In the NY Magazine Approval Matrix dedicated to Michael Jackson. there was a teeny blurb that caught me up: "The only one who could make white socks, black shoes, and highwater pants look cool." Nyuh-uh. Consider two of the most...
Times have surely changed since I wrote about being the oldest living human on Facebook a few years ago. Not only are the original college-aged kids now out in the real world and using Facebook for both social and business...
Lately whenever I look in the mirror or get dressed I think about 3 thing-- looks, money and old age. Remember when you'd run a comb through your hair, dash some lipstick on and you were done? It seems like...
We've enjoyed Michael Winerip's Parenting column in the New York Times, mainly because his kids are relatively close in age to ours, so we were sad to see it end. But wait! He's back! And now he's writing about...well...hmm....baby boomers....
As aging Hipsters, we've had the benefit of watching as the tenor of politics has grown ever more divisive. Negative campaigning isn't new - you can find examples as far back as Jefferson - but today the message seems designed...
I was going to write today about the Presidential debate, but instead find I need to say goodbye to the first man I ever loved--Paul Newman. As a pre-pubescent girl curled up in an armchair on rainy Sundays watching movies,...
I found this on Shabby Pink Scrapper a site that doesn't have much to do with boomers. I know, I know, they're a little corny, but funny nonetheless. If you can think of more, send 'em along. Baby Boomer Song...
As a professor muses on the issues of aging in academia in the Chronicle of Higher Education, I was struck by the universality of the issues--whether one is a college professor or auto mechanic. Age-associated changes that affect 'teaching, learning...
You probably have an elevated level of skepticism when it comes to guarantees. In most cases it's a time limit, mileage or hidden prerequisites that slant the guarantee in favor of the manufacturer. Then, even when you've met all the...
What? A hearing aid that's invisible, works better than conventional models and can be worn for months at a time. Wait, did you say $3000 PER YEAR??? According to the New York Times, the Lyric hearing aids are placed very...
Many of you will remember that we lost our dog-friend, Max nearly two years ago. After a period of mourning and a rather lengthy time without a dog, we decided to "just see" if we could find another friend...
As the writer points out, in this interview with Don Brewster of Grand Funk Railroad, oldies aren't old anymore---now they're 'classic rock.' Like our generation--we're not old, we're classic. So GFR is back on the concert trail. Catch them...
According to a recent Ameriprise survey, almost all boomers surveyed are giving their adult children financial assistance, while a fair amount are also assisting aging parents financially. This can substantially affect our ability to save and invest for retirement. Download...
I wear glasses with transition lenses these days--three sections--distance, mid-distance, and close-up. The distance part works as well as can be expected, the middle-distance part works depending on what you consider 'middle,' but the close-up is marginally better than blindness....
One effect of being 76-million strong is that everything we do is larger-than-life and some sort of public occasion. Sometimes it seems we're the proverbial butterfly fluttering its wings. Case in point--last week the first baby boomer filed for her...
One of the advantages to being an aging Baby Boomer is the enlightenment one achieves with age. This morning while reading a story on how some school districts have banned the playground game "tag" (sigh) I was trying to remember...
We've seen this before - a private investment firm snaps up a struggling company, raids the pension fund, reduces quality/service/equity and fires workers. Then sells it off piece by piece making a tidy profit on the transaction. It seems now...
This comes up in our house now and then. To go gray or stay a youthful red? Even if the youthful red is being chemically enhanced. On the one hand, I think of my grandmother who was a vibrant...
By Ron Enderland Most everyone, Boomer or not, can recall the first time they fell in love. I certainly do. I was five years old, and watching the Mickey Mouse Show when Annette (I didn't know her last name) appeared...
By Alexa Pierce "They say seventy is the new forty," a California health plan's radio commercial begins its pitch. Naturally, this got me thinking ... then sixty must be the new thirty. I'm a sixty-something -- 62-1/2 precisely -- navigating...
You know, sometimes you look up and your life has become a Kodak commercial. (I love making these sort of references - it's a kind of generational inside joke). Turn around and there's hair growing in strange places. You can't...
It was only a matter of time before we'd try to replicate a sacred teenage ritual--going to the drive-in. Of course in my day it meant one or two or three couples in a car---either planning to drink ourselves sick...
