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A Short Tech Support Call With Apple
January 11, 2013
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Abble, ken I halp you? Uh, yes, I am trying to get an app for my iPhone and Apple won’t recognize my user name or password. This has happened to me several times before. I ken halp you. Vhat iss your passvort? Uh, that’s why I am calling you. Apple doesn’t recognize my password. Vaht ver you trying […]
Get Shorty
January 7, 2013
by Life in the Boomer Lane
If you are a Boomer, you may have noticed that people your exact height are taller than you. This phenomenon occurs when Boomers continue to believe they are the same height and weight they were when they were in high school or college or the military, and then a random occurrence forces them to be […]
Living Large After Death
January 3, 2013
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Despite opposition from some members of his Republican party, and despite 87% of the American population being unable to pronounce his name correctly, John Boehner today won a second term as US Speaker of the House. In another joyous development, Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter have been deemed safe listening fare by the Pentagon, while anything […]
Welcome to 2013. You can run, but you can’t hide.
January 1, 2013
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Back on January 1, 1541, it would have been tough to predict what the coming year would bring. Nostradamus was the only high-profile prognosticator around then, but, in the absence of tweets, iPhones, and The Anderson Cooper Show, most of his predictions were unknown to the general population. Most people simply went out their daily […]
2013: Resolving to Embrace the Unresolved
December 27, 2012
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Let’s face it: It’s pretty darn difficult to make any kind of resolutions for 2013 when we have just narrowly escaped The Rapture, The Mayan Calendar Flaw, and Mitt Romney. And, with only a few days to go, we are perched on the edge of The Fiscal Cliff and the only people who can save us […]
Guerrilla Aging: Seeing Mah
December 20, 2012
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Please visit www.guerrillaaging.wordpress.com for our latest guest post from Natosha Safo. Tosha is as beautiful as her name. Her intellect rivals her height. She gives back more than what has already been taken from her in her thirty-six years of life. She sees people, really sees them. It is a rare gift.
Who Was Jesus?
December 19, 2012
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Provocative title, no? This post-menopausal Jewish woman has been around a long time, but unfortunately, not quite long enough to give you a first-hand account of the true story about Judaism’s most famous son. (Jewish moms today dream of their sons becoming doctors, but Mary put to shame the ubiquitous “My son is a doctor” […]
Guerrilla Aging:Paying Homage to the Grown Up Brain
December 18, 2012
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Please visit www.guerrillaaging.wordpress.com for our first guest blog from Lynne Spreen. Lynne is the author of Dakota Blues, a novel about a woman’s midlife journey, reinvention, and finding one’s power in the second half of life. Her blog is AnyShinyThing.com , and you will thank me for leading you to it. Everything Lynne writes makes me […]
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January 15, 2013
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