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Body Flow. Not.
July 14, 2010
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Twice a week, Life in the Boomer Lane takes a Pilates Reformer class at her gym. The “Reformer” is a big, lightly padded board on wheels, with levers, pulleys, weights, and other components, all employed without the benefit of a user’s manual. It was either invented by Mr Pilates, the same person who invented people […]
Posted in: aging, baby boomers, Body Flow, body type, boomer humor, boomers, commentary, Exercising, gym, humor, mishaps, Pilates, Reformer Pilates, satire, sports, working out
Say what?
July 13, 2010
by Life in the Boomer Lane
There are times when, during the course of a perfectly normal conversation, someone will throw out a sentence that stops Life in the Boomer Lane in her tracks. This has happened three times this past week, an all-time record. The speakers are all people LBL knows: “She hasn’t been the same since she witnessed the […]
Posted in: humor
Textual Healing
July 12, 2010
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane has always been a crazy, voracious reader. Her dad would sometimes stop at a store on his way home from work and bring her a little Golden Book. To this day, the sight of the metallic paper strip along the spine of the Golden Books sends her into a little swoon. […]
Posted in: book list
Selling Off My Children's Futures
July 10, 2010
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Many people fondly remember the warm and fuzzy events of their childhoods: the sight of presents under the Christmas tree, a trip to the zoo or to the beach or to the amusement park, the taste of a favorite food that only Mom could cook so well. Life in the Boomer Lane’s children, on the […]
Selling Off My Children’s Futures
July 10, 2010
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Many people fondly remember the warm and fuzzy events of their childhoods: the sight of presents under the Christmas tree, a trip to the zoo or to the beach or to the amusement park, the taste of a favorite food that only Mom could cook so well. My children, on the other hand, remember things […]
Time Travel Without Frequent Flyer Miles
July 9, 2010
by Life in the Boomer Lane
On Tuesday night, there was an installment of a special series called “Through the Wormhole” on the Science Channel, hosted by Morgan Freeman, which is the only reason Life in the Boomer Lane watched it. She doesn’t like Science. Worse, science doesn’t like her, and is constantly foiling her attempts to do things like live […]
Funny, You Don’t Look Haplogroup H
July 8, 2010
by Life in the Boomer Lane
For those of you with an understanding of science that can fit into a pine nut shell, you are like Life in the Boomer Lane. But, thanks to people who possess brain cells that she can only dream of, we now know that all modern humans started in the same exact spot in Africa. Approximately […]
Posted in: DNA, genetic testing
Funny, You Don’t Look Haplogroup H
July 8, 2010
by Life in the Boomer Lane
For those of you with an understanding of science that can fit into a pine nut shell, you are like me. But, thanks to people who possess brain cells that I can only dream of, we now know that all modern humans started in the same exact spot in Africa. Approximately 50,000-60,000 years ago (according […]
Posted in: DNA, genetic testing
Cats Flying Off the Roof of My Car
July 7, 2010
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Miracle the Cat is the latest in a long line of cats Life in the Boomer Lane has had that she has really had no part in acquiring. There’s not one thing she can say about Miracle or about any of my other cats that would be worth reading. Writers far more clever than she […]
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Marry. Or live together. Or just get a dog.
July 15, 2010
by Life in the Boomer Lane
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Time to get serious. Newsweek did a piece on “The Case Against Marriage” with some mighty scary stats. They include: 1. Americans have the highest divorce rate in the world 2. As many as 60 percent of men and 50 percent of women will have sex outside of their marriage (The rest are too busy […]