By Glen Gardner I'm sitting in the hill country of Wisconsin this afternoon waiting with baited breath for spring to arrive. Looking out the window I'm watching it snow sideways in the middle of April. It must be that global...
Recently my college-bound son invited me to be his friend on Facebook. Whether this was a temporary lapse into cuteness, sentimentality, or mischief, even he isn't sure. But, like the intrepid internet pioneer I am, I said "golly, sure thing"...
By Anja Merret Well they are not silver coloured alians who balance on surfboards off the coast of California or Australia. A company called AXA has produced findings in a survey that states that OAPs (What an expression - it...
To paraphrase John Gorka, '"we're from New Jersey, we don't expect much..." But Imus crossed the line in the turnpike by dissing the Rutgers Women's basketball team. These young women really know how to play basketball, they're quality students, and,...
Anyone remember The Persuasions? I loved this group! We just received a note from Jerry Lawson, former lead singer of that a capella group, who's still making music and still forgoing instruments. He has a new group, Talk of the...
by Mirabai Holland, MFA Q: I have a family history of osteoporosis. My bone density test just came back low. My doctor says I have osteopenia and I should take calcium supplements and exercise. What kind of exercise should I...
Hi all, My name is Glen Gardner and I'm the station manager of Madison 1670 The Pulse. We are a live and local radio station that provides up to 14 hours of local content every weekday. A very rare situation...
By Glen Gardner A boomerang is an item I became familiar with during a trip I took to Australia a few years ago. If you know how to toss it just right, it will slice through the air and return...
Awhile back, we received a press release about a nifty new site just made for aging hipsters, Classic Rock Central. Currently in beta, the site offers streaming radio, photos, interviews, and news. Granted, some of the news will be of...
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...
Looks kinda like me at 4AM Saturday. OK - I admit I'm one of those over 50-somethings that hits the bed at 9pm (or sooner) and a built-in clock that says "hey - you had 8 hours of sleep,...
Who would you vote for if the Presidential election of 2008 were held TODAY?...
This is really a rant on my frustration at running a discussion board - so if the headline caught your attention, you'll be rewarded in the end (so to speak). I've come to the conclusion that Boomers just simply have...
Anja Merret lives in Brighton, UK, having recently moved across from South Africa. Anja has had a varied and interesting career and life journey. She started as a high school teacher, changed professions to become an admin manager at her...
Mirabai Holland M.F.A. is one of the leading authorities in the Health & Fitness industry, and public health activist who specializing in preventive and rehabilitative exercise for women. Her Moving Freeâ„¢ approach to exercise is designed to provide a...
Forgive me if this is just spreading rumor, but at a party last night, it was suggested that a cougar had been sighted nearby - just a few miles from where we were standing - in New Jersey. When asked...
With the release of "We Are Marshall" I'm not the only moviegoer who will be remembering that cold November night when the entire Marshall football team, coaches and supporters perished in a plane crash. I'll be remembering my town, my...
If you listen to JET (the band) you get this warm, familiar feeling from some sort of primordial deja-vu. It seems every song starts with a variation of a familiar hook from a past musical life. But unlike cover bands,...
Rhino Entertainment released Robert Plant's comprehensive 9 Lives boxed set earlier this week and I'm sure a lot of you will be trampling each other to be the first. The boxed set features all nine of Plant's solo albums remastered...
We have been busy, we have been remiss. Frontline recently aired an important program, "Living Old," which explores the "uncharted territory of Americans living longer than ever -- and what it means for them, their loved ones and our society."...
The other day, I was expecting to find my daily dose of Barney and Friends, but to my shock and awe, was treated to a presidential news conference. Apparently no one bothered to tell channel 8 to change the...
Maxwell September 30, 1991 - September 23, 2006 There was uneasy silence last evening as we spent the first night alone without our friend and protector. Maxwell passed away on Saturday morning, one week short of his 15th birthday....
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I'm a huge Steely Dan fan. I even know where they got the name. So, I appreciated this story on a Billboard.com blog about the snarky duo's letter to Luke Wilson about brother Owen ripping off their Cousin Dupree character...
This has nothing to do with being a boomer--I just stumbled on a site about the World Championships of Sand Sculpture in Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia. The sculpture is absolutely amazing and most are much more elaborate than...
Stumble Upon has made my long strange trip into the Internet even stranger yet. Give it a try and see what you can find - like the ASCII-0-Matic which turns a photo into cool artwork in a matter of seconds....
