind. If all we are asking is give peace a chance, why not ask for more, like a peaceful place to live? This aging behemoth of a generation, these Baby...
View ArticleBULLIES AND BITCHES: BORN THAT WAY?
Genetics no excuse for bullies and bitches. Some time ago in the Baby Boomer fog of age, like grade school in the mid-60’s at Bangor Elementary, voted the cool school by all former Bearcats, bullies...
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