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FATHERHOOD QUESTION: WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE TO LEARN YOU’D BE A DAD?

July 3, 2020 by

A fatherhood question ought to have an easy answer. I’m a dad, but when asked how it felt when I first heard I’d made the team I was stumped for an answer. And it wasn’t a complicated question. How did I feel? Really?

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BOOTLICKER: A TASTEFUL EXAMPLE OF STYLE

June 1, 2020 by

A bootlicker comes in all shapes and sizes. Baby boomers are bootlickers with years of experience. If you want some expert advice on how to lick a boot, find an old person, but not too old, and ask questions.

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BOOMERTOPIA: A MILLENIAL GUIDE TO LIVING IN A BABY BOOMER WORLD WITHOUT COMPLAINING

January 3, 2020 by

This is the sort of anti boomertopia food boomers had to look forward to. If this is what got rolled out for special guests, what would you guess we ate the rest of the time?

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CAGE FIGHT SHOWS GOOD MANNERS

October 29, 2019 by

The line outside a symphony hall finds civilized people on their best behavior, looking good and full of hope for a night to remember. It’s a well-dressed crowd on Broadway, a shuffling queue of elites found in cities around the world where even a mugger might receive a gracious thank you. By elite, I mean […]

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BOOMER BUBBLE: LIVING IN A PORCUPINE SUIT

October 8, 2019 by

Once you make it to the ‘home’ things change; you’re out of the boomer bubble and into the back stretch of life. Everyone can justify being nice since you’re on the clock. Or when you move to the ‘over 55’ community? Same deal, things change, but you’re still not out of the boomer bubble. No […]

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SPEAKERS CORNER SPEECH TO THE MASSES

September 22, 2019 by

My Speakers Corner speech to the masses didn’t go quite according to plan, which is always part of my plan. Actually, I was prompted to take to the ladder. One prompt and I had my speech ready. But Hyde Park is a long haul from one end to the other. How long? Longer than I […]

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BOOMER LOCKDOWN: TALKING ‘BOUT MY GENERATION

September 16, 2019 by

The saying of ‘you get a better look at America from the outside’ has never been more true for the coming boomer lockdown. I’m on the outside, the France side, and I finally found the right look I’ve been searching for. What I see is the Eiffel Tower showing it’s dazzle, like the biggest continual […]

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CALIFORNIA JAM FROM 18 TO 62

August 25, 2019 by

    What was the hot ticket in 1974? California Jam. Just ask anyone who says they were there.   It was the West Coast Woodstock without the brown acid, Altamont without the murder. Just a nice gathering after all the dust settled and music took a turn.   My wife found her ticket to […]

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DO BABY BOOMERS ASK FOR TOO MUCH

August 6, 2019 by

Depending on who you ask, baby boomers are either a blessing or a curse. Once we were the bundle of joy for parents coming back from The Big One, WWII. Their babies were the complete opposite of what had happened the past five years in Europe and the Pacific where injury and death were common. […]

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GOLDEN RULE REVIEW: ONE MORE TIME

July 22, 2019 by

Some joker said the golden rule was this: Whoever has the gold makes the rules. I won’t argue that, but it’s not the Golden Rule this baby boomer grew up with, and it’s not the golden rule of anyone who went to enough Sunday School to earn a new bible for good attendance. It’s red […]

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