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In case you're wondering about the dearth of fresh content here lately, there's a perfectly good explanation. One of us has just quit smoking after 38 years and had neither the patience nor concentration to sit at the computer...
What was hilarious in the druggie humor of Cheech and Chong is apparently not so funny in 60-something substance abusers. The number of substance abusers over 50-- of both prescription and illegal drugs-- will reach 5 million by 2020. Perhaps...
We were in NYC yesterday on official business but couldn't help wandering over to 59th and 5th to see the new Apple store. Reminiscent of the glass pyramid outside the Louve, the store sits beneath a glass cube topped...
We received this from a member of a new cohousing community in Massachusetts. "Cohousing is a concept that may be very appealing to the aging hipster. Cohousing is a intergenerational pedestrian friendly neighborhood geared toward a balance of private and...
You've got this favorite song, it replays in your head - over and over. Yeah, you love it, but make it go away! Perhaps it's the melody, a particular beat or instrumental quality that implants itself in the music lobe...
The Smothers Brothers (you remember them, right?) used to do a bit about the best rescue strategy if you ever found yourself drowning in a vat of chocolate. Their conclusion was yell "FIRE" 'cuz no one will ever come running...
I of course never color and am completely totally absolutely utterly still the same redhead I was when I was six. But some of the most beautiful Boomers I know have magnificent heads of glorious white hair. If you've braved...
It's not so much second childhoods many of us are after, it's more second hippie-hoods. Not that it's necessarily time to re-learn macrame, but maybe it's never too late to be a rock star. A friend sent us an article...
A visitor posted a rave ,of this book, The Greater Generation: In Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy, in the forum. I can hardly believe I haven't read it...OK, or even heard of it. But I'm rushing to Amazon right...
Blah, blah, blah..the first Boomers are turning sixty this year. What'd they think? We'd all die at 59? I defy you to find a news outlet that hasn't done a story on our pending senescence. But I did come across...
A friend turned us on to this great internet radio, Wolfgang's Vault. æThis is material from over 7,000 concerts that Bill Graham produced and recorded in his lifetime. Some incredible gems in rotation, not to mention pictures and memorabilia....
There was an interesting article by Mary Tannen in the NY Times Magazine a few weeks ago about how the fashion and cosmetics industries are starting to put their marketing where the money is: women over 40. M.A.C. Cosmetics, Dior,...
Occasionally we receive releases about book of interest to Boomers. And what could be closer to our hearts (and wallets) than social security? You can read an excerpt here from Nancy Altman's book, The Battle for Social Security, and buy...
In this age of blogs, it seems almost redundant to have a bulletin board. We've had three and you'd think we'd learn our lesson by now. We felt like we should make it somehow relevant and active, but it just...
We received this inquiry from Fuji TV Network News. Interested Boomers, g'head and make contact. You could be a star on Japanese TV: Fuji TV News is looking to produce a segment for its prime-time news show about aging baby...
Yikes, I've done it again. Perfectly nice journalists call us and ask perfectly reasonable questions and I manage to sound like a jerk. Maybe we're not 'better' than old fogies, but we Boomers sure perceive ourselves to be a different...
Woo-hoo, ABC is doing a story on Baby Boomers turning 60. In typical television fashion it was 30 seconds of stuff we already knew. Titled "boomer Breakthroughs," the story tonight dealt with Baby Boomers challenging the accepted notion of retirement....
The Mature Market had a release awhile ago about something which is making me gag, and no, it's not eating brussel sprouts. Apparently, someone named Neil Doherty is putting on an expo of some sort--what he calls a Baby Boomer...
Since we're all planning to work until we drop, an AARP study of "Best Employers of People Over 50" should be of interest to some. According to an interview with Deborah Russell, the director of economic security for AARP, on...
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My elder son turns 21 tomorrow. That's a big birthday. And as all old geezerettes say, "I remember 21 like it was yesterday." Yup---my parents were old farts and I knew everything. I was an adult, by gum. Now...
We're Never Too Old for Rock and Roll--as proven by all the aging hipsters out there making music and playing in bands. One sent us a song for your Boomer delectation. If you like it, you can check out more...
A long time ago we got email from a bone fide aging hipster. He has a great blog about "living on the flagship commune of the Seventies with its own cowboy guru, four-marriages, massive home birthings, organic sacrament-inspired agreements, and...
