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Sex, More or Less
October 29, 2011
by Life in the Boomer Lane
(The following is the first in my new series, “Old Posts to Dredge out on Slow Weekends Because When I Posted Them Originally People Cared More About the Economy and World Peace Than My Blog.” Although nothing has changed, it’s a slow weekend.) AARP just came out with a 105-page sex survey of people 45 […]
Teaching Children US History via Halloween Costumes
October 28, 2011
by Life in the Boomer Lane
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 […]
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 […]
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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.” […]
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Extreme Couponing and You
November 1, 2011
by Life in the Boomer Lane
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Unless you have been living in my dryer’s lint trapper or have been spending all your time keeping track all the Republican nominee wannabees, you are probably aware of the latest extreme sport to hit reality TV. Added to cliffjumping, basejumping, bodyboarding, and Red Bull Fierste Ljepper, is what may have become the most dangerous extreme […]