The Boomer Chronicles

I’m hosting the BloggingBoomers Carnival this week, and I would like to welcome two new blogs to our ranks: The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur and Vaboomer.com, which looks at baby boomer culture, social commentary and more. Here’s your Carnival:

Are you boggled by “techno-speak”? Janet Wendy at Gen Plus clears up some of the mystery surrounding Google’s Page Rank.

Ron at I Remember JFK says: “Nowadays, I rise from bed at 3:30 a.m. and drive a half-hour to my job as a geek and begin drinking copious amounts of strong coffee while handling the third-shift technical support calls that came in during the night. We boomer kids all had one thing in common: mornings were accompanied by breakfast,” and that meant breakfast cereal.

Is red wine the answer to our search for longevity? See what the Midlife Crisis Queen thinks.

For most of us, divorce is a difficult subject, says Wesley at LifeTwo. However, when a nationally syndicated journalist finds himself unexpectedly divorced, he is uniquely positioned to share the internal tumult.

It’s summer and everything is hot except your love life. Dina explores what can spark romance, over at This Marriage Thing.

Will your ‘bucket list’ be worth the paper it’s written on? Ann at Contemporary Retirement came across a piece of research this week that compares the retirement aspirations of workers with the actual experiences of retired workers.

Do you have an inner biker chic, or some other wilder side to yourself that you’ve been shy to express? Then check out Fabulous After 40 for tips from the Glam Gals on How to Overcome a Boring Sense of Style.

The Obama New Yorker cover really upset Cindy at Don’t Gel Too Soon. See what she says about it.

It’s hard enough under normal circumstances to figure out how much is needed to ensure a comfortable retirement. But the mix of slumping housing prices, oil at around $140 a barrel and volatile financial markets makes it particularly tough today. So Baby Boomer takes a look at this scenario.

Boomers are energy conscious. Vaboomer has some novel energy-saving ideas, such as using bubble wrap to insulate your windows.

At The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur, Andrea says that earlier this month her friend and colleague Helene Desriusseaux of SuccessWorthLiving.com asked her some questions about using social media as a marketing tool. After talking for a bit Helene suggested they record their conversation since others might have the same questions. Here is part one of the resulting five-part series of audios called Talking Social Media Marketing.

Finally, if you’re a hypochondriac, The Boomer Chronicles warns you, Do not click here!

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