Lately the universe is conspiring to give me a shove over some invisible line….into a demographic group where I don’t belong. Nothing against the rest of you….. but I never signed up for this……. Boomer? Technically. Senior? No thanks. Especially when the label is attached to a piece describing how we’re dinosaurs in this […]
Archives for 2011
No excuses needed
You know those people who spend hours at the gym every day and claim they LOVE to exercise? I don’t buy it. I’m convinced they’re faking—or aliens. Me, on the other hand— I’m normal. When it comes to exercise, I’d put myself someplace in the middle of the bell curve between Madonna and Kirstie Alley. […]
A celebration of cleavage
It popped up on the calendar today, and I’m pumped up. Just in case you’re behind the curve on boobs, and you thought October is the only month that targets breast awareness…..Today is National Cleavage Day. I’ll spare you my humor, it would only fall flat. Lady Gaga is involved. And so am I— I […]
The college crunch
This time of year brings a milestone for high school seniors and their parents— the climax of the college crunch–as inevitable and seasonal as the holidays or hay fever. It seems like yesterday I was sweating it out—as a student and a parent. This year both of my kids will be college graduates, but I […]
Don't count on the numbers
What are the odds? A young couple in Brooklyn, Nathan and Elisa Bond, found out last month in one terrible week— that they both have aggressive and advanced cancer. I just read about this; and the numbers tell their sad story: Nathan: age 38, Stage 3 colorectal cancer; 60% chance of surviving 5 years or […]
Elizabeth Taylor
She grew up in the spotlight; we grew up watching her. She was an original. Could you imagine Jennifer Aniston becoming friends with Angelina Jolie, the woman who stole her husband and plastered her humiliation on every publication in the world? That’s what it was like when Eddie Fisher abandoned Debbie Reynolds for Elizabeth Taylor. […]
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