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January 25, 2012 by David Gillaspie
My Grandpa didn’t go to my Dad’s college graduation. He was invited. Grandma had to take the bus. Grandpa’s idea …
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Category: writing
| Tags: boomer generation, Central Oregon Community College, David Gillaspie, Ken Kesey, Never Give A Inch, Oregon, Portland State University, Sometimes A Great Notion, Southern Oregon University, University of Oregon
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January 10, 2012 by David Gillaspie
Important Or Not? Zelda? In an effort to create better context for Dead White Male Authors, or DWMA, Think Tank …
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Category: books, history, writing
| Tags: authors, birth order, culture, David Gillaspie, Ernest Hemingway, F.Scott Fitzgerald, history, Ken Kesey, Kesey, mystery, Saul Bellow, The Great Gatsby, Thomas Wolfe, William Faulkner, writing
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August 17, 2011 by David Gillaspie
THE MAGIC IN THE MAGIC TRIP Flashback to 1964 and ask yourself if you’d get on a bus with thirteen …
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Category: film, music, travel
| Tags: Alex Gibney, boomer generation, David Gillaspie, eugene oregon, further, Green Tortoise, Joan Baez, Ken Kesey, Magic Trip, magical mystery tour, Merry Pranksters, New York City, Oregon, The Beatles
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December 6, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Kesey vs Christensen, MMAuthor series No matter your generation, you have literary heros. Whether it’s Uncle Remus, Harry Potter, or the …
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Category: MMA
| Tags: author, bark, book, culture, essay, HarryPotter, humor, Ken Kesey, life, Literature, logger, Mixed Martial Authors, old growth, Oregon, Oregon writers, people, reading, shopping, tree, Uncle Remus, University of Oregon, wood, writer, writing
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November 30, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Mixed Martial Authors Coast To Coast If you’re as well read as the average doorstop, you see parallels between writers who …
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Category: art, books, family, MMA
| Tags: Arts, boomer generation, culture, David Gillaspie, essay, fiction, Holden Caulfield, Joyce Maynard, Ken Kesey, Oregon, people, Philip Roth, Pulitzer Prize, Terry Davis, Vision Quest
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November 18, 2010 by David Gillaspie
(MMAuthor Series) Messages come in all shapes and forms, from smoke signals and mirrors, to wireless text on a cell phone. Ken …
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Category: MMA
| Tags: Acid Christ, boomer generation, competition, culture, education, George Walker, history, humor, Ken Kesey, life, Mark Christensen, Merry Pranksters, Mixed Martial Authors, Nick Storie, Oregon, Oregon State Hospital, people, Walt Curtis, wrestling, writer, writing
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November 17, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Mixed Martial Author series (Previously, author Mark Christensen read from Acid Christ at Multnomah Library. Upon leaving, he found his …
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Category: MMA
| Tags: Acid Christ, boomer generation, culture, fiction, humor, Ken Kesey, life, Mark Christensen, Mixed martial arts, Mixed Martial Authors, Oregon, people, writer, writing
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November 14, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Ken Kesey was nobody’s darling, least of all his own. If he wanted membership into the Darling Club he would have …
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Category: MMA
| Tags: Acid Christ, Albert Einstein, Bing Crosby, boomer generation, Christ, culture, education, history, Ken Kesey, Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Christensen, Mixed Martial Authors, sports, writer, writing
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October 29, 2010 by David Gillaspie
First, plant the seed. 0. Do a Mark Palmer Interview. When Mr. Palmer calls, you answer. When he mentions …
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Category: Seven
| Tags: Dick Cheney, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville, John Irving, Ken Kesey, Mark Palmer, Michelle Obama, Mixed martial arts, Mixed Martial Authors, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Valerie Plame, writer, writing
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October 2, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Writing Wrestlers, a conversation between John Irving and Ken Kesey (see http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/7197) John Irving needed someone to talk to, someone who …
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Category: books, MMA
| Tags: Dick Cheney, fiction, history, John Irving, Jonathan Franzen, Ken Kesey, people, Sometimes A Great Notion, Tom Wolfe, United States, writer, writing
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September 15, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Writing Wrestlers, John Irving vs Tom Wolfe (see http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/7197) A taxi pulled to the curb on the upper East side …
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Category: education, MMA, violence
