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Older, Faster, Tougher
September 16, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
This morning, Life in the Boomer Lane was momentarily distracted from the disturbing realization that she was out of unsweetened soy milk, by a loud banging on the front door. Coffee cup in hand, she came to the door to see her sweaty, panting across-the-street neighbor standing on her front porch. The neighbor, who […]
Guerrilla Aging: Memories Lost and Found
September 12, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
If we are an accumulation of all of our memories, then many of us are in serious trouble. Memories, like socks, often appear and disappear in random fashion. Sometimes, their appearance, like the errant sock, makes a match, and we once again capture a complete memory. More often than not, the lone memory, like […]
How the Boomers Changed Sex
September 10, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
An apology to loyal readers of this blog and to those who arrived here because they will read anything with the word “sex” or “lubrication” in it. The following is not a boomer version of the Kama Sutra. Reading this will not allow you to cavort between the sheets as though it were 1976 […]
The Teen Video Competition
September 9, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
While we are all citizens of the world, few of us take our citizenship seriously. Beyond reading newspapers or listening to the news, beyond voting, beyond recycling, beyond attending a civic association meeting every once in a while, we limit our participation to complaining about what is happening out there. And there is […]
Posted in: children, commentary
The Answers Issue
September 2, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Time Magazine has done the impossible. Their current issue, titled The Answers Issue, has hit the newsstands. Not only does Time tackle the big questions, the ones we didn’t think had answers, it goes well beyond that. It answers questions we didn’t even know we had and questions we should be asking but aren’t. […]
I-Z, We-Z, Uzi
August 31, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
The tragic death of a gun instructor by a cute pink pants-wearing nine-year-old Uzi user-in-training has set off a wave of questions, starting with “Why is it necessary for a nine-year-old to learn how to operate an automatic weapon?” A spokesperson for the Uzis for Youth Movement had this to say: “Children are being raised in […]
Reclaiming Your Sex Drive During Menopause, a guest post by Marie Goldberg
August 26, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
While menopause has come out of the closet, the loss of sex drive experienced by menopausal and post-menopausal hasn’t. We still tend to gloss over such loss or to bury it under articles that scream “How to Have the BEST SEX EVER After Age 50!” But “best” sex, or even “good” sex, let […]
The Ice Bucket Challenge
August 21, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane, consumed with the online hunt for the perfect winter boots, was unaware of the Ice Bucket Challenge. She was alerted to this when she received three text videos of her children, one jumping into a pool, one pouring a bucket of water over his head and one pouring […]
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Let’s Trash Books
September 22, 2014
by Life in the Boomer Lane
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Like finally being asked out by the cute boy at school and then finding out he has really bad breath and no personality, Life in the Boomer Lane has lately been disappointed by a couple best-selling books. These are works of fiction that have glowing recommendations from readers, and high marks from critics. LBL […]