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Do Older Men Really Prefer Younger Women?
Two recent studies have changed the way we think about relationships between older men and younger women. “We” is defined as anyone who wants to think about these relationships in a different way. The rest of you are free to roam at will and can think whatever you want to. Life in the Boomer […]
The Secret Meeting Between Trump and Putin
July 19, 2017
It has just been revealed that, after the known and highly publicized meeting between the two top leaders of the planet, there was a second secret meeting. Because it was secret, nobody will know about this until the New York Times publishes a transcript of the meeting and CNN analyzes it for at least 48 […]
Women in Cars
July 15, 2017
Life in the Boomer Lane has always wished that she could secretly video any number of times that she has been in cars with groups of women. These video-worthy events are usually precipitated by being lost, concern about potentially getting lost, inability to find where one’s car is parked, confusion about how to exit parking […]
Making No Scents
July 11, 2017
Life in the Boomer lane has learned of two astonishing and depressing studies this week. One is that Trump’s supporters have brains that are not impacted in any way by anything their hero says or does. They are, however, wired to applaud anything he says. We will bring back the fossil fuel industry, because that […]
The Political Punditry of Preschoolers
June 30, 2017
Life in the Boomer Lane has just returned from a week-long visit in Seattle with Older Son and his family. She had no time to monitor current events while doing so, but it turns out that the fourteen-month-old and the just-turning-four-year-old supplied her with updates throughout the week. latest GOP attempt at replacing Obamacare: […]
Amazon Eats Whole Foods
June 19, 2017
Amazon, in it’s trajectory toward world domination, has just purchased Whole Foods. Whole Foods, for those of you who live 50 miles outside of town and grow all of your own food, is an upscale grocery store chain, in which one can purchase individually-wrapped grapes, each with a story about country of origin and a […]
The Reinvention of the Cabinet Meeting
June 13, 2017
Cabinet members arrive in the room, then take their appointed seats. Trump: I’ve called you here together to get this country moving again. Our citizens deserve no less. They need to know that they have elected the best president who ever lived. Knowing that will immediately solve all the problems we have. And it’s our […]
Selling Purses to the Stars
June 12, 2017
Life in the Boomer Lane’s neighborhood has an annual yard sale. This year, the sale was scheduled for a weekend when LBL was to be out-of-town. Now Husband graciously agreed to cover for her. A leaking roof this past year resulted in many thousands of dollars spent. It also resulted in a lot of roof […]
Take A Placebo and Call Me in the Morning
June 9, 2017
It’s no secret that we have all had our notion of reality tested beyond reason, since June 16, 2015, when Donald Trump left the world of professional wrestling and reality show hosting in order to run for President of the United States. Since then, we have been told that what we saw we didn’t, what […]
Comey Apart at the Seams
June 6, 2017
The setting is the White House War Room. It is the wee hours of Thursday morning. Ex-FBI Chief Comey is due to testify before the House Intel Committee in less than 12 hours. War Room appointees are seated around a large oval table. All eyes are on the Commander-in-Chief. Trump: I’ve called you together to […]
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