BloggingBoomers Carnival #36
I’m hosting this week’s BloggingBoomers weekly roundup of baby boomer info. Here we go:
Gen Plus brings one employer’s viewpoint on hiring 50-plussers to the forefront. You might be pleasantly surprised by what he has to say.
Research has shown that happiness can be increased more by intentional activities than by chance. LifeTwo has a list of nine things you can do to boost your happiness. Read on.
Ah, the 70’s. The Me Decade. The Polyester Era. The Disco Era. One more moniker should be added to the list: The Decade of the Blow Dryer. During the 1970s, sales of hair dryers shot upwards, perhaps doubling. Find out why.
The Wastrel warns baby boomers: “Prepare for your retirement, or you could wind up like my mother-in-law!”
Tod Haynes (Far From Heaven) directs Cate Blanchett as she plays Bob Dylan in the experimental I’m Not There. Also appearing as Dylan are Richard Gere, Christian Bale and Heath Ledger. Watch the trailer of Cate as Bob.
Ever look in the mirror and wonder where your eyebrows are going to? Deborah and JoJami at Cafe Glam have some great tips on how to have gorgeous boomer eyebrows as stunning as Sharon Stone’s.
Ever think about what your mother faced when interviewing for a job before you were born? Read on.
Ann over at Contemporary Retirement has a new baby. It’s a blog called Your Retirement Business and it’s for anyone who has always wanted to start a business but never had the time, resources or confidence to go for it.
August 26th, 2007 at 10:48 pm
This is good.
I’m all about the great eyebrows.
August 27th, 2007 at 7:39 am
heh
Yes, guys went from “water active” Groom and Clean (remember the beckoning mermaid on the beach) to Beatles haircuts to blow-drying, and they never looked back.
I think I first used a blow-dryer in 1973, and not long afterwards came my feathered Farrah Fawcett days.
August 27th, 2007 at 8:19 am
My mom had that same blowdryer set…except it was pretty orange
Thank God my dad NEVER used a blow dryer..my husband still doesn’t.
When I was little mom used to put the blow dryer “hood” on my head. I had to sit at the kitchen table with it…THEN she had a towel hat that I would wear… Finally we got our first blow dryer around 1978.
August 27th, 2007 at 10:24 am
The eyebrow thing is interesting. I’ve pretty much been without visible eyebrows my whole life. I mean, I’ve got them, but they’re very blond and you have to look for them.
August 28th, 2007 at 11:05 am
I am never sure of I am a boomer or not. Born 1964 am I one?
August 28th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Debo: Yep, you just made it. The birth years are 1946-1964.
August 28th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Is it possible for me to contribute to future Carnivals?
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