The question is not if, but when. By the 2020’s, life expectancy should begin to take a dramatic leap forward. A generation after that, it might even be possible to exist “indefinitely.”
Many midlife baby boomers could fall within that time frame. The healthier you are now, the better your chances ofRead the Rest…
“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr.
“We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.” ~John F. Kennedy
2011: The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show is packed with celebrities.
1993: Intel’s new Pentium processor is unveiled.
1990: Television Cheers’ star KelseyRead the Rest…
You probably know me as the notorious “Hollywood Madame.” I regard it as a pop culture badge of honor. My exclusive client list, never revealed, looked like a Tinsel Town Baby Boomer’s Who’s Who. I served 21 months in jail. No regrets. What I did isn’t a “real” crime.
Unfortunately, my father, a prominent Read the Rest…
Do you love me?
Give me a kiss.
I love you.
Let’s play school.
Please brush my hair.
Please take me with you.
May I have a cookie?
Let’s have a party!
What can we do now?
Will you change my dress?
I’m so tired!
I love you.
I hurt myself
Will you play with me?
Please change my dress.
Let’s play house.
I’m hungry
Please carry me
Where are we going?
Tell meRead the Rest…
♫ Oh the way Glenn Miller played,
Songs that made the Hit Parade,
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days.
And you knew where you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men…
Those Were the Days sung at the piano by Archie and Edith as the intro to each All in the Family.
The baby boomerRead the Rest…
“Sex isn’t the answer. Sex is the question. “Yes” is the answer.” ~Swami X, comedian
“Sex relieves tension – love causes it.” ~Woody Allen
It was a baby boomer “coming-of-age party,” 1958, when “sexual revolution” meant spin the bottle.
None of us had seen bare breasts except in National Geographic. The notorious Tempest Storm was performing lessRead the Rest…
“A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.” ~ David McCullough, historian
“The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down. ” ~ A. Whitney Brown, comedian
1997: First U.S. ambassador since end of the Vietnam War arrives in Saigon.
1992: Final episode of television hit Golden Girls.
1991: MichaelRead the Rest…
The baby boomer movie star caused a momentary stir when he strolled in. Celebrities are not uncommon at high-end antiques/collectibles shows and he did live right there in Miami. Dealers try to act calm and unimpressed. Beautiful people dress down (like everyone at shows), the theory being if you appear too well-heeled, prices will beRead the Rest…
“Garbage picking,” a province of “bums” and “bag ladies,” transformed from a survival life-style into a baby boomer career.
People have foraged since the beginning of time for food or clothes, but seldom with an eye to profit. What happened? The Great Antiques and Collectibles Renaissance of the 1970s, inspired by young babyRead the Rest…
“History never looks like history when you are living through it.” ~ John Gardner, public servant
“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.” ~ James Baldwin, novelist
2010: Christie’s sets a record for the the most expensive work of art sold at auction when it hammers Pablo Picasso’s Nude, Green Leaves and BustRead the Rest…
