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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Midlife: "Ahead of you is a sheer cliff dropping into a stony, icy crevasse" |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 5:01 pm |
| Tags: Midlife Crisis, Midlife Observed, Humor, Briefly Noted |
| For British comedian Richard Herring, hitting 40 is -- if nothing else -- a source of new material. As he writes in the UK's TimesOnline: ... (being halfway through your life is) like getting to the top of a hill. For your first 39 years you're struggling up the steep slopes, heading for the top as fast as possible, not even looking around you, |
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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 |
| who find themselves in midlife and wanting to do something different. We recently asked Rhea about The Boomer Chronicles and what makes her tick. LifeTwo: Tell us about Boomer Chronicles and why you started it. I had been looking for a way to use something I already knew how to do (write) in a new way and in a way in which I could |
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| "Plotting for Beginners" Looks At A Year In (Mid)life |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 11:52 pm |
| Tags: Relationships, Midlife Observed, Aging, Briefly Noted, Book Review Tip |
| a well-reviewed novel about midlife pops up in early August, we'll let you know about it so you have time to order it and stuff it in your carry-on as you head out on vacation. We're talking about "Plotting for Beginners" by Sue Hepworth and Jane Linfoot. The rough structure is that fifty-something Sally Howe has a year to herself at home in |
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| "Plotting for Beginners" Looks At A Year In (Mid)life |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 11:52 pm |
| Tags: Relationships, Midlife Observed, Aging, Briefly Noted, Book Review Tip |
| a well-reviewed novel about midlife pops up in early August, we'll let you know about it so you have time to order it and stuff it in your carry-on as you head out on vacation. We're talking about "Plotting for Beginners" by Sue Hepworth and Jane Linfoot. The rough structure is that fifty-something Sally Howe has a year to herself at home in |
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| Midlife: "Ahead of you is a sheer cliff dropping into a stony, icy crevasse" |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 5:01 pm |
| Tags: Midlife Crisis, Midlife Observed, Humor, Briefly Noted |
| For British comedian Richard Herring, hitting 40 is -- if nothing else -- a source of new material. As he writes in the UK's TimesOnline: ... (being halfway through your life is) like getting to the top of a hill. For your first 39 years you???re struggling up the steep slopes, heading for the top as fast as possible, not even looking around you, |
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| Blogging Boomers Carnival #33 |
| Published: August 4, 2007, 9:51 pm |
| Tags: Midlife Observed, Bloggingboomers, Website Review Tip |
| It's hard to believe but the BloggingBoomers carnival is up to #33. Lot's of interesting stories, tips, and information relevant to baby boomer living: The Boomer Chronicles kicks things off with an 8-post series on her first colonoscopy. It's an exciting and fun-filled trip! Contemporary Retirement tells you not to head off to the airport without |
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| Blogging Boomers Carnival #34 is up at "Your Drum" |
| Published: August 12, 2007, 9:23 pm |
| Tags: Midlife Observed, Bloggingboomers, Website Review Tip |
| The latest installment of BloggingBoomers is now up at the always irreverent but never irrelevant Your Drum. At this edition of BloggingBoomers you will be exposed to a variety of posts ranging from "Rosacea" to "What to Wear in Paris If Your Over Forty"? You can even read this, that is if you care about your happiness. Anyway, go to Your Drum |
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| Do You Agree With Our Midlife Crisis Movie List? |
| Published: August 13, 2007, 11:42 pm |
| Tags: Midlife Crisis, Midlife Observed, Mid Life Crisis, Middle Age, Feature |
| lists (here, and here) of midlife crisis movies have seventeen entries between them. Bruce Kirkland of the Edmonton Sun nominates six films in his "best mid-life crisis movies" story. Five of them are not on our list. Should we add them? In addition to "American Beauty," which we had on our earlier lists, he adds: City Slickers -- |
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| To Do Before You Die: Make An Oscar-bait Movie |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 10:48 pm |
| Tags: Midlife Observed, Before I Die, Briefly Noted |
| It's a Rob Reiner road trip movie, but it's far from a Sure Thing. Instead of college students John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga, January's "The Bucket List" will see Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman hit the open road. And they're not trekking to California to meet Nichollette Sheridan. The two play two terminally ill patients who flee the hospital |
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| "Over the Hill and Between the Sheets" Talks About Middle Aged Sex -- And Much More |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 11:18 am |
| Tags: Midlife Observed, Dating, Divorce, Marriage, Middle Age, Feature, Book Review Tip |
| a new collection of essays, midlife sex is brought out into the open, and shown to be more complicated and more interesting than the oh-so-simple coupling of young adults. But the book is about more than sex; it's really about sexual relationships past, present, and future. The contributors provide a variety of perspectives: single; long-term |
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| Over The Top At 50? Was It MLC or Addiction? |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 3:04 pm |
| Tags: Midlife Observed, Bloggingboomers, Discussion |
| The search for what happened and why began at age 50. A marriage of 29 years with no apparent life, leads to a series of one night affairs. Children rapidly growing up and leaving the nest provided little stimulus. Work, which always provided past stimulus becomes boring and bothersome. Work performance suffers leading to a series of job |
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| Over The Top At 50? Was It MLC or Addiction? |
| Published: August 20, 2007, 3:04 pm |
| Tags: Midlife Observed, Bloggingboomers, Discussion |
| The search for what happened and why began at age 50. A marriage of 29 years with no apparent life, leads to a series of one night affairs. Children rapidly growing up and leaving the nest provided little stimulus. Work, which always provided past stimulus becomes boring and bothersome. Work performance suffers leading to a series of job |
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| "Over the Hill and Between the Sheets" Talks About Middle Aged Sex -- And Much More |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 11:18 am |
| Tags: Midlife Observed, Dating, Divorce, Marriage, Middle Age, Feature, Book Review Tip |
| a new collection of essays, midlife sex is brought out into the open, and shown to be more complicated and more interesting than the oh-so-simple coupling of young adults. But the book is about more than sex; it's really about sexual relationships past, present, and future. The contributors provide a variety of perspectives: single; long-term |
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| To Do Before You Die: Make An Oscar-bait Movie |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 10:48 pm |
| Tags: Midlife Observed, Before I Die, Briefly Noted |
| It's a Rob Reiner road trip movie, but it's far from a Sure Thing. Instead of college students John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga, January's "The Bucket List" will see Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman hit the open road. And they're not trekking to California to meet Nichollette Sheridan. The two play two terminally ill patients who flee the hospital |
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| VH1: All Midlife Men, All The Time? |
| Published: August 30, 2007, 6:08 pm |
| Tags: Midlife Crisis, Midlife Observed, Mid Life Crisis, Briefly Noted |
| VH1's tag line used to be "music first." Now it's "men aging badly." Here's a sample of the channel's current lineup: "Forty six year old Scott Baio Is 45 ... and Single" -- VH1 sets the hook: "... staring down the barrel of middle age, Scott has come to the end of his philandering rope. At 45, he finds himself at a mid-life crisis of mythic |
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