Seemed like a fitting header for this blog, although it really has absolutely nothing to do with my content. If you are one of those people who knows exactly where everything you own has been neatly stored, or more importantly...

I've never been much of a gambler. It's hard to be a card shark when you can't remember what has been picked up, thrown or discarded. The card game  21 poses a slight challenge when trying to quickly add numbers...

Or star gazing while stars' narrate.  Okay, Thomas Wolfe, you're right, "you can't go home again." Have you been to the Planetarium recently?  The first thing that struck me, upon entering the first floor, were the lyrics from Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge,...

I wish I had a loyalty to products. Other than deodorant (too much information??) I am motivated by whimsy. Not even price is a determinant. I might remember an ad I saw, maybe a friends recommendation, a total impulse selection,...

I don’t get it. Help me out here. We see seven females, posed “au naturel” celebrating the concept, that women come in all shapes, sizes, colors and ages. Really? Look pretty much alike to me. Like in shape, size and...

Really. Don’t you think, from time to time, that you need to shake it up? Did you think buying a pair of Crocs would do it? Can’t think of any Prince Charming roaming far and wide seeking the woman who...

That's it. You get to be 68 and they close the doors, shut you down, turn off the ovens? Apparently, as that's what Conde Nasty did to Gourmet magazine.  Oh dear.  What's Ruth Reichl going to do now? I didn't...

You must have, might have, possibly, definitely did, but forgot you had, read the article about how having fat friends could make you fat. I thought it was  an interesting, well researched, thought provoking article. If you are interested in...

How's your moral compass? A friend, in response to my thoughts on contemplating what my future sins might look like said, "Sinning has got to be spontaneous. You can't plan these things. If it's too contrived, you'll look like a...

So sad, just when I was thinking about becoming a Matador (Matadoressa?) it appears that the art of the bullfight is circling the drain. Tis the twilight of the matadors, ah me. Which, of course, probably is a good thing. Not...

Have you looked at your bookmark bar lately? Go ahead, take a look. I’ll wait. Pretty fascinating read, isn’t it? A chronicle of “Did I really think that was important?” “What was I thinking?” or some variation on that theme....

That wouldn't be to your favorite radio station, but rather, to your friendly local cosmetic dermatologist, or disc jockey, to have radio frequency waves, smooth and tighten that sagging body of yours. It's called Thermage.  Apparently, " it stimulates the...

No, no hip hip hoorays for me. The only success I've encountered in the past few months is getting from point A to point B without a total panic attack; my GPS being my new best friend. How long does...

I am absolutely, positively, definitively certain, that when people post their ages on these on-line sites they are calculating in dog years.  It is baffling to me to think that any participants in this activity sincerely think that you won't...

Contemplating, considering and plotting next years sins.

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Not exactly. But it does appear that every generation attempts to make some sense of "how did I get here, what am I doing here, and how do I get out of here?" quests. When I was a thirty something,...

I really wanted to buy one, but you know that any article of clothing that comes in "one size fits all" has got to make you look fat. Anyhow, the latest research suggests that your home might not be your...

As in Dowd and her column Blue is The New Black. Slow day in the political pundit world? Decided to leave John Edward's paternity issues alone? Obama's dissing of Kanye West to rest? Palin and Bush just simply too b...

Mind boggling. Baffling. Insane. Who generates this stuff, and more importantly, why? Of course, I’ve put on my spam filter, which it appears to me, has the same effectiveness as the lint filter in my dryer. Barely adequate. What could...

So, did you call and lambaste your parents, immediately after reading the Times article when a parent's ' I love you' Means 'Do as I Say' or skip that step and just call your therapist? What a conundrum. Was I loved? Liked?...

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