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A Very Mushroom Christmas
Most humans can be forgiven, as they careen from one mall store to another, or as they burn their fingers out clicking “buy” at this time of year, trying to fulfill all the items written on their gift-giving lists, to actually think about why on earth this happened? Why was Santa Claus ever invented and […]
Death vs Something Else
December 15, 2022
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane keeps promising herself that she will no longer write anything about Donald Trump. On the other hand, she also keeps promising herself that she will stop talking about aging, her allergies, and the documented fact that she is getting shorter. She has failed in all of these areas. She now […]
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Constitution Constipation
December 5, 2022
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Loyal Readers can be excused if they missed Trump’s latest post on Truth Social. After all, the World Cup and Herschel Walker’s mouth are sucking up most of the airtime now. In addition, there is the imminent appearance of Hanukkah and the fact that a Tortoise named Jonathan, the world’s oldest land animal, is about […]
Posted in: politicians, politics
When Men Were Men
December 1, 2022
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Beginning with the arrival of humans on the world stage was the natural proclivity of such humans to procreate. The mating process generally came down to those who owned a penis and those who were screwed by one. There were countless variations from the get-go, but, as these didn’t generate offspring, they weren’t given much […]
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Thanksgiving 2022
November 23, 2022
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane believes the US could easily change its flag to the representation of a gun with the words “Thoughts and Prayers” underneath. This sort of covers everything. In a relatively short number of years, we have become an outlier among peer countries in the violence we perpetrate. There are many reasons […]
Falling for the Midterms
November 10, 2022
by Life in the Boomer Lane
In the weeks leading up to the mid-terms, Life in the Boomer Lane’s in box came perilously close to exceeding 100 political emails per day. Candidates, under a variety circumstances (running behind in the polls and in cash/running well in the polls and in cash/having had their personal credit cards declined) all indicated that LBL’s […]
Born to Peck
October 24, 2022
by Life in the Boomer Lane
For the last few days, a Red-crested woodpecker has been at the top of the utility pole in front of Life in the Boomer Lane’s house. He has been relentlessly pecking away throughout daylight hours. He does not take breaks. The utility pole, as one might assume, is wood. But the object of the bird’s […]
Posted in: commentary, politics
Getting to the Truth About January 6
October 19, 2022
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane has, like many other Dems, was glued to the TV every time a hearing aired. She then went over all the talking points with like-minded folks she surrounds herself with. But all issues have two sides (except, of course, for divorce). So, in the name of equal time, it’s only […]
Posted in: politics
The Great State of Dumb
September 29, 2022
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Throughout history, humans have been capable of astonishing feats of invention, art, and science. They have also been capable of using their 86 billion brain cells to wage wars over pastries and an ear, to deplete natural resources until land no longer supported them, and to make a lot of astonishingly bad reality shows. Humans […]
Posted in: commentary
Bollywood on the Bosphorus
September 26, 2022
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane has just returned from a glorious three week visit to Turkey, mostly spent in the company of Now Husband’s family. She returned to any number of media articles affording deep reflection of the Tsunami of Stupid that has taken over the GOP and its acolytes. In the next couple of […]
Posted in: travel, travel mishaps
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December 20, 2022
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