It’s hardly anyone’s favorite topic. But with those modern medical miracles, the future spreads out before you. Elderly is the new midlife. Still, baby boomers should keep pace with hippest pop culture trends in the afterlife. Cremation is not a fad. Almost half of all Americans say they will go that route. In theRead the Rest…
I was the most outrageous and stoned writer of the baby boomer era. I invented a special kind of journalism that became a pop culture fad – you get personally, subjectively involved with your subjects. Truth? What is truth? Truth is what you experience. Experience is seldom polished, rational, or polite. I becameRead the Rest…
“History is the sum total of the things that could have been avoided.” ~Konrad Adenauer, statesman “A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents.” ~Richard Reeves, journalist 2011: The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show as many celebrities attend the star-studded event. 1990: Cheers’Read the Rest…
“Collecting has been my great extravagance. It’s a way of being. I collect for the same reason that I eat too much – I’m one of nature’s shoppers. “~Howard Hodgkin, painter How’s this for a nice profit? In 1938 you could buy the very first pop culture Action Comics edition, the one thatRead the Rest…
I had my proverbial 15 minutes of pop culture fame. It came in a flash of gunfire and headlines that echoed for years. When I shot four muggers in New York City, I became an instant baby boomer celebrity — known forever as the “Subway Vigilante.” Yes, as I’ve admitted, I snapped, I acted likeRead the Rest…
“Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” ~Baseball great Leroy “Satchel” Paige who pitched his major league game at age 47. “Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative. ” ~Maurice Chevalier ►If you ever used a rotary phone. ►You can singRead the Rest…
“All television is educational television. The question is: what is it teaching?” ~Nicholas Johnson spoken as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission “Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.” ~Ann Landers “Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover.” ~Homer Simpson 1992: The final episode of Emmy Award winning “Golden Girls.” 1983:Read the Rest…
A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time. ~Anne Taylor Fleming, writer I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. ~Rita Rudner, comedianne Marriage and divorceRead the Rest…
Yuppie, Yumpie, Yippie. This can get confusing. Question: Was Jerry Rubin, the notorious baby boomer hippie-radical of the late 1960s who later became a stockbroker, a yippie or a yuppie? Answer: Both. On New Years Day 1968, Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, author of Steal This Book (who probably relinquished the royalties by hisRead the Rest…
Bag, as a particular interest or area of expertise, is from 1964 and came from jazz jargon. It’s likely based on the notion of putting something in a bag, thus possessing it. Example: “Folk music is my bag, man.” It was a weekend hipster word that fell out of use in the 1970s. Boggie originally referredRead the Rest…