| Tags: competition, culture, fiction, humor, John Irving, Ken Kesey, life, New York City, people, Terry Davis, Tom Wolfe, writer, writing, writing wrestlers
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September 14, 2010 by David Gillaspie
(please visit http://uphillwriting.org/) If experience makes a better story, then telling that story is less about story; it’s about the amazing experience, …
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Category: education, England, friends, love, travel, writing
| Tags: Arts, authors, culture, Edgar Allan Poe, elderly, England, George Washington, Herman Melville, high school wrestling, John Irving, Ken Kesey, people, writer, writing
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September 11, 2010 by David Gillaspie
(Written for http://uphillwriting.org/ a place for “people who want to make their book a reality. Make no mistake: there is no MAGIC …
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Category: blogging, books, education
| Tags: craigslist, culture, examiner.com, facebook, Herman Melville, intermatwrestle.com, John Irving, Ken Kesey, linkedin, Mark Palmer, Mixed martial arts, people, sports, twitter, Vision Quest, wrestling, writer, writing
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September 10, 2010 by David Gillaspie
John Irving vs Tom Wolfe, NY, NY John Irving lies on a wrestling mat. He breathes slowly, a yoga breath. …
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Category: books, exersise, MMA, sports
| Tags: amateur wrestling, authors, boomer generation, college wrestling, competition, culture, fiction, high school wrestling, humor, John Irving, Ken Kesey, life, people, Tom Wolfe, wrestling, writer, writing
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September 5, 2010 by David Gillaspie
(inspired by http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/7197 ) Once Ed Poe saw the results and the audience John Irving drew in the MMA octagon, he …
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Category: books, education, MMA, sports
| Tags: amateur wrestling, Baltimore, Baltimore Ravens, college wrestling, culture, dream, Edgar Allan Poe, English, Ernest Hemingway, fiction, Herman Melville, high school wrestling, humor, Inception, John Irving, Ken Kesey, Last Night In Twisted River, life, people, writer, writing
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August 30, 2010 by David Gillaspie
(inspired by http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/7197) Irving vs Kesey John Irving had just finished stretching out on his home mat when he got …
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Category: college, education, friends, MMA, sports, wrestling
| Tags: amateur wrestling, college wrestling, competition, culture, Ernest Hemingway, high school wrestling, humor, John Irving, Ken Kesey, life, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, people, screenwriting, Sometimes A Great Notion, wrestling, writer, writing
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August 28, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Hemingway vs Irving (inspired by http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/7197) John Irving has the good sense to include wrestling and wrestlers in his stories. …
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Category: books, education, friends, history, MMA, violence, wrestling, WWII
| Tags: amateur wrestling, cage fighter, Charles Bukowski, Charles Dickens, college wrestling, competition, culture, Dan Gable, Ernest Hemingway, F.Scott Fitzgerald, fiction, high school wrestling, humor, John Irving, Ken Kesey, life, Lost Generation, octagon, people, The Great Gatsby, The Sun Also Rises, writer, writing
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August 18, 2010 by David Gillaspie
The following comes from Mark Palmer, the college wrestling writer for examiner.com and intermat.com. Tap the links below and you’ll …
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Category: education, MMA, sports, wrestling, writing
| Tags: amateur wrestling, boomer generation, college wrestling, competition, culture, Dan Gable, deegeesbb, DG's B&B, Ernest Hemingway, essay, examiner.com, family caregiver, greatness, high school wrestling, intermat.com, John Irving, Ken Kesey, life, Mark Palmer, parkinson's, people, primary caregiver, Spain, wrestling, writer, writing
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May 27, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Every wrestler knows one thing for certain: there’s someone, somewhere, doing more than them. The greatest champions know this. It …
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Category: education, exersise, sports, wrestling, writing
| Tags: Alexander Karelin, amateur wrestling, athletes, boomer generation, college wrestling, competition, culture, Dan Gable, essay, family, high school wrestling, inspiration, Iowa Writers Workship, John Irving, Ken Kesey, people, Rulon Gardner, sports, Stegner Fellowhip, University of Oregon wrestling, wrestling, writers
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April 24, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Who writes for any reason other than to find a reader? As a writer you already have one reader; it’s either you, …
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Category: education, money, publishing, wrestling
| Tags: creative writing, culture, Ernest Hemingway, humor, inspiration, John Irving, Ken Kesey, money, motivation, reading, William Faulkner, wrestling, writer, writing
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