Christmas carols for baby boomers
‘Tis the season of Christmas-carol earworms. It’s hard to avoid these suckers since it seems as if we’ve been bombarded with holiday music since Labor Day. So if you can’t get a Christmas melody out […]
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Losing words? Here are some new ones
When I can’t sleep, or if I get bored while driving, sometimes I’ll amuse myself by making up words. If getting older means I’m going to start forgetting words—or at least have trouble retrieving them […]
Ever say “I can’t wait until I’m old enough to…?”
When you were a kid, did you ever say, “I can’t wait until I’m old enough to [fill in the blank]?”A lot of my early aspirations had to do with achieving such milestones as: Wearing […]
Another installment of “Scenes from a boomer marriage”
Where does the time go? Hubs and I recently celebrated our 20th anniversary. Two decades! Not that I doubted we could do it. I just can’t believe this much time has passed. Part of what’s […]
Penis bones, healing crystal dildos, phallic cakes & other sexual trivia
News items that make me smile or go, “Hmmm…” seem to find their way into my files. Apparently, tidbits relating to our privates have this effect on me fairly frequently, judging from the collection that […]
If there were REALLY truth in advertising
Do you find yourself shaking your head and rolling your eyes at a lot of today’s TV and magazine ads? So many of them are so absurd, ageist, sexist, patronizing and/or [insert your term of […]
More wisdom from inanimate objects
Last year, I wrote a post about how inanimate objects around the house can teach us about life, if we allow ourselves to “listen.” Since then, more everyday items have spoken to me (figuratively, that […]
What do humans taste like & other questions you probably never thought to ask
Those darn scientists—they’re always delving into matters we mere mortals never thought to ask about (at least out loud), busting myths, and providing interesting blog fodder in the process. Well, at least I think it’s […]
Quiz: How hot to trot are you?
Boomer Haiku’s pseudo sexpert Dr. B. Ruthless is back with a sex quiz that asks: Where are you on the libido spectrum? In laymen’s terms, that means, “How hot to trot are you?” By way […]
I’m blaming the zombie apocalypse on sleeplessness
It only stands to reason: the zombie apocalypse, when it happens, will be due to insomnia and sleeplessness. Think about it. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has already declared sleeplessness a public health epidemic, […]