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Is This the End of the World or Are My Allergies Just Acting Up
Life in the Boomer Lane has known for some time that, several years ago, she exceeded the legal limit for grandchildren. This was confirmed over Thanksgiving week, when she spent time with six of them, their parents, Then Husband and Then Husband’s wife. In spite of the loving mayhem, LBL was able to keep track […]
Yesterday
September 28, 2018
Along with countless other people, I was glued to the TV yesterday, to watch the Senate hearing with Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh. There were so many thoughts swirling around in my head throughout, that I thought I’d never be able to make sense of it enough to write anything. Yet here I am, […]
What’s in A Name?
September 26, 2018
Names of anything in our world are useful to different degrees during different times of our lives. Toddlers are often called upon to display their inordinate intelligence by naming animals, when shown pictures of such animals. They also shriek “Elmo!” (or some vague approximation) when confronted with an image of the lovable, red Muppet. As […]
A Private Conversation Between Big POTUS and Little POTUS
September 10, 2018
Mike, I’ve called you in to talk about the anynimus letter written to the Failing Subversive Scary Lying and Cheating New York Times. I didn’t do it, Sir. I know you didn’t, Mike. But we have to find out who did. Anunismiss things like this can fuck everything up for us. I’ll swear by it, […]
Fear, Political Intrigue, Fake News and Poop
August 29, 2018
All of the words we are now using to describe the tumultuous and scary goings on in our country have finally arrived at Life in the Boomer Lane’s doorstep. Yesterday, LBL met a colleague for a working breakfast, then returned home. As she approached the front porch, she saw what appeared to be a pile […]
Getting Out the Vote
August 23, 2018
Like many other Americans (roughly half of the population) Life in the Boomer Lane has been inhabiting an alternate universe since November 8, 2016. On this date, we learned that the other half of the population had done something completely inexplicable. And, in the time since, the lines have been even more firmly drawn. Many […]
IQ’s Slippery Slope
July 23, 2018
At any given moment, half of the US population is walking around wondering what on earth has happened to the other half. Are they not paying attention? Do they not realize what is happening to this country? Do they not see the erosion of human rights, the widening gap of haves and have-nots, the destruction […]
November 30, 2018
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