One of us just turned fifty and, of course, needed a landmark occasion to celebrate a landmark event. Or should I say 'landmine' event? Did he want a red Ferrari or a trophy bimbo? No. Did he dye his hair...
Information from a Harris Interactive survey presented at the North American Menopause Society's annual meeting, the large number of menopausal baby boomer women in the workplace is becoming a 'public health issue.' What, do they think we'll pull out...
We bought the original Television's Greatest Hits 20 years ago in a moment of silliness and, among other things, 'name that TV theme' became a favorite family game. Now comes the ultimate compilation--a 2 CD set of Television's Greatest...
For some tips on dealing with aging parents, take a look at SeniorJournal.com. The site itself is a bit of a mess, but the information may be relevant for some of us as we (and our parents) age....
The Carlton College Voice has a thoughtful article on Baby Boomers dealing with aging parents, careers, retirement, and other more philosophical issues. It's well-researched and a good read....
We received this from Barbara Morris, a 76-year-old working pharmacist and writer on anti-aging strategies. We're all for anti-aging strategies. Put Old on Hold -- Start Now By Barbara M. Morris, R.Ph. Is it possible to avoid premature mental and...
To celebrate its 100th issue, the UK magazine, Uncut, conducted a poll of rock and film personalities to determine the music, television, and films that have changed the world. Change the world may be a bit grandiose, but it's hard...
Ted Mack couldn't sell me Geritol, but perhaps Greg Allman could. Tom Watson, in his blog titled "My dirty life and times." notes the irony (and frequency) of aging pop icons pitching Boomers. Too bad Janis isn't around to hawk...
I watched Stay Hungry on cable the other day and it got me wondering about Bob Rafelson. Back in 1970, he directed the benchmark movie Five Easy Pieces and other quintessential independent films, like The Postman Always Rings Twice...
Gonna see my picture on the cover Gonna buy five copies for my mother Wanna see my smilin' face on the cover of the Rolling Stone As the good Dr. Hook lamented years ago, his life would be complete...
We hardly think about it - we, the self-absorbed, self-indulgent Boomer Generation - but it's going to happen. As our parents age and eventually pass on, each of us will be facing the odd realization of being orphans. We didn't...
Forget the lottery or Publsher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes, we at Baby Boomers have a great giveaway ---the newly released DVD of Roy Orbison's "Live From Australia." We have 5 copies of the DVD to give away courtesy of Big Honcho...
What I find most interesting about this AARP study of sexuality is that anyone even wants to know about middle-aged sex. But then again, we are the baby boomers and there are now 78 million of us. When I was...
If you remember the first time you got carded while buying beer, you may recall whipping out your driver's licence and and proudly displaying your legal age. Well, the screw has turned for many of us and that pride changes...
Boomers are in the unique position of being the "sandwich generation," still caring for our children and often responsible for our parents as well. The Positive Aging Network may prove to be a good resource for those of us needing...
President Rove and his mouthpiece George Bush have quietly declared open season on dissenting opinion by replacing "fair and balanced" (I mean that in the traditional sense, not the way Fox News means it) reporting wherever they find it with...
According to this article in the Seattle Times, it's not late to join the Peace Corps. In fact, they are actively recruiting gray hairs like us, in part because we've already developed specialized skills and valuable experience. If you...
Well, if I do ever go into a nursing home, I hope Maureen Dowd is there too so I'll be able to revel in her point of view--both political--and personal, like this musing on aging from the New York Times....
We received this comment last night from a teen doing a research paper on Baby Boomers. Spelling and grammer aside, it asks some interesting questions. Add your comments here. "Hi i am an australian high school student doing resaerch on...
Lately I've been thinking about Tom Lehrer. I figured no one under 40 had ever heard of him, but guess what? His rendition of the periodic table, The Elements, is all over Kazaa and Limewire. Are kids using it to...
This 'Baby Bosses' thing seems to have really hit a nerve---it must be like finding yourself working for the babysitter. Here's another information request, this time from Canada: "I am working on the baby bosses story and looking for an...
The site, Encore Rock 'n Roll Nostalgia, is poorly designed, but get past that to find some great merchandise from the days of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Where else will you find a Frank Zappa poster from a...
If you are a woman of a certain age, you might think you're becoming more invisible with each passing year. Check out the Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, a razzle-dazzle and enormously popular vaudeville review, where the youngest of these...
