Does anyone know what the new acronym, B.O.A.R.T.F.B. means? I am guessing not because I just invented it a minute ago. B.O.A.R.T.F.B. stands for Boyle’s Old Age Retirement Tax-Free Benefit. You can pronounce it “BOART FeeBee” to show how hip you are with cutting-edge acronyms. So when I think back my first recollection of a […]
Westside Story – “On The Basis of Sex”
Please do not allow my borrowed title to discourage you from reading my column today. This column has nothing to do with pornography or any other topic that relates to the terminology, prurient interest. Any time my wife and I are compelled to travel into the big city of Tacoma, Washington, we try to incorporate […]
Foil the Blister-packs and Get Relief
My wife had a cold . . . so of course I had cold. She recommended Mucinex to relieve chest congestion. As a man I ignored her advice for years and then finally sought help from a blister-pack. Mucinex is an expectorant . . . with the blister-pack I expect to rant. And I do! […]
An Open Letter to Lakewood Police Chief Mike Zaro
Not even two weeks into 2019 and Lakewood has another mental health death on its hands. Distressing, but we know it is not the first. At my very first meeting at the Public Safety Advisory Committee, I asked about non-lethal options. We discussed that all LPD officers are trained in proportional force progression and non-lethal […]
Across the Fence: Disneyland Is Somewhere Else
Only recently we traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada, to celebrate my husband’s round birthday. I have been there three times before within the past 12 years, always on business: as a trade show reporter, as the leader of my magazine’s reader’s trip group of 40 persons, and as a business consultant for a trade show […]
Story telling this weekend Ft. Nisqually
You certainly can’t drive to Seattle this weekend so let’s plan to meet at Fort Nisqually (Pt. Defiance Park) on Sunday, January 20 (11:00 am to 4:00 pm). The books are here. Heritage cocoa and nibbles are ready – and I have stories to tell that you’ve never heard before.” The story of Washington Territory […]
Bearly Excited – Salmon Fishing on Kodiak Island
This was my second day on Kodiak Island. The day before paid for my entire trip to the Alaska fishing lodge. Last night I barely got any sleep as I kept replaying the scenes of Kodiak bears lining the sides of a stream patiently waiting for the next salmon or two. It was just as […]
Taking Ownership of the Situation – Just Lettuce Alone
When hiring employees, the best employees to hire are the ones that will take ownership of a bad situation and make it better. This problem came up in conversation twice over the last two days. Peg and I went to the Original Pancake House at Sixth and Pine this morning, which opened at 6:00 A.M. […]
Westside Story – Tacoma Tests Trump Border Wall
This story is being told in the 3rd person. It is like Joe Boyle went to Topside Coffee Cabin (TCC) in Steilacoom and interviewed Joe Boyle and then wrote a story about another guy, who is, in actuality, Joe Boyle. Based on archived 1998 CIA reports, President Donald Trump learned that Lakewood resident, Joe Boyle, […]