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What Makes Things Spew Out of My Nose
March 11, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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 Life in the Boomer Lane
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 Life in the Boomer Lane
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 […]
The Oldest Living Boomer
March 3, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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 Life in the Boomer Lane
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 Life in the Boomer Lane
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 […]
Crib Shits
February 25, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
First, this week, www.livelaughloveliquor.com has bestowed on me the Stylish Blogger Award, for which I am very grateful. LLLL is a very, very funny lady, whose material is the Universe of Satire. And I wanted to pass along a blog I just started following: www.mylittlespacebook.wordpress.com. I was hooked when I read her page “I Am.” […]
Fat Pets and Fatter Wallets
February 23, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Now Husband Dan decided to ruin my day by sending me an article from the March/April issue of Mother Jones magazine. This article distracted me from my alarm at learning on TV that there is a Fat Pet Epidemic. Half of all US cats and dogs are now considered obese. I immediately asked Miracle the […]
The Steps to Writing Your Life
February 22, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Make a commitment to be honest. This is the most important step of all. Take your defenses and put them somewhere for the time being (maybe in a trunk in the attic.) If you aren’t writing authentically, and you are writing to heal, you won’t be able to heal. If you are writing for posterity […]
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Taxes and Other Communicable Diseases
March 14, 2011 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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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 […]