Archive for November, 2009
Do You Believe In Magic?
Do you believe in music? Or maybe the question for boomers is, Do You Believe In Magic? Dr. Bill Roiter says when you hear old songs from younger days, there’s magic in the memories.
Boca Knights
Lots of baby boomers who can afford to are moving. From north to south, from cold to hot. Boomer Steven M. Forman has written a new novel about one of them, Boston detective Eddie Perlmutter, whose knees tell him to retire down to Boca Raton. But is it paradise of sunbathing and golf?
The Golden Ear Mouse
When we boomers say, “We’re different from our parents’ generation; we’re more active, more flexible, more youthful,” we mean it. But are our bodies always listening? Not necessarily, at least not yet. That’s why we’re fascinated by research we read about at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York – “Squeak, Squeak – Can You Hear Me Now?”
AARP Tries to Take Boomer Lead
AARP has been around for 50 years, but it is only now showing Baby Boomers the weight of its influence. AARP tried and failed a decade ago. Now, the group is trying again.
The Case Against Retirement
The Age of Retirement was one of America’s most successful social reforms ever. But that era is over. A new vision of old age is emerging from the trauma of the credit crunch and the Great Recession.
Remembering a First Kiss
Have you ever found that what troubles you the most is not the mysteries of tomorrow, but the nagging “things done and left undone?” That’s what Eliot Smith felt when he turned fifty. And nothing nagged at him more than the recollection of his first real kiss.
A Boomer Who’s Still 17 at Heart
Who framed Roger Rabbit? Tim Eaton did. Eaton framed Roger Rabbit in a visual, not criminal, sense. Same goes with the Goldie Hawn stabbing, the tornadoes and the sinking of the Titanic.