"The Lives and Times of Baby Boomers"
For nearly 10 years now, I've answered every e-mail that asked "what are the Boomer years?" I actually got so annoyed with the question, I put the answer in the masthead. Now it's my turn. What years comprise the...
A new report has come out examining the Baby Boomer generation and our ability to have a major impact on society and policy as we age. According to an article in The Mature Market , (doncha hate that name?), the...
This is an open topic. Feel free to rant or wax poetic by adding a comment . Remember this is a Baby Boomer site, so please keep it on target... like, "I Hate you *&%*%* Baby Boomers!" Also, be assured...
The Festivus Pole and Feats of Strength
Madison Avenue Wakes Up To Baby Boomer Money
Thanks to my college-age son, I've rediscovered Shel Silverstein and his adult writings. All those years of reading "The Giving Tree" to my sons had made me forget the edgy songs, poems, and cartoons Silverstein produced. Did you know that...
As if the Bush administration didn't give me enough to worry about, Regina Lynn's article on Wired News, has me wringing my hands about the administration's covert war on sex. According to the article, the government has stepped up...
I cannot be a grandparent--I don't know how to make a strudel, I don't own a hair net, and my stocking are never rolled down to my knees. I can't crochet, play mah-jong, or speak Yiddish. How could people as...
If you're one of those Boomers who's worried about how to beat taxes on your millions, there's a new retirement plan in effect for the self-employed. The Solo-DB plan allows you to contribute hefty amounts each year, in excess of...
I know some of you Baby Boomers out there share my secret desire to pillage and burn as a pirate on the open seas... but alas, the mortgage needs to be paid and the kids are in college. Fear not...
The Doughboy returns... and he looks like us!
Acording to an article in the ContraCosta Times, Baby Boomers are finding more exotic retirement locales than their blue-haired elders. Central America is becoming the hot new place, thanks to relatively inexpensive beachfront property, stablized infrastructures, and cheap flights...
And we thought we were paranoid. Aging hipsters aren't the only ones feeling the wrath of later generations. This columnist from the Richmond Times Dispatch also seems to think that the only recourse left is to pick our ice floes...
I have long been to the left of liberal, but this article on freezerbox.com, written by a conservative, is the single best argument against the current administration I have heard so far. Those who consider themselves Republicans may be surprised...
We are enshrined. The Woodstock festival (the real one) is now on display at the New York State Museum. The exhibit includes artifacts such as ticket stubs, photos, and even articles of clothing from the weekend of mud-and-love. If...
Pharmaceuticals are taking on a whole different meaning as we get older. Seems the illegal pleasures of our youth are being replaced by the anti-aging pharmaceuticals of today. It used to be enough to feel good, enter an altered state,...
Ray Charles 1930-2004 Marlon Brando 1924-2004...
Sometimes we just roam around the internet looking for things baby boomer. Sometimes we travel to strange places. We found this on a site called www.welds.com, a site of humor ranging from the silly to the sick. I'm betting that...
David Dellinger, a lifelong activist for peace and one of the Chicago 7, died on May 25th at 88....
A brief surf through news about baby boomers turns up a dozen articles positing that we are facing financial disaster as we reach retirement age. Read, for instance, this article from the Wichita Eagle So, we're not such great...
This is going to take some time, so bear with me. A friend/associate of mine operates a very successful sales training business. I credit his success to the creative and insightful way he communicates complex material. Recently, I received his...
Frank Mullen dares to speak what we only think. The Flip-side of Forever by Frank Mullen III To: St. Peter From: Director of Internal Investigation Re: Problems in Rock 'n Roll Heaven Dear Sir, As I sit here in the...
Like many of us of a certain age, Neil Young has found that re-inventing himself is almost a survival skill. Now he's turned his talents to multimedia and the internet. I came across the the following article, written by...
As the specter of retirement and empty-nesting looms, baby boomers are hardly entering old age-homes or assisted living facilities. Known in the realty biz as 'active adult communities.' I like to think of it as 'we-want-what-we-want-when- we-want-it-the-way-we want it' communities....
An old friend wandered India, the Middle East, and Africa for a year or two. Someone from college lived on a houseboat in Amsterdam. A high school buddy ended up in Tibet for a few years. One or two...
