Browsing All posts tagged under »women over 50«

Communal Dressing Rooms: Where Dreams Go to Die

May 20, 2011

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  I’m just as evolved as the average woman.  I’m smart, I’m funny, and I can sing “See You in September” backward.  I paint, I write, I can still recite the entire introduction to the old TV show “Superman.” I’d say I have a pretty good self-image, except for two areas of life: finding myself at […]

Boomer World News

May 9, 2011

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Boomers who need something to be alarmed about other than the 101 year old Chinese woman who is growing horns on her forehead can choose from the following:  New research finds significant facial acne can persist well into adulthood, according to www.webmd.com.  When informed of this, a group of unnamed Boomers said, “This isn’t exactly […]

Ouija Board: A Do-It-Yourself Seance

April 11, 2011

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  Before reading this post, you need to set aside all judgments you have about psychics, paranormal activity, spirits, and Langhorne, PA. Keep an open mind, as we take a trip into The Land of That Which Cannot Be Explained But Neither Can Anything Else.  Now Husband Dan and I spent the weekend visiting my […]

London: Why I’m Here and Why I’m There

March 23, 2011

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Whatta week!  Life in the Boomer Lane arrived n London on Thursday to spend the week with her daughter, grandson, and son-in-law.  As if that weren’t exciting enough, LBL found out on Saturday that from 4000 entries submitted to the NPR short story contest that she entered in January, hers was one of a dozen selected […]

Ask Me About My Colonoscopy

March 19, 2011

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When burying people up to their necks in sand and releasing ants to crawl all over their heads became passe, someone invented the colonoscopy.  Colonoscopies are especially important for people over the age of 50 because it provides them with the need for something that no one ever told them about and which can’t be spelled anyway.  […]

A Startling Prediction About the Fate of the Entire World

March 7, 2011

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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 […]

The Oldest Living Boomer

March 3, 2011

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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 […]

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

February 28, 2011

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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 […]

Women in Packaging

February 17, 2011

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The title of this post doesn’t refer to Angelina Jolie action figures or to or females with all of their body parts squished into Spanx.  Women in Packaging, Inc is “an international, nonprofit, professional packaging organization dedicated to the growth and success of packaging professionals.”  There.  Now you know.  In addition to Women in Packaging, […]

A man spreads his legs…

February 7, 2011

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at an office party.  He is seated in a chair and you are standing nearby, looking in his direction. He points to one knee and says “This is Thanksgiving.”  He points to the other knee and says, “This is Christmas.”  Then he asks, “Why not visit me between the holidays?” The above was part of […]