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• The Baby Boomer Blogger: Interview with The Boomer Chronicles Rhea Becker

  Published: July 28, 2007, 1:15 am

  Tags: Midlife Observed, Baby Boomers, Bloggingboomers, Interview, Website Review Or Tip

  that you had about the Baby Boomer generation? Honestly, I knew nothing about baby boomers until I started the blog. I never gave baby boomers any thought and, in fact, didn't even know for sure if I was a baby boomer. So as far as having new ideas about boomers, now that I'm blogging about them -- well, everything has been new to me. I had

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• Boomers Discovering the Joys of Long-Haul Truck Driving

  Published: July 28, 2007, 12:27 am

  Tags: Job And Career, Baby Boomers, Career, Career Change, Career Satisfaction, Happiness, Job Change, Feature

  has a newer story on boomers becoming long-haul truck drivers with newer statistics and the numbers are surging. At the nation's largest trucking carrier the number of drivers 50 and over has increased by 46 percent since 2005 they now make up one third of their driving staff of 15,000. There is a number of reasons for so many boomers

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• Speed Read Feed for August 9, 2007

  Published: August 9, 2007, 3:06 am

  Tags: Speed Read Feed, Baby Boomers, Breast Implants, Bridge, Golden Years, Harry Potter, Nude, Priest, Redneck, Redneck Games, Tornado

  = school prayer- Fox News Baby Boomers will spend golden years at work-

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• Rag Trade: A '90210' Hair Line! Why Didn't We Think Of That...15 Years Ago?

  Published: August 13, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Abstinence, Ann Taylor, Baby Boomers, Bush Administration, Ferragamo, Jennie Garth, Neve Campbell, Nicole Miller, Rag Trade, Sparkles, Topshop, Trunk Shows

  Jennie Garth and Neve Campbell's hairdresser to shill line of hair care products in infomercials, natch. We think this sounds like an awesome idea... if it were 1992. [WWD, 1st item] Nicole Miller... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• Leap! goes to Hollywood; Never say never

  Published: August 14, 2007, 1:02 pm

  Tags: Living Life To The Fullest, Aging, Baby Boomers, Career, Midlife Crisis Woman Female, Women, Briefly Noted

  You're a writer in an industry that worships the young and shuns the old. Your calls stop being returned. You feel alone and question what you'll do with the many decades you still have left. Some would call it a crisis of confidence, others a midlife crisis, but you call it the "narrows." So you do what you have always done in the past and you

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• Ann Taylor to go after the baby boomers

  Published: August 14, 2007, 11:01 am

  Tags: Ann Taylor, Anntaylor, Baby Boomers, Boomer Generation, Clothing For Older Women

  apparel chain for the older, baby-boomer generation. The new chain is set to open in late 2008 and will be a fashionable competitor for other dominators of this clothing sector such as Talbots and Chico's. Hopefully, they will have better luck than the Gap did with their Forth & Towne stores. I hesitate to predict big success for this one if

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• MOTHERFUCK THE BEATLES

  Published: June 30, 2007, 9:40 pm

  Tags: Larry King, Johann Sebastian Bach, Baby Boomers, The Beatles, Drugs, John Lennon

  AS MUCH MIDDLE CLASS WHITE BABY BOOMERS ARE NOSTALGIC FOR THEM, THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE SOME OF THEM DID A LOT OF DRUGS, FUCKED A LOT, AND WHINED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WORLD - AND IF THEY DIDN'T THE WANT THE PEOPLE WHO DID TO THINK THAT THEY WERE COOL LIKE THEM. ALL BABY BOOMERS HAVE DONE IS LEAVE AMERICA WITH A CULTURE OF GREED AND

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• Using Home Equity to Reinvent Yourself

  Published: September 2, 2007, 12:47 pm

  Tags: Job Career, Money, Baby Boomers, Career Change, Retirement, Briefly Noted

  Angeles Times writes about baby boomers using the increased equity in their homes to finance a reinvention of their lives. Notwithstanding recent housing woes, most boomers who have lived in their homes for more than a few years have a great deal of equity and are capable of using some of that to pay for a new start somewhere else. Take the

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• First Baby Boomer Applies for Social Security

  Published: October 15, 2007, 6:27 pm

  Tags: Society, Baby Boomers, Retirement, Social Security

  House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement this morning marking the day in which the first member of America's "Baby Boomer" generation will become eligible to apply for Social Security benefits:

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• Aaaaaaaand... They're Off!

  Published: October 15, 2007, 9:10 pm

  Tags: Baby Boomers, Social Security

  Baby Boomer Files For Social Security BenefitsKathleen Casey-Kirschling filed for early retirement Monday, becoming the first baby boomer to start collecting Social Security.Born one second after midnight in January 1946, the retired teacher leads the way for as many as 80 million individuals who will qualify for the retirement payout.The

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• First baby boomer applies for social security

  Published: October 16, 2007, 10:31 am

  Tags: Baby Boomers, Baby Boomers Starting To Retire, Babyboomers, Babyboomersstartingtoretire, Planninig For Retirement, Planninigforretirement, Social Security, Socialsecurity

  accounts! The very first baby boomer, Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, (born one second after midnight on Jan. 1, 1946) has filed for Social Security benefits. Casey-Kirschling, a retired school teacher will start receiving her Social Security checks in February. "I'm thrilled to think that after all these years that I'm getting paid back the

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• Midlife is no reason not to run, swim, bike, play football, baseball, etc., just like you used to

  Published: October 17, 2007, 11:20 am

  Tags: Health Diet Exercise, Aging, Baby Boomers, Health, Feature

  Okay, we do have to be realistic as we age our bodies change. But being realistic also means not using aging as an excuse for no longer doing the types of sports and activities that enjoyed when you were "young". (The definition of "young" being a few years less than your current age, whatever that might be). People are living longer, sports

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• Midlife is no reason not to run, swim, bike, play football, baseball, etc., just like you used to

  Published: October 17, 2007, 11:20 am

  Tags: Health Diet Exercise, Aging, Baby Boomers, Health, Feature

  Okay, we do have to be realistic as we age our bodies change. But being realistic also means not using aging as an excuse for no longer doing the types of sports and activities that enjoyed when you were "young". (The definition of "young" being a few years less than your current age, whatever that might be). People are living longer, sports

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• First Baby Boomer Files for Social Security

  Published: October 23, 2007, 11:32 am

  Tags: Midlife Observed, Baby Boomers, Briefly Noted

  became the first retiring baby boomer to apply for pension benefits. She was born one second after midnight on January 1, 1946 and will receive her first Social Security check in February 2008. Casey-Kirschling's filing represents the beginning of what some call the "silver tsunami" as approximately 80 million Americans are set to apply for

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• Wall Street Journal: Aging Boomer Bikers Now Riding "Trikes"

  Published: November 6, 2007, 12:15 pm

  Tags: Midlife Observed, Aging, Baby Boomers, Briefly Noted

  but the aging bodies of baby boomers are finding them increasingly difficult to maneuver. In response a growing number of boomers are turning to a sort-of motorized trike, this according to a recent story in the Wall Street Journal--a publication that seems to be publishing "look at the funny boomers" articles with increasing frequency.

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