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John Madden NFL Football vs Bust Buy Return
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September 12, 2012 by David Gillaspie

Clint Eastwood talked to a stool. I talked to a game case for Madden NFL 2013. It’s normal when you know it’s slipping away.

Category: boomers, football, money, sports | Tags: Best Buy, boomer generation, Clint Eastwood, customer service, Eastwooding, John Madden, Madden NFL Football, memoir, National Football League, retail, sports, Super Bowl
PIER PRESSURE
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August 6, 2012 by David Gillaspie

My hometown had the biggest shopping mall on the Pacific coast between San Francisco and Seattle. It was a small …
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Category: family | Tags: aging, betrayal, boomer generation, culture, David Gillaspie, essay, Fight Club, humor, memoir, Oregon, people, police, robbery, Shopping mall, small town, trust, writer, writing
Wrestling With The Devil
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June 14, 2012 by David Gillaspie

BOOK REVIEW All great stories are about journeys, either internally or externally. Wrestling With The Devil is both. From The …
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Category: books, sports, wrestling | Tags: amateur wrestling, college wrestling, education, family, high school wrestling, life, memoir, Newberg Oregon, Odyssey, Oregon, parents, Pete Russo, Saving Private Ryan, Tanya Russo Hamilton, Tom Sawyer, Tony Russo, wrestling
Vietnam And The Spitter, Myth or Fact?
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June 2, 2012 by David Gillaspie

A Korean War Memorial in the front room Myths did so much to explain the world before science kicked in. …
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Category: Army, family, war | Tags: aging, boomer generation, David Sirota, fathers, Fort Ord, Gerald Ford, Korean War, memoir, Oregon, The Oregonian, United States, USMC, Vietnam, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Vietnam War, writer
Basketball And The Wrestler
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April 12, 2012 by David Gillaspie

When Your Neighborhood Weight Room Has A Basketball Court (also seen on oregonsportsnews.com) Get choked? Take a punch in the …
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Category: Oregon Sports News | Tags: basketball, boomer generation, Bully, conflict resolution, culture, education, essay, humor, intimidation, memoir, Oregon, oregon sports news, people, sport, writer
The Bulldog, part one
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February 5, 2012 by David Gillaspie

Nominations are open. The measure of a man comes from how much they give. The big man who gives little …
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Category: boomers, Oregon | Tags: aging, boomer generation, David Gillaspie, education, Educators, high school, K through 12, life, memoir, Middle school, North Bend Oregon, Personal and Class Pages, Teacher
A Funeral With A Flourish
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December 26, 2011 by David Gillaspie

There are phone calls you look forward to, and those you don’t. Nick Steele got one. It was from his dad. “You …
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Category: family, war | Tags: aging, boomer generation, culture, custom, David Gillaspie, Forrest Gump, funeral, Korean War, memoir, Native American, tradition, United States Marine Corps
Birth Of Caveman
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November 30, 2011 by David Gillaspie

by David Gillaspie The recent news from Penn State and Syracuse deal with coaches from other sports. Assistants in football and …
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Category: wrestling | Tags: amateur wrestling, Bully, college wrestling, Dan Gable, David Gillaspie, hazing, high school wrestling, humor, memoir, North Bend Bulldogs, North Bend Oregon, Penn State, sports, Stewart Abbe, travel, writer, writing
Starbucks Confession, pt 1
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August 24, 2011 by David Gillaspie

OR HOW COFFEE GOT ME GOOD Once upon a time the cup of coffee in your hand graded somewhere between thirty-weight Turkish oil …
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Category: food, money, political | Tags: boomer generation, Chock Full O Nuts, Coffee, culture, David Gillaspie, Folgers, history, humor, memoir, Seattle, Starbucks
A Parkinson’s Trip
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August 24, 2011 by David Gillaspie

You’ve heard it before, “Hate the war, love the warrior”; “hate the process, love the results?” Adapted for Parkinson’s, it …
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Category: family caregiver, parkinson's | Tags: boomer generation, caregiver tactics, caregiving, Conditions and Diseases, David Gillaspie, dementia, depression, elder care, family caregiving, memoir, Neurological disorder, Portland Oregon, Sandwich Generation
Sauna Difference 9
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April 14, 2011 by David Gillaspie

