INNOCENT 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 ArticleIF MILLENNIALS SUCK, WHO ELSE SUCKS
A recent poll questions whether millennials suck as bad as everyone else. Too many times you hear about the new ‘biggest ever’ generation in negative terms. You’d think millennials suck worse than any...
View ArticleMILLENNIAL VOTE, BABY BOOMER HISTORY
Who gets the millennial vote? Election spin twists faster and faster the closer voting day gets. One minute the official polls change, the next they change back. The 24 hour news cycles needs drama to...
View ArticleSTOLEN BY GHOSTS, SAVED BY LIFE
The once a year excuse: Stolen By Ghosts. Halloween comes with one special get out of jail free card. If you ever blamed the dog for lost homework, you know the drill. To make it perfectly clear, I...
View ArticleSPORTS SKILLS BUILD A BRIDGE
An old man, at least my age, pushes a three hundred pound bench press. How does that happen? Sports skills. The mom of four runs a three hour marathon. The retired teacher swims like a shark. Older...
View ArticleADULT RESPONSIBILITY TAKES AN ADULT? SAYS WHO
No finer whine comes from any other generation. Should we all take a lesson from baby boomers’ and our adult reponsibility? Of course, and here’s why: no age group has shouldered more burden. And it’s...
View ArticleMale Abuse Handled The Man Way Works For Women
Sports talk star Jim Rome has the sort of face that asks to be punched. He’s that good, my favorite sports personality. And he talks the best smack on radio, hands down. Even his respectful...
View ArticleNEW VACUUM SHOWS DIRT, OLD VACUUMS KEEP IT IN THE BAG
Old vaccums didn’t show dirt like new vacuum cleaners. They hid it all in a bag. And that bag filled up tighter than a old feather pillow compressed by years of thrashing sweat and bad dreams. Some...
View ArticleMOTORCYCLE HOODLUM GRANDPA, EARLY WWII ANGEL
One enchanted evening the man on the hog met a woman at a USO dance. He saw her across a crowded room. They married just before he shipped out to the Pacific Theater of Operations, PTO. Score for a...
View ArticleVISIT GRANDMA FOR LESSONS SOONER THAN LATER
My Visit Grandma story is about the first woman elected to the Bend City Council in 1964. My Grandma. I was twelve and she was something. My grandparents were church people who abided by Presbyterian...
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