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July 11, 2012 by David Gillaspie
Tough Mudder adventure racers show up like zoo live stock after the gates were left open. It’s a migration pushed …
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Category: Oregon Sports News
| Tags: Adventure Racing, California, Captain America, competition, culture, family, fear, humor, life, Obstacle course, Oregon, stress, Tough Mudder, United Kingdom Special Forces, Wounded Warrior Project
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November 22, 2011 by David Gillaspie
by David Gillaspie Now you know the color of pepper spray. Maybe you guessed red instead of orange, or black for …
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Category: college, protest
| Tags: boomer generation, California, culture, David Gillaspie, Davis California, essay, John Pike, Occupy Portland, Occupy Wall Street, people, Pepper spray, stress, UC Davis, University of California Davis, William Calley, Zyklon B
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October 13, 2011 by David Gillaspie
One strain of parenting rises above all others. This parent is insistent, demanding, and unforgiving. Tiger Mom? Ivy League Mom? …
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Category: sauna
| Tags: coaching, competition, culture, David Gillaspie, education, Garrincha, humor, parent, soccer, Soccer mom, sports, stress, youth soccer
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July 13, 2011 by David Gillaspie
INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS The job had lots of names, as many as the sort of people doing it. Janitor. Caretaker. …
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Category: crime, fear, law, news, violence
| Tags: boomer generation, culture, David Gillaspie, life, Oregon, people, Portland Oregon, Samurai, stress, urban
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July 9, 2011 by David Gillaspie
President Barak Obama leads the nation, that’s the job he signed up for. Did he know what he was getting …
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Category: basketball, education, history, political
| Tags: Al Gore, Barack Obama, boomer generation, culture, David Gillaspie, economy, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, Manhattan Project, New Mexico, sports, stress, United States, White House
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July 3, 2011 by David Gillaspie
WHICH PORTLAND IS YOUR PORTLAND The big city wasn’t always big. That includes every city in every country. Some cities look bigger, …
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Category: education, fear, housing, Portland, violence
| Tags: Bloods, Center City Philadelphia, culture, David Gillaspie, Hawthorne Bridge, history, Oregon, portland, Portland Oregon, San Francisco, Shanghai Tunnels, stress, urban gang, urban violence, Willamette River
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July 1, 2011 by David Gillaspie
FIND SOME COMFORT HERE Sarah McLachlan isn’t a spokesman for Weight Watchers. She didn’t write their theme song, but she …
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Category: fear, health care, inspire
| Tags: aging, angel, Arms of An Angel, boomer generation, David Gillaspie, health, humor, Lilith Fair, Sarah McLachlan, stress, Support group, truth, weight loss, Weight Watchers
