Browsing All posts tagged under »humor«

I’m too Famous for my Pilates Class

March 15, 2011 by

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Actually I’m not.  What with the whole Freshly Pressed thing yesterday, and with all the comments pouring in, I thought maybe I should stay home and answer them, instead of going to class. But the truth is that I just always try to think of a reason not to go to the gym (like the […]

Taxes and Other Communicable Diseases

March 14, 2011 by

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 “She didn’t make her quarterlies on time.” This year, I sailed breezily through tax preparation time.  No fretting, no anguish.  This is because I was entirely too busy making cute cuff bracelets to focus on doing any prep work in anticipation of visiting the tax preparer.  When, on Tuesday, I finally removed the glue that had […]

What Makes Things Spew Out of My Nose

March 11, 2011 by

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Life in the Boomer Lane can’t help it.  Whenever anything happens that makes her feel uncomfortable or helpless or scared, she makes a joke.  Then LBL makes herself laugh (because she is always her own best audience) and then things come out of her nose.  Her life has never been directly threatened, but on two occasions when […]

Oh, Baby. Boomer.

March 10, 2011 by

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E-Science News has come out with an article detailing a 65 year-long study on Boomers by the Medical Research Council of Britain. The title of the article alone, “Baby Boomer Study Shows Importance of Childhood,” is vital to understanding how they become who they become.  Mainly this involves the fact that, after years of research, scientists […]

The Rite of Spring

March 8, 2011 by

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Most people know it’s spring because of sudden, all consuming, uncontrollable thoughts of love.  Or the sight of the first shock of color against a grey-smeared landscape. Or the heady, intoxicating, sweetly ephemeral scent of the air.  Not Life in the Boomer Lane.  She knows it’s spring because the ants are back in her pantry. Over the […]

A Startling Prediction About the Fate of the Entire World

March 7, 2011 by

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If we tear ourselves away long enough from any device that starts with a lower case “i”, we will be aware that we are being surrounded by a lot of old people.  Some of them might even be us.  The fact of the matter is that the age demographic of the United States and a […]

A Short Phone Conversation Between Charlie Sheen and Muammar Qaddafi

March 3, 2011 by

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CS:   Hey, Mu, how’s it hangin? MQ: Bigger, if you catch my drift, man. CS:   You dog.  I can relate.  MQ:  So, what’s up? (Mutual laughter here) CS:   Your name keeps comin up lately.  People keep sayin I could run Libya. MQ:  Chalib, you don’t even speak Arabic. CS:   Arabic, schmarabic.  Don’t matter, amigo.  I’m a […]

The Oldest Living Boomer

March 3, 2011 by

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                               Old Boomer (but not Kathy) The Philadelphia Daily News (“Our motto: We aren’t the Inquirer and you’ve never heard of us but we are still here, just in case anyone is reading”) reported last November that Baby Boomer Number One is Happy and Healthy As She Nears 65.  This might not have been hot news […]

How Much Does A Woman Cost?

March 1, 2011 by

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This past Sunday, Life in the Boomer Lane’s friend Roni and LBL were driving to Baltimore for the annual ACC Craft Show (“Our motto: We have amazing crafts.  You can either buy one of them or make your mortgage payment this month.”)  Roni was regaling LBL with the latest romp (in the salon, not the bedroom) she had with her […]

I’ll Have What She’s Having: Boomers and Cosmetic Surgery

February 28, 2011 by

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Whether you are planning your next round of Botox or are satisfied with your face looking more and more like a road map of Pennsylvania, the statistics are undeniable: Boomers are having cosmetic surgery in record numbers.  According to www. cosmeticsurgery.org, “Baby Boomers Keep Cosmetic Procedures on the Rise.”  The American Society of Plastic Surgeons […]