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Put on a Happy Face

Carol E Wyer | Posted 04.15.2013 | Fifty
Carol E Wyer

My mission each day is to attempt to make as many people smile or laugh as I can and I always start each day trying to make my husband laugh.

Hanging on to Your 'Joie de Vivre'

Carol E Wyer | Posted 03.29.2013 | Fifty
Carol E Wyer

Many people believe that continuing education can improve physical and mental health. I am firmly of that opinion. I can certainly attest to the benefits of taking up a hobby, an activity or learning a new skill at any age.

Your Grumpy Old Man

Carol E Wyer | Posted 05.09.2013 | Fifty
Carol E Wyer

If, like me, you have a grumpy old man lurking about at home, you need to act fast before he makes your thoughts drift towards murder. There are endless possibilities out there to keep someone who is suffering from 'irritable male syndrome' entertained.

The Joy of Learning

Diana M. Raab | Posted 12.11.2012 | Fifty
Diana M. Raab

Most of us really do not change that much as we age, but our deeper interests might become even more apparent.

Boomer Women, Advertising and Photoshop: The Future of Beauty

Brent Green | Posted 11.14.2012 | Fifty
Brent Green

Beauty is only skin deep. This time-honored idiom -- and title of a former hit song by The Temptations -- recognizes an inexorable truth of human aging. Now this expression has found more contemporary implications in an era of digital photo editing.

America's First Baby Boomer Retires Her Own Way

Next Avenue | Posted 08.13.2012 | Fifty

SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Walecia Konrad Born just after midnight on Jan. 1, 1946, Kathleen Casey-Kirschling will forever be known as America...

Mad Men through The Boomer Lens: 'Best Episode Of The Season!'

Steven C. Eisner | Posted 07.30.2012 | Fifty
Steven C. Eisner

This was Mad Men's Mt. Everest moment. The quality of the acting and writing, the show's deep substance and the unparalleled directing savvy pushed the ensemble to a new high.

Why Has The Boomer Divorce Rate Doubled?

Lisa Helfend Meyer | Posted 02.15.2012 | Divorce
Lisa Helfend Meyer

Increasingly for many baby boomers, a divorce after 20, 30 or more years of marriage is a central element of their third-act plans.

"Marga Gomez Is Not Getting Any Younger" Extended

Erika Milvy | Posted 12.24.2011 | San Francisco
Erika Milvy

Marga Gomez lies about composting and flossing, sure. But the chronically desperate, manic comedian is willing to go to even greater lengths to ward of the impression that she is getting older.

"The French Connection"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 09.25.2011 | Comedy
Jerry Zezima

Excusez-moi, s'il vous plait. I should say I'll always have Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, where I recently spent eight minutes (huit minutes) sprinting from one airplane (l'avion) to another.

"The Loan Arranger"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 06.19.2011 | Comedy
Jerry Zezima

Ever since my wife and I were rejected for a home refinancing loan by our bank, which actually owns the house but kindly allows us to pay the mortgag...

Tea Partying's First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Chris Weigant

One way or another the Tea Party's future prospects are likely to hinge on whether their decentralized nature turns out to be their strongest point, or their weakest.