Birthdays

What's AARP Got To Do With It?

Lisa Guest | Posted 12.28.2009 | Living


Lisa Guest

So much of our culture is about facade and we wonder why we are obsessed with deceit. When what is natural inhibits what is acceptable, there are bigger problems underfoot.

My Recent Trip to the Mailbox

Byron Williams | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living


Byron Williams

AARP's arrival robs any sober-thinking individual of the impulses of denial. We can lie to our friends, but if AARP says you're 50, you're 50.

On Turning 90

Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living


Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea

At 30 you are still adolescent, at 40 a grown man; nowadays men of 50, 60 or even 70 are in early, high and late middle age. At 80 you start really aging, but 90? There is no real label: you are an antique.

Meet My Mom

Meredith Lopez | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living


Meredith Lopez

My mom speaks out about turning 60.

I Trusted You

Gerald Sindell | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business


Gerald Sindell

In the online book business, two giants duke it out for our business. While Amazon's Jeff Bezos has created online shopping perfection, at B & N, an order "confirmation" really means, "We'll try."

Happy Birthday Baby: This Week In Animal Birthdays

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green


We here at HuffPost Green love to celebrate birthdays, so this week we decided to welcome some animals from zoos across Europe into the world. Happy B...

Happy Birthday To A New Found Patience

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 03.22.2009 | Living


Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

Equanimity is the state of mind revealed by the joy of patience with life that emerges from the frantic wings of flight of the 20s, 30s, and 40s to just stay aloft.

"Million Problem Password"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 03.14.2009 | Style


Jerry Zezima

Yes, it's true: Regis Philbin has no passwords. He has simplified his life the way I and millions of other people wish we could simplify ours, but can't.

A Very Happy Birthday

Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living


Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks

January 20, 2009 is a day most of us will remember all our lives, thanks to Barack Obama's inauguration. We will certainly treasure that memory, but w...

Nazis Need Birthday Cakes, Too

Disgrasian | Posted 01.17.2009 | Style


Disgrasian

All the Campbell's wanted was a birthday cake for their little Aryan, Adolf Hitler, who turned 3 last week. But, sadly, they just don't teach cake-writing in white supremacy class anymore.

Adolf Hitler Denied Birthday Cake

AP | Posted 01.17.2009 | Home


EASTON, Pa. — A supermarket is defending itself for refusing to a write out 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell's name on his birthday cake. Debora...

Obama Surprises Biden With Cupcakes (UPDATED WITH PICTURES)

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- What does an accomplished man of the world get for his 66th birthday? Well, President-elect Barack Obama already gave Joe Biden the vic...

Four Calls Before 8 AM

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.27.2008 | Living


Dr. Irene S. Levine

For as long as I can remember, my mom has called me at 7:46 AM on every single birthday. It was well past 8:00 AM and I realized that this was the first time that my mother's call hadn't come.

Top Saudi Cleric Declares War On Birthdays

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school stud...