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Guerrilla Aging: Nourishment Comes in Many Forms
I’ve just returned from five days in Florida, visiting two dear friends, Joyce and Jean. These women were also my co-authors for the two books we wrote about life after 50. For that reason, our journey of friendship has been life-altering. I brought with me another friend, Judy, who came with me to visit several […]
When Mothers and Their Babies Both Wear Diapers
January 15, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
While Life in the Boomer Lane has been frittering away her time keeping track of international terrorism and the antics of several unnamed heads-of-state, she has failed to notice a growing trend that poses a distinct threat to all women worldwide: the exploding number of post-50 women who are choosing to give birth. AARP Magazine, […]
I’ll have Air Over Easy, With A Side of Light. Hold the Potatoes.
January 7, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
The number of diets out there is exceeded only by the number of calories being consumed and the number of pounds being gained by the average person. For that reason, the latest diet to hit the streets is a logical extension of all the other diets: Breatharianism. No need to count pesky calories, carbs, fat, […]
Sex, Lies, and Ensure: The Sexual Habits of the Over-55 Set
January 5, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Anyone who has ever visited an assisted living facility or nursing home has probably come away with the impression that the #1 athletic pastime of residents consists of lining up at the dining hall doors, well before meal time is scheduled to begin. If so, you’d be wrong. Not only wrong, but seriously wrong. The […]
The Apps You Need Right Now
January 3, 2015
by Life in the Boomer Lane
In an effort to better serve her non-paying clientele, Life in the Boomer Lane has made an exhaustive, as well as exhausting, survey of some of the 10 billion apps that are now available on smart phones, that enable people to live healthier, more stress-free lives. This research was done between the end of one […]
A Commitment to Ignore Good Advice in 2015
December 31, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane has reached an age that allows her to look back at all the great advice she has gotten over the decades and respond with flagrant disregard, or at least with a bit of tweaking. These include: Act your age. LBL has been struggling with this one for decades, especially during […]
Looking Back and Looking Forward
December 27, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
In order to celebrate the start of a new year, the January 2015 issue of National Geographic is chock-full of “firsts” throughout the history of the world. NatGeo starts with the Earliest Ideas. The very first was fire. Fire was great for about a million years. Now we only use it when we go camping […]
The Link Between Age Compatibility and Relationship Success
December 25, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane has written numerous brilliant, profound, and downright side-splitting posts. But no matter how many seriously valuable topics she attempts to cover, from cats who want to kill you to big butts, there are three topics that remain permanently on her Biggest Hits List. They are: 1. The Universal Hot/Crazy Matrix: A […]
Men Are Idiots Who Do Stupid Things
December 22, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane took out a few moments from writing to Kim Jung Un to ask him to please send her a list of acceptable films to see over the holidays, in order to read some research that an alert reader sent to her. A note to male readers of this blog. The following is, […]
Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
December 18, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane took a break from reading accusations that Barack Obama is a Muslim Communist, in order to review the past year. Many people would agree that 2014 can’t end soon enough. It has seemed, at times, that we have all been on a long downhill slide, greased by the hijacking […]
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