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Time Travel Without Frequent Flyer Miles
July 9, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
On Tuesday night, there was an installment of a special series called “Through the Wormhole” on the Science Channel, hosted by Morgan Freeman, which is the only reason Life in the Boomer Lane watched it. She doesn’t like Science. Worse, science doesn’t like her, and is constantly foiling her attempts to do things like live […]
Funny, You Don’t Look Haplogroup H
July 8, 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 […]
Funny, You Don’t Look Haplogroup H
July 8, 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 in the Boomer Lane. But, thanks to people who possess brain cells that she can only dream of, we now know that all modern humans started in the same exact spot in Africa. Approximately […]
Cats Flying Off the Roof of My Car
July 7, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Miracle the Cat is the latest in a long line of cats Life in the Boomer Lane has had that she has really had no part in acquiring. There’s not one thing she can say about Miracle or about any of my other cats that would be worth reading. Writers far more clever than she […]
What Husbands Do When Wives Leave Town. Again.
July 5, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane went to Delaware for the weekend with Sex-and-the-Sixty-Year-Old Susan. She went there to do a book signing at Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach. Susan would be there to helped her. LBL made jokes about Now Husband habit of making some kind of major purchase without consulting with her every time […]
What Husbands Do When Wives Leave Town
June 30, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane’s children all live in remote places, like London and Seattle and Charleston. Sometimes LBL likes to visit them solo. It’s a different kind of bonding than if Now Husband were with her. And LBL’s friends Jean and Joyce are both on Anna Maria Island in Florida. That can be another […]
The Link Between Mattress Stuffing and Weight Loss
June 28, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Lunchtime While Life in the Boomer Lane was visiting Beloved Daughter and her family in London, Trish, a close friend of LBL’s daughter, told LBL about a “secret” diet plan, known only to French women. LBL likes to trade beauty secrets with Trish. On a past visit, she introduced LBL to the “Nude” line of […]
The Missing Body Parts of Women Over 50
June 26, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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 […]
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Selling Off My Children's Futures
July 10, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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Many people fondly remember the warm and fuzzy events of their childhoods: the sight of presents under the Christmas tree, a trip to the zoo or to the beach or to the amusement park, the taste of a favorite food that only Mom could cook so well. Life in the Boomer Lane’s children, on the […]