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Facebook for Boomers
June 25, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Beloved Daughter has asked that Life in the Boomer Lane write a post about boomers on Facebook. LBL isn’t sure how she phrased it, but it might have been “Gee Mommy, since your generation, especially the Class of ’69 of which you were such an integral part, is so much more fascinating than mine could […]
Sixty isn't the "New" Anything. Except sixty.
June 3, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
I’m venting. I’m seriously so tired of hearing people say things like “Sixty is the new fifty.” Or forty. Or even thirty. This morning, on one of the talk shows, I caught about 30 seconds of the guest going on and on about how sixty-year olds should go mountain climbing and have pajama parties and […]
Sixty isn’t the “New” Anything. Except sixty.
June 3, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane is venting. She is seriously so tired of hearing people say things like “Sixty is the new fifty.” Or forty. Or even thirty. This morning, on one of the talk shows, she caught about 30 seconds of the guest going on and on about how sixty-year olds should go mountain […]
Funny, you don’t look Haplogroup H
June 3, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
For those of you with an understanding of science that can fit into a pine nut shell, you are like Life n the Boomer Lane. But, thanks to people who possess brain cells that LBL can only dream of, we now know that all modern humans started in the same exact spot in Africa. Approximately 50,000-60,000 […]
Funny, you don't look Haplogroup H
June 3, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
For those of you with an understanding of science that can fit into a pine nut shell, you are like me. But, thanks to people who possess brain cells that I can only dream of, we now know that all modern humans started in the same exact spot in Africa. Approximately 50,000-60,000 years ago (according […]
Off to London in A Shopping Cart
June 1, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane is leaving for London in a week to celebrate the first birthday of First Grandchild. On her last visit, she, along with Younger Son’s girlfriend, Artist Janelle, attempted to smuggle said grandchild across the border from France onto the Eurostar train that goes through the chunnel, in order to get […]
The Seven Myths About Women Over 50
May 30, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
This is from a recent article written by Life in the Boomer Lane and two friends. All of these myths and more are dispelled in their book Saving the Best for Last: Creating Our Lives After 50. You can read more about them and their books at http://www.amazon.com. 1. Women over fifty don’t care what […]
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The Missing Body Parts of Women Over 50
June 26, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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It occurred to Life in the Boomer Lane recently that she has fewer body parts than she used to have. Her tonsils have been gone since 1954. Since she has never understood what, exactly, tonsils are, she never missed them. And she also knows that after my generation, doctors seem to have decided that whatever […]