Does that plastic-headed Burger King creep anyone else out, or is it just me?
Is banning plastic grocery bags in San Francisco a good start or a fart in the wind?
Does watching those Peter Max/Inna-Godda-Divida retirement commercials make you want to fire up a doobie and curl up in the fetal position, or is it just me?
Does anyone else want to see Karl Rove sweat like a Sumo wrestler as he testifies about why a prosecutor was fired to make room for his own "protege," or is it just me? (My dream scenario has Rove answering questions posed by Sam Ervin - pipe dreams, both)
OK, before you go off and get excited about making money working for AgingHipsters.com- there isn't any. Just that warm feeling you'll be getting contributing to a labor of love.
This site started in 1995 - before either of us hardly knew what the Internet was- and it has been an incredibly rewarding experience. I look back on i t now and think we must have been sitting around looking for something to do to have the incredible amount of time needed to get this thing up and running. In 2000 we started our own web development firm and people paid us to do what we loved. But now, the commercial side of the business is eating up the hours and we find ourselves with less and less time to devote to AgingHipsters.
That's where you come in.
We're looking for, well... aging hipsters to contribute their time and talent to keep this site relevant, vibrant and alive - at least until all us Boomers die off.
What we need. Can you actually write? Do you have an opinion? If so, we need the following:
1. Politics. With the election coming up in '08, we think Baby Boomers will have a huge voice in the selection of our next president. We're looking for someone with prolific and strong opinions to contribute regularly up through the election. One right, one left will do.
2. Health. Yup, we're getting older and we're going to impact the health care system like no other generation. Do you work in the health care industry? Does it make you want to just scream?
3. Discussion board. Looking for someone who can manage the board. That means moderating signups, posts and tracking down spam with a vengeance. Along the way, you'll have your own personal soap box.
4. General contributions. Do you endlessly surf the web finding unusual content that might be appropriate here. Contribute a story idea or make it your life's goal seeking the odd.
5. Retirement. Are your retired? Worried like hell about your own retirement? Write about it and share your thoughts on where we're headed after the work is done. (Personally, I'll be working as the greeter at Wal-Mart, so I don't really worry about retirement at all).
What you get-
1. Published. A byline on everything you contribute and, if you're really prolific, your own blog here at www.yourname.aginghipsters.com featuring everything you've written.
2. A warm feeling.
Why would you do this?
1. We are regularly cited in top national and international publications, and that has accelerated in the last two years. So instead of starting your own blog that only your spouse reads, get published here and be read by hundreds of thousands of Boomers AND mainstream media.
2. A warm feeling
What you won't get
1. Money
2. Respect from Gen-X
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