http://www.aginghipsters.com/The Baby Boomer Generation is a source for trends, research, comment and discussion of and by people born from 1946 - 1964. Covering issues on the Boomer Generation including original content for Boomers, bulletin boards, user comments, Sixties and Seventies music, Baby Boomer culture, health and coverage of issues for "Aging Hipsters." ]]>en-us2009-06-14T05:30:32-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000715.phpI took this video while visiting friends in WV. Try teaching this pet rock to roll over....junkPete2009-06-14T05:30:32-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000714.php "No one in America can know what will happen. No one is in real control. America is having a nervous breakdown ... Therefore there has been great exaltation, despair, prophecy, strain, suicide, secrecy, and public gaiety among the poets...CultureJan2009-06-05T23:16:06-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000713.phpThe House has passed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act which, besides providing more volunteer opportunities for middle school and high school students, recognizes baby boomers' enormous potential for civic engagement. The bill expands existing services such as AmeriCorps...CareersJan2009-04-03T14:46:22-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000700.phpYes, Tom Rush is still alive and performing. Damn, we're old....musicJan2009-03-29T10:41:15-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000712.phpTimes 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...CultureJan2009-02-27T13:16:28-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000708.phpLately 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...HealthPete2009-02-09T20:50:51-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000711.phpWe'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....CultureJan2009-01-29T13:10:21-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000710.phpFor starters, she's middle-aged. For seconders, she's funny. Did I mention she began her career as a comic at age 49? Interesting article from 1981 in the New York Times about creativity in old age. (Not that we're old, of...CultureJan2009-01-24T11:11:42-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000696.phpby Kelly Jackson How midlife driving differs: I live in a neighborhood of blue-haired drivers, and I'm beginning to understand them. This is both dangerous and frightening. Back in the day, when I found myself going 20 in a 35...humorJan2009-01-22T13:59:32-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000709.phpIf you missed this afternoon's Inaugural Celebration--We Are One concert, HBO will be presenting it again this evening. And if you don't subscribe to HBO, get this--they have opened up access to the channel to all of us for this...politicsJan2009-01-18T18:18:28-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000707.phpWe've been asked to post the following request to fellow boomers: I am a doctoral student in communication at the University of Alabama currently working on my dissertation project. The project is based on the baby boomer demographic and how...HealthJan2008-12-11T18:41:17-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000706.phpIn case you are just returning from outer space or have short-term memory loss, a reminder: Today is Election Day. If you haven't already done so, please get out there and vote. Although the following information does come from the...politicsJan2008-11-04T11:31:19-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000705.phpHere's what I learned while reading the paper today. Yes, it's the NY TImes and while some out there will grumble about its 'liberal bias', it is the paper of record and they don't make crap up. On Sarah Palin's...politicsJan2008-10-25T19:08:26-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000704.phpAs 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...politicsPete2008-10-21T08:13:58-05:00http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000703.phpThis may be the best political email we've received all season. Dear Red States, We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we're taking the other Blue States with us. In case you don't own a...politicsPete2008-10-20T20:34:04-05:00