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Thanksgiving in London and Paris: Snuggling Babies Across Borders
(The following is the third 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 the start of a slow weekend.) I spent last Thanksgiving in London with my daughter, son-in-law, and brand […]
Yo Mama-in-Law
November 9, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
There are two categories of people who have been maligned over the years, IRS agents and mothers-in-law. This post will not add to the well-deserved mountain of cow dung heaped on the IRS. They know who they are, and they know about the bad things they have done. This writer would, if she could, give […]
Exciting News for Boomers and Obese Rodents
November 7, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Aside from learning the real words to “Louie Louie,” Boomers have wanted one thing more than anything else: a reversal of the aging process. It now appears that researchers at the Mayo Clinic might have provided just that ticket. Boomers have long wondered what makes people age, aside from stress from both their teenagers and […]
Man: 0 Cat: 1
November 4, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
(The following is the second 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 the start of a slow weekend.) Now Husband Dan has a long history with pets. This […]
Extreme Couponing and You
November 1, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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November 12, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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