Because Microsoft has not yet made enough money, they are now working on technology to ease us into what they call the 'awkward age of computing.' Does this mean my computer will soon be able to yell back? Microsoft's new...
We belatedly pay tribute to the true constant of our Baby Boomer childhoods, Captain Kangaroo, who died in late January at the age of 76. I can hardly believe he was only 76---seems he was old enough to be...
We received this blurb from a reader and thought it might interest fellow boomers: We have just published a book you will enjoy. "A Tongue in the Sink: The Harrowing Adventures of a Baby Boomer Childhood" is a humorous look...
Howard Dean, known for leveraging the power of the Internet to raise both awareness and money, has now found himself the target of Internet Chaos Theory. According to MTV, Dean's recent impassioned entreaty to his supporters in Des Moines after...
James Brown 70 (not a Baby Boomer) and his wife Tomi Rae, 33 (not a Baby Boomer) got into a scuffle the other day and the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Rock 'n Roll" was rolled back into jail. Brown, a...
Gen X may dismiss us as old and in the way, but marketing to Boomers seems to be the topic du jour, judging from all the news items about finding new and improved ways to part us from our money....
This article recently appeared in the Los Angeles Times. We're hot, we're the majority, and we're not gonna take it anymore. They hold the purse Movies like "Calendar Girls" reveal -- again -- that older women are an audience to...
Mark my words Baby Boomers, this is going to happen. I took a few well-deserved days off and found myself stuck on the Histroy Channel at 2 in the afternoon (nevermind what I was watching). The commercials consisted of one...
Virgin Records is courting a re-marriage with Baby Boomers and "follow the money" seems to be an apt suggestion. Many retailers are trying to stop the bleeding and Virgin is leading the way with innovative displays designed to wrench every...
We've been saying for some time now that Baby Boomers will exert tremendous pressure on marketers to design (or re-design) products aimed at the aging Boomer generation. We are the proverbial 500 pound silver back gorilla who won't be ignored....
Well, we've read everything we could find about the new Medicare bill, and the New York Times is right, it's impossibly complex. A few conclusions --The prescription drug benefits benefit those who don't really need the help and the pharmaceutical...
Getting Over Getting Older, Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Berkley Books, 1996 Don't you just hate when a friend keeps insisting there's a book you MUST read? Whether it sounds interesting or not? I have just become that friend. I've been handing...
MIT in conjunction with several well-connected "laborotory partners" has created the AgeLab. With companies like Procter & Gamble, The Hartford and Philips, the AgeLab's goal is to go where no aging hipster has gone before; seeking out new products designed...
With a health care crisis of our own to worry about, many Baby Boomers are already dealing with the challenge of aging parents. As BRIAN BERGSTEIN of the Associated Press writes: "Joan Coleman calls it her nightmare. When her 74-year-old...
Those of you around at the beginning of the Baby Boomer Homepage may recall that Max, our stoic dog-friend, once dispensed advice here. He retired some years ago from active participation, but remained a beloved guest in our home....
I'm still laughing at the star-struck, cross-eyed look on Bush's face. Could the United States be more of a laughing stock for the rest of the world? Proof once again that if you're Republican and don't like the result...
A Rutgers University report on Baby Boomers and credit card debt indicates that Boomers are continuing to run up huge credit card debt even while the country is in the grip of a moderate recession. According to the study, Boomers...
Apparently, unwanted body hair (especially on women) is fodder for yet another article about aging Baby Boomers. All is not lost, however. This is a pretty funny article about the freeakish follicles. For baby boomers, getting older can be a...
We have a new/old friend here at AgingHipsters.com and one that I am happy to have re-connected with at my 30th High School reunion last weekend (more on that later.) She was nice enough to pass along an amusing little...
Is this any way to talk about their elders? Seems Gen-Xers really do think it's all our fault and that they'll foot the bill. Considering that baby boomers pay 58% of the taxes in this country, they better stop whining...
Being the incredibly organized and decisive person that I am, I just decided tonight to go to my 30th high school reunion. Not that I didn't want to go, but it's a 9 hour drive and frankly, it's total regression....
Earlier this week we wrote a comment on the new White House e-mail system. Essentially, the Bush administration has made it much more difficult to communicate with the President by forcing comment through a contorted trail of web pages (you can no longer send e-mail to president @whitehouse.gov). Designed to pre-filter comments into pro/con and further into selected categories, the new system appears to be an attempt to dump comment into convenient buckets.
