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Life has been an endless spree of learning, exploring, and experiencing. It continues to be one dazzling ride! -------------As weird as this might sound, although true, most of my friends are DEAD. I had to move recently, and, gosh, there was no one to call. I think it was when I needed the help for my move I realized they were actually dead. ------------About ten years ago, fearing I be stranded in the 20th Century, I went back to school to learn about computers, and brush up on many of my skills, including writing. ------------I still am lacking 29 credits, but, continue to pay, out-of-pocket for classes and aim to graduate in June 2009. My focused studies have been in the area of Elementary Education and Conflict Resolution. ------------This endeavor has, certainly, put me back in the driver's seat in a brand new century. ------------Some of the work I've done over the past half-century has been such things as owning a towing company for ten years, found gold nuggets in the Mother Lode and learned about gold mining from a forth-generation California gold miner, done a bit of skip-tracing (someone who finds bail jumpers), was a U.S. Custodian for the U.S. Trustee's Office - District of Nevada, in the 1980's, was a Process Server in the City and County of San Francisco, repossessed property for a number of agencies, managed Yellow Cab Company in beautiful Lake Tahoe, Nevada, for several years, created and published five maps of Northwestern Oregon, worked for the great Edwin A. Koupal, founder of People's Lobby Inc in the 1970's, Helped pass Proposition 20-The California Coastal Conservation Act in 1972, which created the California Coastal Commission. --------------I am a long time resident of Oregon and drove taxicab for 18 years. Cab driving taught me patience, compassion, and most of all - how not to be a fool, hopefully. --------------I use to tell folks cab driving was the best job I'd ever had. And it was, until, I was given an opportunity to student-teach Kindergarten. Helping teach Kindergarten is the best job I've ever had. --------------Some other thoughts: We need to unshackle ourselves from old ideologies and perceptions of the 20th Century, embrace new ideas and travel new pathways into the frontier of the 21st Century and obtain leaders who embrace such values. --------------The need is upon us to revamp our educational system to a system which encourages rather than discourages. --------------We all have the abilities necessary to create a world that will work for all, regardless of differences, because we have more in common, than not. --------------I enjoy learning from others, so, if anyone has any comments about my writing or anything else, please feel free to write.
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Making designs on Portland's future (New Propositions for a Future City) »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & Technology
This article is not about pictures, and new futuristic designs. This exhibit is about ideas and propositions about visions of the future Portland. It might ...
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Today is MOON DAY! Remembering Apollo 11 at 39 years, and Apollo 1 »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & Technology
Today is MOON DAY! 39 years ago today the Eagle (Apollo 11) landed on the Moon...There are many pictures here. I like to remember ...
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J.K. Rowling - Harvard University Commencement Address - A Worthy Read! »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 4 months ago in Family
It is worth your time to read this address. I think we will all find a little piece of ourselves in its words. June 5 ...
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Toyota may add solar panels in 2009 »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & Technology
Toyota engineers are looking at ways to integrate solar panels into the roof of its Prius vehicle. The panels would not be a direct source ...
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Video games help sex predators meet kids »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 4 months ago in Family
The Michigan State Police has made comment about the migration of child sex predators from social sites to online video games as a "new" place ...
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Bend, Oregon man completes flight of fancy - pictures too »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 4 months ago in News
Ken Couch flies his lawn chair to Idaho, and, using his BB gun shoots balloons to lower himself to a safe landing in a field ...
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Good Karma Comes Back In Odd Ways -- the Lottery Ticket Hanging On A Bush... »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 5 months ago in Business & Finance
I get up to the front of the line, collect my 50 cents for the cans, and, then, show the Keno ticket and ask if ...
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Drugged children perform sex acts for adult swingers... (Mineola, Texas) »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 5 months ago in News
Mineola, Texas, is a town of 5,100 people, with 30 churches. In site of the local newspaper office, a former day care center gave ...
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Google AdSense - Channels »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 5 months ago in News
A California man was confronted on a Modesto, California street by citizens, and, moments later by the Modesto Police, as, he had ripped a child ...
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The Craigslist House - Chapter 2 - the Decision »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 5 months ago in Family
Craigslist had become a viable, and trusted resource... So, with plenty of fear, sweaty, wet, hands, I took a deep breath, and plunged into what ...
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The Craigslist House - Living with Norman Bates, sort of... »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 5 months ago in Family
And, when I picked the name "The Craigslist House," I had thought about another choice too, "the Psycho House." After, all, I am living with ...
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The Love Behind Obama - #1 Aide: Reggie Love »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 5 months ago in News
After graduating from Duke University, where he attended on a football scholarship, playing both, football, and basketball, and having summer try-outs with the Green Bay ...
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1973 -- What happened to all those people? (a heart-felt opinion) -- 2008 »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 6 months ago in News
In 1973, I sat in a room with thousands of people, and, just for a few minutes, I went to the restroom. When I came ...
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The Craigslist House - (a real life Survivor Series) »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 6 months ago in Business & Finance
...Craigslist had become a viable, and trusted resource. I had found my Shangri-La in Tualatin... But, Shangri-La? Nothing could have been further from the truth!
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My letter to the Editor - NY Times, & author Ben Stein - misquote - needs correction!!! »
Posted by: bigpink 1 year, 6 months ago in News
The misquote involves Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and a far lesser know soul, who actually made the quote, Mr. Todd Beamer, of United Flight ...
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