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London, Maine, and A Lot of Cat Poop
August 10, 2011
Life in the Boomer Lane spent all of July in London. She owned one grandson when she arrived, two by the time she left. LBL was able to produce the second grandson with little or no physical discomfort and subsequently no need to bare a breast in public or have her sleep interrupted several times during […]
Huff/Post 40. Not.
July 28, 2011
The Huffington Post announced it would be launching a new site aimed at Baby Boomers, called “Huff/Post 40.” The site will be edited by Rita Wilson, wife of Tom Hanks. Rita seems like a nice enough person. She and Tom have been married since 1988, which, in Hollywood, translates to approximately 161 years. At 54,Wilson is […]
The Toddler/Hobbit Connection
July 25, 2011
Toddler anatomy differs from other anatomies, like adults and marsupials. Because their center of gravity is so low to the ground, Toddlers resemble real people less than they do Hobbits, without the medieval garb or hairy toes. And, like Hobbits, they live in a miniature world of their own creation. Yet, because they are so […]
Word to Your Mother
July 21, 2011
Adult children are generally like people who work at the same office with us. We see them on a regular basis and we might even have lunch with them or go out for drinks after work or even go to their house for dinner. We know things about their personal lives, especially when they are […]
The Aliens Have Landed and They Are Us
July 13, 2011
The Washington Post, in an article titled “Aging America,” about what cities are doing to accommodate older citizens, has called attention to an alarming observation: “People are getting old fast.” This can’t be good news for Boomers, who had believed that the aging process, as frustrating as it might have been, at least followed a […]
My Life in A Bag
June 27, 2011
I’m leaving for London tomorrow. I’ll be there for a month (My daughter will be giving birth to her second child), and so I’ve been packing my one-allowable-but-not-more-than-50-lbs-in-weight suitcase with baby clothes that have been stored at my house, gifts, items my daughter and son-in-law can’t get in the largest city in the European Union, and […]
The Incarceration of Mr Potato Head
June 23, 2011
Today’s Washington Post reports the following: Harvard University,the home of really, really smart people, has just completed a 20 year long research project to find out exactly what makes people fat. Researchers studied 120,000 US men and women in their 30s, and 40s, and 50s to determine the effects of food, drink, exercise, sleep patterns […]
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Caution: Downgrade Ahead
August 16, 2011
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The Washington Post is calling attention to a number of significant items in our society that aren’t as popular as they used to be. They refer to these as “downgrades.” Victims of the downgrade include the Honda Civic and Gordon Ramsey’s New York restaurant “Maze.” Institutions of higher learning have slipped, as well: Bowdoin College […]