You aging hipsters out there might remember Glass Harp, the 70's cult band featuring guitarist Phil Keaggy. Get ready to dust off the vinyl because they're back with a fresh studio album and a new distribution channel. Original tracks...
We found an interesting study on the AARP website looking at the attitudes of boomers back when we were young and idealistic and again in 2002. A lot has changed, a lot hasn't. You can read the report in its...
We keep a permanent set of Baby Boomer-related links here but we've recently added a user-submitted link directory. If you have a favorite Baby Boomer link you think would be of interest to our readers, please add it. We're especially...
A visitor to the site sent us this article about an interesting new concept in senior (that's soon to be us, fellow baby boomers) living--aging-in-place communities. It's hard to imagine us allowing ourselves to be shipped off to nursing homes:...
One of the interesting results of being listed high in the search engines is that we receive all sorts of requests, marketing come-ons, and offers to affiliate with sites from Tonga to Staten Island. Naturally, dear readers, we protect you...
It's a funny world we live in---no time for leisure and less time to do the stuff we have to do. Many of us have turned to online banking, take-out menus, 10-minute workouts, and now, speed dating. In case you...
© Dan Sherman In my gym's parking lot the other day I saw a classic '56 turquoise T Bird that looked like the model from the movie American Graffiti. On closer inspection, the Thunderbird was a remake. It had the...
Written by a Boomer, for Baby Boomers. This book sounds pretty good, even if Paul Harvey (dead or alive???) does endorse it. Perhaps it's a large print version of one of those "dummies" books. "Mr. Modem's Internet Guide for...
Baby Boomers who have witnessed decades of deficit spending are once again faced with the largest national debt in history. Just when you thought it couldn't get any larger... out comes the national credit card. By Mike Smith, Las Vegas...
This AP article should be of interest to those Gen-X and Y-ers out there who think they were the first to discover the net. Heck, we all know Al Gore invented the Internet and he's a Boomer! May 24, 5:02...
The Associated Press is reporting on a study released by the Department of Health and Human Services that indicates aging Baby Boomers will create a shortage of over 3 million health care workers by 2050. By then the Baby Boomer...
The Baby Boomer Generation first appeared in January of 1996. Originally titled the Baby Boomer Homepage, it was conceived simply as a portal for Boomer chat. It was evident at the start that while chat spawned the site, it wasn't...
When I was a kid, there was an eye doctor named Dr. Peepers in my hometown. His slogan: "See Peepers, See Better." I never forgot that memorable line... but what re-kindled it was a pleasant e-mail exchange with Barry at...
We've added two new categories of interest to our Boomer readers: Politics and a Boomer Library. Boomer Politics because all of a sudden we found ourselves interested in it again. Boomer Library because we frequently comment on books and literature...
Groovy new desktop icon for all you techno-boomers out there. Two flavors: Windows ".ico" file archived in a .zip file and Macintosh folder in a "stuffit" file. You geeks should know what to do with it... the rest of you...
We found the following plea on the Baby Boomer Board and decided to move it here to give it a little better exposure. Please add your comments using the link at the end of the article. "I am in search...
Out of the fog of war comes Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Minister of Information. See http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com for proof of his rising star quality. M.S.S. (as he is lovingly called) is featured giving his unique spin on history. There's even a...
We came across this essay while aimlessly surfing anything with the words "baby boomer" in it. Tracking down the writer we learned it was originally written for a college class in 1996 (talk about the olden days of online technology!)....
This recent post to our bulletin board should have Baby Boomers everywhere wondering about how our past doesn't quite fit with the present. We often bring these discussions to the front page; feel free to comment below or to the...
My brother Dirk hits a magical number today... 50! Just so he won't forget, here's a little stroll down memory lane. He's the aging-est aging hipster I know. Happy 50th Dirk from your little brother. Posted by Pete at March...
These "nostaglic" posters are the cat's meow for all you retro political jokesters out there. The two above are just a sample of the 20 or so available at The Whitehouse.org. And as if that weren't enough, take a...
Here's an example of a well designed, well written and up-to-date weblog produced by someone born in 1949. Some Gen-xers lurking about here believe we Baby Boomers are incapable of harnessing technology; Doug must be the exception that proves the...
© 2003 Dan Sherman Whenever a man has an important task to do, something his wife or girlfriend knows instinctively is CRUCIAL to the fate of the known universe, like scouring the shower walls, it always seems that there is...
