Apple's Revolution Generation
You’ve heard us say this before: being a boomer means from the moment you were born, someone was analyzing your every move, speculating on your motivations and labeling you as just one more indication of an overall trend for your generation. Well guess what? The “experts” seem to be turning their magnifying glasses away from … Continue Reading »
One thing about being a boomer…someone is always talking about some new trend we’ve started. This week it’s news that boomers are leaving their desk jobs and turning to a life of farming. You have to admit it sounds like a very bohemian thing to do: retire from the cubicle and corporate uniform, put on … Continue Reading »
Here’s something for boomers who are missing the pitter patter of little feet. An innovative community group in Oregon has started a program called “Babies & Boomers.” Here’s their thinking: they need volunteers for their Early Head Start and Head Start programs…many baby boomers are at a place in their lives where they have the … Continue Reading »
Remember how your ears would ring for several hours after a rock concert? You knew that was going to come back to bite you some day. Apparently that day is close at hand. Right now about 36 million people in the U.S. suffer hearing loss. But as you might guess, that number is increasing as … Continue Reading »
Another day, another insult. This time from a major television network, as reported by Deadline Hollywood: After separating contestants by race and gender in recent editions of Survivor, it was probably inevitable for the CBS reality series to also play the age card. Indeed, the network this morning announced that the 20 new castaways on … Continue Reading »
This has actually been out on YouTube for a couple of weeks, but we want to make sure you don’t miss it. A guy named Harry Hanrahan must have a lot of time on his hands. First, he compiled The 100 Cheeziest Movie Quotes of All Time, then the 160 Greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes of … Continue Reading »
We love quotes. You can tell by the way we adorn the bottom of our home page with some of our favorite “bohemianisms.” We appreciate the way some people can put just the right words together and create a phrase that inspires us, makes us laugh or even moves us to tears. You jot them … Continue Reading »
It was one of those days that come so rarely now; a whole afternoon spent lounging in and around the swimming pool. Even though I had my nose stuck in my mystery novel, I couldn’t help but be distracted now and then by laughing children, and the splash of a teen-ager executing a perfect can-opener … Continue Reading »
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