It’s Hot Because It’s Supposed To Be Hot A lovely woman explained her situation to the sauna ladies. “I need …
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Category: sauna | Tags: dating, David Gillaspie, Drink, gym, judgement, manners, memoir, relationships, sauna, Single-parent, Steam room
Autzen With An O
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January 8, 2011 by David Gillaspie

The Boss sings Glory Days and I think of Autzen Stadium, though I had no glory there. When you play …
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Category: football, Oregon | Tags: Autzen Stadium, BCS National Championship Game, high school football, memoir, Oregon, Oregon Ducks, Oregon history, sport, University of Oregon football, writer
DUXFORD SUPER GUNNER
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September 1, 2010 by David Gillaspie

How does military genius work? Start with technology. Military genius understands the role of technology. The knife wins hand to …
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Category: England, history, kids, museum, war | Tags: culture, Duxford Air Museum, education, fear, First Gulf War, Iraq, learning, life, memoir, parents, people, Project Babylon, Spotted Dick, story, writer, writing
The Missing Cowboy Treasure
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August 26, 2010 by David Gillaspie

I’ve confessed before and I’ll admit it here: I coached youth soccer. I was a soccer daddy. More than that, …
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Category: sports | Tags: coach, coaching, Cowboys, culture, Dallas Cowboys, essay, football, history, humor, memoir, NFL, Roger Staubauch, soccer, Super Bowl, treasure, writer, writing, youth soccer
New York Matador, pt.3
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August 24, 2010 by David Gillaspie

Felix Brinkmann sat at a table near the front door of Adam’s Apple. He saw everything. He was there when I left …
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Category: friends, neighborhood, violence, WWII | Tags: Adams Apple, Brooklyn, crime, culture, disco, Felix Brinkmann, friendship, Manhattan, memoir, New York City, relationships, stress
Wrestling With WTF
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August 6, 2010 by David Gillaspie

For most, the word wrestling works best as a metaphor, a way to connect two ideas. For example, when you …
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Category: education, health care, wellness | Tags: aging, amateur wrestling, boomer generation, college wrestling, essay, high school wrestling, Hotel America, Mark Palmer, medical emergency, memoir, MMA, Spain, University of Oregon wrestling, writer, writing
Home Town pt. 1, The Log Cabin
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July 18, 2010 by David Gillaspie

Most places have a ‘corner’ store. It’s best if it’s within walking distance, but still good if you don’t want to …
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Category: Army, education, home, medicine, war | Tags: corner store, culture, essay, home town, humor, life, memoir, North Bend Oregon, Oregon, parents, people, small town, writer
BATTLE SCAR
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June 9, 2010 by David Gillaspie

War movies work best when they take familiar emotions places they’ve never been. We experience strange feelings and think we can track them back like a story arc with …
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Category: Army, history, war, writing | Tags: boomer generation, change, creative nonfiction, culture, depression, education, emotions, essay, fear, forgiveness, history, Iraq War, memoir, people, PTSD, Vietnam Veterans, Vietnam War
Caregiver’s Corner Technique: Dry
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June 9, 2010 by David Gillaspie

If you are involved with your family, you may become a caregiver. That’s not a statement as much as it …
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Category: caregiving, education, exersise, family caregiver, medicine, parkinson's | Tags: aging, Alzheimer’s, boomer generation, cancer, caregiver, caregiver tactics, caregiving, dementia, depression, end of life, family, family caregiver, memoir, primary caregiver, Sandwich Generation, stress
Writing, Whine, and Cheese
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June 1, 2010 by David Gillaspie

Are you a writer? Do you want to be a writer? Doesn’t everyone? Some say, “When I retire I’ll write …
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Category: books, education, publishing, writing | Tags: authors, books, choice, culture, essay, excuse, fiction, Flannery O'Connor, hate, history, life, memoir, people, story, writer, writing

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