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My Daughter’s Christmas in London
December 23, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
My Daughter's Christmas in London
December 23, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Cloudy With A Chance of Children
December 11, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane is getting ready for the kids to descend on the house for the holidays (As she writes this, Jorge/George, the normally tree-climbing lawn guy, is dragging the ladder out of the garage so he can string the interior holiday lights.) Technically, they will be celebrating Chanukah, which will have already been over […]
Being Chanukah in a Christmas World
December 8, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
When I was little, I wanted Christmas. I didn’t care that Chanukah was eight days long, since I only got one present. People never talked about Chanukah. Everything out there in the world was Christmas, Christmas, Christmas. The stores were all filled with trees and lights, Santas were on every corner ringing bells, my elementary […]
Christmas in London: Santa is booked, but an elf might be available.
December 4, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
As a Jewish American, I feel uniquely qualified to pass judgment on how the Brits celebrate their Christmas season. All the same trappings are there: the trees, the lights, the shopping mania, the bleary-eyed pseudo-Santas roaming the streets. But I am here to observe some of the differences. After all, like with the English […]
My grandfather smoked for 75 years. My grandchildren are doomed.
November 4, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Thanks to this week’s issue of Newsweek, I now know that “epigenetic changes in sperm are carried forward transgenerationally.” Don’t even bother to check your online dictionary. I’ll translate (I’m a full-service blogger): If your great-grandparents or parents or you or your partner participated in a potentially damaging lifestyle (Oh, let’s say like consuming the […]
Aunt Gert and the Family Murder
October 26, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
If you want the same effect as illegal drugs without going into unfamiliar neighborhoods to find vendors, spending all that money, or doing anything that will land you in prison, Life in the Boomer Lane’s Aunt Gert is the go-to person. Her world has always been constructed almost entirely of fantasy and Nutella. You are guaranteed […]
Exiled to Nicheville
October 18, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
I’m a bit concerned about my children (three) and my grandchildren (one arrived 16 months ago, the others mere thoughts as of this post). I am aware that, depending on which standard is used, my children are either Gen Xers or Gen Yers. Or both. This in itself is a problem. If my children are Gen […]
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For me, The Day is The Day After.
December 25, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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It’s Christmas morning. Life in the Boomer Lane’s three children, their two spouses (No, two of her children don’t share a spouse. Her younger son’s girlfriend is with her family in Myrtle Beach, SC) and her grandson and two dogs are at her ex’s house. There, they, like every other person in the world except LBL, […]