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Love and War. And Love.
There’s a iconic photo taken on August 14, 1945 by the legendary photographer Alfred Eisenstadt. It is the day World War II ended, and the photo is called “The Kiss.” A young sailor in Times Square (We assume he is strong, handsome, possessed of all the traits necessary to have single-handedly beaten the Germans […]
Posted in: love, Uncategorized
A Better Way to Celebrate Valentine’s Day
February 8, 2016
Valentine’s Day, like most holidays we celebrate, started with pagan people being slapped with strips of goat hide dipped in sacrificial blood. Because Match.com hadn’t been invented yet, young women, after being slapped, placed their names into a big urn, and bachelors would choose a name and would be paired with that woman. After […]
Amazon Conquers the World
February 5, 2016
While the rampant mayhem of our beloved political process has diverted everyone’s attention from both ISIS and whether they should follow the Paleo Diet, something else has been afoot that Americans haven’t noticed: Amazon, after single-handedly obliterating most brick and mortar bookstores in the country, has been quietly opening brick and mortar bookstores of […]
What Makes A Good Grandparent?
February 1, 2016
A friend of mine has a father who spends little time with his grandchildren. He much prefers living his own life, rather than attending sports practices and school events. It turns out that this man is still working, and is actively engaged in his profession. He writes books and travels the world, teaching and lecturing. He […]
Posted in: grandchildren, grandparents
Why Can’t We All Just get Along?
January 29, 2016
Life in the Boomer Lane could barely contain her sadness over the recent dischord between some mighty high profile people. She will now bring you up to date on these events so that you can be as depressed as she is: Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa Wiz tweeted something about Kanye’s new album “Waves.” Kanye […]
Leaving Hawaii
January 28, 2016
Life in the Boomer Lane has just returned from Hawaii, where she had the rewarding experience of spending many hours in airports and on planes, contemplating the human race. At the Kona Airport, which is designed to look like a Hawaiian Village, rather than anything affording transportation, the gates were mere suggestions. LBL’s boarding […]
Emergency Republican Debate
January 25, 2016
Donald Trump’s assertion that he could stand on Fifth Avenue and shoot someone, and his groupies would still support him, was met with outrage on the part of other Republican Presidential wannabees. Because of that, Republicans held a special debate, in which the top five candidates could have their say. It went something like this: […]
Trump Tests His Fan Base
January 23, 2016
Donald J Trump, addressing a campain rally in Iowa, said of his loyal fan base, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters, okay? It’s, like, incredible,” Life in the Boomer Lane is not making this up. She believes Trump’s atatement is true, unless the person Trump shoots is […]
The Blizzard of the Century and the Need for Aerosol Cheese
January 23, 2016
LBL doesn’t know which makes her more giddy with excitement, the Trump and Palin love fest (LBL prefers to refer to the union as “Tralin'”) or the fact that she has chosen this very week to be in Hawaii and thereby avoid the massive “Blizzard of a Lifetime” that is choking the […]
When Manners Trump Murder
January 20, 2016
It’s a common story: Friends gather for dinner, one friend kills another, and the result is that the hostess is never thanked for all the work she spent preparing and serving the meal. Not so in this case, according to yesterday’s Washington Post, reporting on a murder that took place on December 20, at […]
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