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When Essays Become a Book
Time to Ask. Why Are We Still Marching?
Portland’s Dangerous Street Plaza Idea
Looking for a Leader
While America Plays — The Virus Doesn’t Care
My Coronavirus Haircut
What Do You Do When You Don’t Know What to Do?
Jimbo Watched the NH Primary — Emptying the Clown Car
Pieces of Nick
My Conspiracy Theory About the 2020 Election
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When Essays Become a Book
For some time now, I have not written many essays on this site . Now you get to know why. I have been using the COVID-19 quarantine to write a new book composed of 24 essays. It was the years … Continue reading
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Time to Ask. Why Are We Still Marching?
I was channel surfing local Portland news last night watching the protest and the riot. They were happening at the same time on different streets. The protest left downtown and ended up where it started, Revolution Hall in inner SE. … Continue reading
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Portland’s Dangerous Street Plaza Idea
Alone and masked, during the lock down I have walked many of the business districts in Portland. I set out to record a history of the closing of small businesses, restaurants and bars by photographing every closed sign I could … Continue reading
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Looking for a Leader
Five months into our pandemic crisis, I was starved to recall what leadership looked like. Not just leaders in our day to day world, but in our most dire collective moments of crisis. In all my historical reading, I mostly … Continue reading
While America Plays — The Virus Doesn’t Care
People who know me well will be surprised by this statement: I am an optimist. I try to believe that rational people gather information and make decisions to support themselves and their community. I am a child of the Enlightenment. … Continue reading
What Do You Do When You Don’t Know What to Do?
I am a contributor to the public health web site The Mighty. Here is an essay they published a few days ago. As a boss, I must have interviewed over 100 people for job openings. Because my engineering teams were … Continue reading
Jimbo Watched the NH Primary — Emptying the Clown Car
Last October I watched my first Democratic debate and handicapped the candidates. It wasn’t pretty. After the New Hampshire (NH) primary, it’s time to look at my predictions and look again into my political geek crystal ball. I will leave bit … Continue reading
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Pieces of Nick
The picture. It was late. Nick had been invited to the opening of a new exhibit at Pittock Mansion. As his Parks guy, I went with him. We got an amazing tour of the things the public don’t see, hidden … Continue reading
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Tagged City Hall, Gary Bockman, Nick Fish, PIR, Portland, Portland City Hall, Portland International Raceway, Portland Parks, TeamFish, We The People
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My Conspiracy Theory About the 2020 Election
Everything is true. Tapping on a phone, or keyboard, you can find the facts to support almost any claim. That is because facts can be synthesized too. Once pushed out into the Internet, any idea, no matter how absurd, will … Continue reading
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Tagged Bull Market, CNBC, Collusion, Conspiracy Theory, Market manipulation, Trump, Ukraine, Wall Street
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