My Year of Turning 50

Surprisingly, doing laundry on a Friday morning feel liberating. I feel I have somehow saved a weekend day, since that is when I usually get to it…Things I notice now that I am 50 years old — when I was young, yogurt and martini’s only came in one flavor. I say this as a eat [...]

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According to the Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator, I have another 39 years to live. So maybe turning 50 years old isn’t that bad after all. (OK, yes, I know, it’s only an estimate, etc. etc. Stop being such a buzz kill! If I do have another 39 years left, maybe I can finally [...]

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In the week since turning 50 years old, I would love to say I have some new insight to share, some new perspective that only comes now that I am older and, presumably, wiser.
I don’t.
So, since I am a baby boomer, and appearances matter, I changed the photo on my profile. It’s the same one [...]

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I was at Chuck E. Cheese today with ABC and a few tables away was a group of business types, obviously out of place in a room of moms and dads with kids. When I checked, it was because one of the guys was celebrating his 30th birthday there. Now, I’m not sure that’s how [...]

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I mentioned in an earlier post that my brother, according to the family grapevine, was planning to send me a gift at work, something hideous. Well, it arrived today — a funeral arrangement. (That’s me with it at left. Sigh)

Sick? Yes. Inspired? Perhaps? Embarrassing? For sure. Would I recommend it as a gift for someone [...]

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Yes, it is here, a cold but sunny day in FLA. Like so many other days, ABC woke me up and Louie the Wonder Dog decided, as usual, it is more fun to take two trips around the yard at two different times to do No. 1 and No. 2. A day like any other [...]

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Yes, one day left. Friday, Nov. 16. No cake, no parties, though I am expecting what is described on the family grapevine as a truly hideous birthday surprise from my brother. Can’t wait. I’m alerting security to be on the lookout.

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OK, yes, I am THAT baby boomer, whose musical tastes (at times) are stuck somewhere in the early 1970s. I downloaded the new, remastered compilation of Led Zeppelin hits last night from iTunes. Called Mothership, it’s 24 of the songs I grew up on as a teenager, though I did have to download one of [...]

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I’ve had the urge recently to retire this blog, perhaps because I’ve always imagined retiring early, or more truthfully, being like Travis McGee of the John D. MacDonald books, who took his retirement in installments, while he was still young enough to enjoy the view from Slip F-18 at Bahia Mar marina in Fort Lauderdale.
I’ve [...]

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They tried again this week — AARP sent me another sign-up invitation. That’s four, by my count during my year of turning 50. I will admit, after hearing someone on the phone this week at work asking a reservation clerk about the “AARP discount,” I was more tempted than ever. (Of course, since this AARP [...]

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