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Rules for Coast-to-Coast Travel and Back in One Day
October 25, 2011
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Rule #1: Do not attempt this unless you are a professional Just as objects in the mirror are closer than they appear, objects on a map are a lot farther. On a map, a coast-to-coast trip looks like it might take about ten minutes, but you must understand that one inch equals thousands of miles. […]
A Muckle of Midlife Crises
October 22, 2011
by Life in the Boomer Lane
There has been a spate (This is the first time the writer has written this word) of articles lately about the warning signs that one is going through a midlife crisis. These recent articles are different than the last caboodle (synonym of “spate”) of such articles in that they have been written more recently, […]
A (True) Love Story
October 18, 2011
by Life in the Boomer Lane
She went to sleep as she always had, immediately and deeply. She awoke, choking, in a room filled with smoke and to a kind of fear she had never experienced before. She was 21 years old, and she was confronted with the very real thought that her life might be finite. She couldn’t have known […]
My Night With Ashton
October 16, 2011
by Life in the Boomer Lane
The cover story of the October 24 issue of US Magazine is an interview titled “My Night With Ashton,” in which 22 year old Sara Leal claims she had sex with Ashton Kutcher (actor, celeb, camera monger) on the night of his sixth wedding anniversary to Demi Moore (actress, celeb) The US reporter asks Leal some hard-hitting questions, […]
Your Most Embarrassing Health Questions, Answered
October 13, 2011
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Oprah.com Health Newsletter has a new post titled “The 10 Most Embarrassing Health Questions.” Here they are, along with answers provided by a non-Oprah staff member: Q: I recently noticed these large, irregular patches of white on my back—it almost looks like my skin has lost pigment in that area. What’s going on? A: Many […]
Jury Duty and the Boomer
October 11, 2011
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Some years ago, my next door neighbor, one of the many attorneys who outnumber real people in the DC area, casually informed me that there was a contract out on his life and that, because I still had a child at home, I should be on the lookout for anything of a suspicious nature on […]
Posted in: humor
The Secret Lives of Wives
October 7, 2011
by Life in the Boomer Lane
Iris Krasnow’s new book, “The Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share What It Really Takes To Stay Married,” has hit the stands. And, unlike this writer, the stands are sitting down to read it. Krasnow estimates that about 70% of married women have considered leaving their spouses once a month, if not every six months.” […]
Posted in: baby boomers, boomer humor, commentary, marriage, research, satire, sex, women, women over 50
The Rise of Sexist Nostalgia
October 4, 2011
by Life in the Boomer Lane
More Magazine now alerts us to what they call “Fall’s Worst Trend: Sexist Nostalgia.” Spurred on by the rampant success of Mad Men, the show about a Madison Ave advertising agency at the start of the 60s, TV is now presenting Pan Am, a show about flight attendants, and The Playboy Club, a show about, […]
Excuse me while I’m having technical difficulties.
October 2, 2011
by Life in the Boomer Lane
I’m having a huge problem now, and I don’t know how to solve it. Awhile ago, whenever I tried to open an email notification of a person’s latest post on a blog that I follow or notification of someone who liked my post or whose comment had to be moderated, all I got was a blank […]
Posted in: blogging, technology
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Teaching Children US History via Halloween Costumes
October 28, 2011
by Life in the Boomer Lane
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Huffington Post has a piece on what they think might be the “worst Halloween costume of all time.” It’s a World War II Evacuee costume, sold on amazon.co.uk for an amount equal to about $18. According to the Huffington Post via blogger Nick Douglas, editor of Slacktory.com, the Halloween costume was created for “National Commemoration […]