My Decade of Turning 50

The Washington Post reports this morning that baby boomers seem less healthy than their parents. At first, I wasn’t surprised, since I think of people like my dad, who worked a lot harder than I ever did at physical labor (although, unlike me, he did smoke). I think of my generation as a lot heavier [...]

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UPDATE: Julia’s sister is quoted in this article late today, saying family is not outraged by the killing and plans to celebrate Julia’s life. Just checked around this morning for any updates in Julia Campbell’s murder. Some sites are saying police in the Philippines have a suspect identified but not in custody, which sounds a [...]

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Some news this morning on Julia Campbell, the friend I mentioned in an earlier post who was killed while working as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines. AP this morning says: Police are looking for a man who may have been involved in the death of a U.S.Peace Corps volunteer in a mountainous tourist [...]

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UPDATED with photo and link to some blogs and to family statement: A woman I worked with in the 1990s, Julia Campbell, has been missing for more than a week after taking a hike in the Philippines, where she was in the Peace Corps. This morning, AP reported that her body was found in a [...]

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Caught up with the new Sopranos last night, actually early this morning because I was having trouble sleeping. Tony is feeling his age, at 47. It’s not just the birthday, but because of a fight he loses to his brother-in-law (after a booze-filled game of Monopoly, a excellent and typical Sopranos touch — violence after [...]

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Just noticed this in my Google news feed about baby boomers (on rail down right side of page): A new social networking site for baby boomers, called Drumtable.com. (Read PR news release here.) Here is the description from the page source: “Drum up your life stories. Drumtable allows people to easily create and share their [...]

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The New York Times annual Retirement section is out today. I used to write for it when I was a freelancer. Good section, especially pieces by Elizabeth Pope on reinvention. (I know Betsy from my agebeat years). I do wish there was more multimedia. I would like to hear more of the voices of folks [...]

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I remember when I first heard of Don Imus — it was when he came to WNBC radio in New York City when I was a kid (maybe 13, around 1970-71). Everyone listened to AM radio, and always WABC, home of Cousin Brucie, who voice was my introduction to music. (A few cool kids around [...]

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Off this week, because ABC is out on spring break. Unfortunately, the weather is cloudy and, for us in Florida, a little cool. We were hoping to do some water parks this week, and the weather should be warmed later in the week. It’s nice to be off, even if we aren’t going on a [...]

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