Baby boomers are the healthiest, most energetic, longest-living generation in history. It’s only to be expected that some would covet much younger mates. In the past, this was a male game. It still is but now females are playing it, too. Their modern pop culture name is “cougars.”
Here are some midlife baby boomer celebrities whoRead the Rest…
You won’t read this anywhere else. The patriarch of Music TV is none other than that underrated hipster, Ozzie Nelson.
The father of baby boomer heart throb Ricky Nelson produced the very first video put to music—Ricky rockin’ superimposed over a montage of land and cityscapes. You saw Travelin’ Man on The Adventures ofRead the Rest…
It’s been said that baby boomers are the first generation to take care of their own children and aging parents at the same time. Life expectancy continues to increase and so do the complications of elder caregiving. In a guest post, here’s some sage midlife advice from an expert who has both professional and personalRead the Rest…
“Torture numbers, and they’ll confess to any thing,” ~Greg Easterbrook, political writer
“There are 3 kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” ~Mark Twain
“Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. ~ Aaron Levenstein, business professor
Midlife Inventory
Number of first marriages (per 1000 women age 20-24)
1960: 265
1970: 230
1985: 110
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“A movie should have a beginning, a middle, and an end…but not necessarily in that order.” Jean-Luc Goddard, Director
“The length of a film should directly related to the human bladder.” Alfred Hitchcock
►What did all these #1 box office hits have in common?
Rear Window
ET: The Extraterrestrial
Jaws
The Ten Commandments
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“The mark of the historic is the nonchalance with which it picks up an individual and deposits him in a trend, like a house playfully moved by a tornado.” ~Mary McCarthy, writer
“Each time history repeats itself, the price goes up.” ~Anonymous
2010: The box office for producer James Cameron’s Avatar surpasses his 1997 movie Titanic toRead the Rest…
Julia, Julia, Julia. That’s all I ever heard. I was as popular with baby boomer gourmands as the great Julia Child. But I always seemed to be a second banana, then and now.
We had a lot in common. We were the first big television chefs,Read the Rest…
“Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense, but the past perfect.” ~Owens Pomeroy, founder of Golden Radio Buffs
“It’s never safe to be nostalgic about something until you’re absolutely certain there’s no chance of its coming back.” ~Bill Vaughn, journalist
“Things ain’t what they used to be and probably never was.” ~Will Rogers
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You stroll into a room to do something and then, lo and behold, you can’t remember what it was.
OMG! I’m over 50. It’s the first thing to go, they say.
OMG! I’m only 30. Am I having midlife baby boomer space-outs already?
Relax. It’s called “the doorway effect.” When one passes through a doorway (threshold) you tendRead the Rest…
2010: Toyota announces 5.2 million recalls for a pedal entrapment/floor mat problem.
1998: News of the Clinton/Lewinsky affair is published. President Clinton vigorously denies all allegations.
1996: Golden Globes: Sense and Sensibility is the Best Dramatic Movie. Babe wins Best Musical/Comedy.
1994: Lorena Bobbitt is found innocent by temporary insanity for severing her husband’s penis.
1995: Golden Globes: ForestRead the Rest…
