20 things you should experience before you die
Feel guilty after putting a loved one into a home? You’re not alone
I’m afraid of food. So is Ronni.
Geriatric bypass: another great term from the Urban Dictionary
She spends one year trying her hand at professional baking. Read about her last day on the job (with a hat tip to Universal Hub)
Adult children are still boomeranging to Mom and Dad’s house.
Want to know more about sleep apnea? Who doesn’t?
Learn about Ancient Woman, a scientific reconstruction of one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas.
Our host this week is the co-founder (with Yours Truly) of this carnival. Wesley at LifeTwo — take it away!
Among the celebrities and other public figures turning 50 in August 2010 are:
Sean Penn, actor
Antonio Banderas, actor
Sarah Brightman, singer
David Duchovny, actor
Cal Ripken, baseball
Branford Marsalis, musician
Timothy Hutton, actor
And turning 60 are:
Princess Anne
John Landis, film director
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple computer
Lance Ito, judge at OJ Simpson trial
Ann from Contemporary Retirement, who resides across the Pond, is hosting the carnival for baby boomers this week.
Robert Reich on BP and how nothing has changed (not even one law) in the wake of this disaster
What you say about others says a lot about you (we needed a scientific study to tell us this?)
That age-old question: Should I get term life insurance or whole life insurance?
Remember the Beatles’ Abbey Road? Here’s a live cam on Abbey Road.
Boxers or briefs? Nooo, just kidding. Here’s the question: Are you afraid of outliving your money? I am, but I don’t dwell on it. Maybe I should. According to one study, 61 percent of boomers fear outliving their money in retirement more than death.
It’s Monday morning and that means time for another BloggingBoomers Carnival. Translation: a bunch of links for middle-aged people. It’s hosted this week by the MidLife Crisis Queen.
It’s All About Aging is hosting the BloggingBoomers Carnival this week. Grab a cup of joe and head there now.
I’m hosting the weekly BloggingBoomers Carnival. Here’s what we’ve got:
Just when you think it’s safe to take a bite, the labels have you fooled. LifeTwo’s new columnist Kerri Zane runs down a few low-fat foods in your grocery aisle that you should think twice about before tossing in your cart.
It’s All About Aging wants you to use hurricane season as a good reason to
scan all your important papers and store them online or on a portable drive in case of emergency.
Several recent genetic discoveries could help doctors evaluate much earlier how aggressive a man’s prostate cancer is. SoBabyBoomer says that such genetic tests for prostate cancers would go well beyond the current PSA test (for prostate-specific antigen) used for screening boomer men in general.
Want to look more energetic and vibrant? Find out how to inject some “sportiness” into the way you dress and look ten years younger. Visit the Glam Gals at Fabulous after 40.
There is a whole new world of phones geared for the hard-of-seeing,
hard-of-hearing. Janet Wendy at Gen Plus checks out Just5, the newest kid
on the block.
The Midlife Crisis Queen is in crisis about whether writing a blog is worth her time and effort. Please help her out at: Do bloggers deserve to make a living too?
Over at Contemporary Retirement, Ann asks: What do you think of middle-aged women who go on vacation and fall for ‘a pair of flashing, dark eyes, a mouthful of white teeth and an endless stream of compliments’?
Have you been holding off on creating a LinkedIn profile because you’re not sure it will be of value to you? Well, it’s time to get off the fence! Andrea Stenberg lists 7 businesses that should use LinkedIn. This should help you decide.
Long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad has returned to the sport at age 60 to try to establish a new record. The Boomer Chronicles has the details.