WHAM! POW! ZAP! 72 year old Adam West and the "boy" wonder Burt Ward have been riding the BatCraze for over 30 years and now they're reprising their roles for a CBS movie Sunday March 9. I have to admit...
© 2003 Dan Sherman I have a new hero by the name of Drew Cummings, a 50-year-old teacher who is suing the "American Idol" show for age discrimination and violating his constitutional right to have his musical talent dismissed by...
Keeping up with the lingo is essential if you want to be neanimorphic, and if you have one or more boomerangers you may be a member of the sandwich generation or suffer retirement panic. Look up these and other culture-defining...
You might know two of the three above, but the third isn't a household name...yet. "Howard Dean is running for president as Jimmy Stewart. The buttoned-down Democrat begins campaign speeches by conceding to his audience, 'You don't know me,' before...
Who is this guy? We'd tell you but it might make you feel old. Update: 3-6-03 No more calls please, we have a winner! Diane correctly guessed the name of our mystery guest. It's Peter Gabriel!...
Some Days You Burn the CD, Some Days the CD Burns You © 2003 Dan Sherman I just got off the phone with the president of the Recording Industry Association of America who called to personally kiss my Converse...
Announcing a new feature on the Baby Boomer Homepage, a weekly humor column, by Dan Sherman, A Boomer with Attitude. (Who among us does not have attitude, I wonder?) We'll provide a new article from Dan every Tuesday or Wednesday....
Should the US go to war with Iraq? Vote using the survey form on the home page left sidebar. Posted by Pete at February 15, 2003 05:49 AM Comments Wow! help me out here guys. I'm 49, finally back in...
It's been years here and one theme runs on like an old scratchy record-vinyl-(surely you remember vinyl). Gen-Xers hate us. They despise us, loathe us, feeling nothing but contempt for us. At the risk of ducking rotten tomatoes for the...
So here we are, rock 'n rollers from way back. Aren't we the generation that listened to 6 hour Grateful Dead jams, ,earsplitting Led Zeppelin, subversive Rolling Stones? Weren't ours the record collections that were so psychedelic you couldn't...
Which stars should box each other? As Fox hits a new low with Tonya Harding and Paula Jones in ''Celebrity Boxing,'' Ken Tucker asks who else you'd like to see in the ring What ever happened to... Locate your...
"The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government's statements. I had no idea until then that you could not really rely on them." William Fulbright 35 years ago, America was just starting its "nice...
His life spanned decades of change, whose writing was an integral part of that change, and who, by the way he lived and the messege he sent, kept us from complacency in both art and life. Complete text of...
Over 25 years ago Abbie Hoffman published "Steal This Book", subtitled "A Handbook of Survival and Warfare for the Citizens of Woodstock Nation." The Table of Contents included such "relevant" and "useful" topics as lists of communes, hitch-hiking, panhandling, free...
For those of you who doubt the enormous popularity of disco music , herewith a list of the biggest selling singles of the Seventies. In a classic example of revisionist history, we may all deny having liked the stuff, but...
This is a chart of household income by age from the 1990 US Census. Total population numbers by age group in 10 year increments. Household Income by Age Group, US census 1990 Posted by Pete at February 2, 2003 10:26...
Statistical view of the Baby Boomer Generation extracted from the 1990 census. Includes totals by age, goegraphy, race and education. Statistical Snapshot of the Baby Boomer Generation Posted by Pete at February 1, 2003 09:28 AM Comments I am a...
OK--first imagine this. You're off to a day at a museum. You approach an imposing angled and jutting glass building-You cross a stone esplanade flanked by the usual plantings, the usual signage, the usual strategically placed stone seating areas. -could...
It seems not only is Bush willing to go pick a fight, but he's ready to go it alone. I have 20 year old twin sons and my perspective on war hasn't changed in 30 years. But with "cannon fodder"...
The attack of Sept 11 had the potential to cripple the American spirit, drain our resources, and strike a death blow to an already uncertain economy. As almost all hope for survivors has waned and the people of the country...
30+ years ago Abbie Hoffman published "Steal This Book", subtitled "A Handbook of Survival and Warfare for the Citizens of Woodstock Nation." The Table of Contents included such "relevant" and "useful" topics as lists of communes, hitch-hiking, panhandling, free...
