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Wanting Sex Less and Enjoying it More
January 9, 2012 by Life in the Boomer Lane
A new study is out, conducted by the American Journal of Medicine. The researchers were people who have perhaps the best job on the planet, next to those who are in charge of quality control for Haagen Dazs, analyzing sexual desire and satisfaction in 806 women, age 40 or older, with a median age of 67 years. […]
Friend Me, Tag Me, Call Me in the Morning
January 6, 2012 by Life in the Boomer Lane
(The following is the tenth in my new series, “Old Posts to Dredge out on Slow Weekends Because When I Posted Them Originally People Cared More About the Economy and World Peace Than My Blog.” Although nothing has changed, it’s the start of a slow weekend, blogging-wise.) London Daughter has asked that I write about […]
The Missing Body Parts of Women Over 50
December 30, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
(The following is the ninth in Life in the Boomer Lane’s new series, “Old Posts to Dredge out on Slow Weekends Because When I Posted Them Originally People Cared More About the Economy and World Peace Than My Blog.” Although nothing has changed, it’s the start of a really slow weekend, blogging-wise.) LBL’s tonsils have been gone […]
Take my knee. Please.
December 22, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
NBC News yesterday evening came out with a breaking (No pun intended. But I wouldn’t believe that last sentence, if I were you.) story about the upsurge in hip and knee replacements among boomers. Boomers have long felt that they were only as old as they believed themselves to be. For this reason, they consider […]
7 Quick Steps to Better Sex
December 15, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
AARP has come out with a guide to “7 Quick Steps to Better Sex.” This is important for two reasons. One is that the steps are “quick.” If they weren’t, we might get caught in mid-air, forgetting why the chandelier is at eye level and why there is a naked person lying on the bed […]
Good News for Seniors: It’s Getting Easier to Get A Date
December 6, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
ABC Evening News featured that startling revelation last week. The latest U.S. Census Bureau accounting of older Americans has revealed that the senior population is not only larger than ever before, at 40.3 million, it also includes a larger proportion of men, given their increasing life expectancy. In 1990 there were only 82.7 men for […]
Ur-ine Control
December 1, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Many people, especially older boomers, often wonder why technology is important. They mostly wonder this at the exact time they are using technology. At other times, they pretend technology doesn’t exist. But pretending technology doesn’t exist is dangerous. Imagine a massive, rabid bear (technology) beating your front door down (your actual front door), clawing your […]
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Zite Makes Right
January 10, 2012 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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Apple’s #1 news app of 2011 was Zite, described as a “Pandora for news reading.” If you are over age 50, the word “Pandora” might conjure up “Pandora’s Box,” which is not exactly a good thing. Pandora, according to ancient Greek mythology was the first woman. After the gods created her, they gave her a box […]