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Why Boomers Need TV Commercials
November 30, 2013
According to Forbes, Apple TV is working on a plan to pay cable companies to allow viewers to opt out of watching commercials. As a boomer, Life in the Boomer Lane will not know which medications she should be asking her doctor to give her. Worse, she won’t know about all the life-threatening side effects […]
Blogging Your Way to Fame and Fortune
October 27, 2013
There’s a great piece in the NY Times Sunday Review by Tim Kreider, titled “Slaves of the Internet, Unite.”. Kreider is a writer, a real writer, lauded and respected. But he is caught in the same morass that we Lowly Worm bloggers are caught in when it comes to being expected to give our work […]
The Evolution of Wooing 1993-2013
September 20, 2013
The September issue of Elle Magazine (“Our Biggest Fashion Issue Ever! 650+ pages of approximately 1200 models who, all together, weigh less than this magazine!”) has an article titled “The Evolution of Wooing,” in which it details how the art of wooing has changed from 1993-1913. 1993: The world is a cold, heartless place, […]
If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Fall
August 26, 2013
In years past, when Life in the Boomer Lane had three children at home, it was easy to know that summer was coming to an end. One tip-off was that there were no toys left in fewer than six pieces. A second was that her family had reached its critical mass of three trips to the […]
Butts, Boobs, and Botox
August 2, 2013
Life in the Boomer Lane has noticed that every time she writes anything about plastic surgery, her comments are flooded by the likes of: Plastic surgery is disgusting. I would never alter my appearance in any way, shape, or form. Don’t we all have better things to spend our money on? With all the terrible […]
What to Look for in A Partner When You Are Suddenly Single After 50: A Guest Post by Daniel Murray
July 17, 2013
Daniel Murray is a writer and relationship expert. He works with a number of older clients who are dealing with complex relationship issues such as finding love after the loss of a spouse. Many of his clients get back on the market with online senior dating at 50plus-club.com. If you have recently experienced the loss of […]
The National Friendship Crisis
July 9, 2013
You know the 450 Friends you have on Facebook? The ones who comment on all the photos of the babies and puppies you post? The ones who are wearing out their thumbs liking every thought you share from your daily inspirational calendar? The ones who never seem to forget your birthday? They are a myth. […]
An Archaeological Dig, Without Leaving Home
July 1, 2013
It occurred to me over the past year that my children will never remove the approximately 100 large boxes stored in my attic. They have good reasons, mostly consisting of “We have no place for it.” I even resorted to saying “When I die, all you will do is throw everything out in the trash […]
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This is My 500th Blog Post
December 1, 2013
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There’s a great book by Rachel Joyce, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Harold, a sixty-something retired man, leaves his house in England one day with no other intention than to mail a letter to a former co-worker who is dying of cancer in a hospice at the northern end of the country. Harold passes […]