My Year of Turning 50

My fortune cookie last night said, “Next time, order the shrimp.” Funny but it was true. I wonder if there is something for a turning 50 roast or toast in fortune cookies like this. I found some funny ones here, including “Your plants hate you,” which is also true for me, and “Some fortune cookies [...]

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The New York Times Week in Review section today had an article on “When Icons Die Young,” spinning off the death of actor Heath Ledger. I wondered, though, about one sentence — “In 1955, Baby Boomers grieved the passing of the 24-year-old James Dean, who received two posthumous Academy Award nominations on his way to [...]

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St. Simons Lighthouse Originally uploaded by John Cutter.
Let’s hope it’s not all downhill, I mean, downstairs from this point…the photo is from the top landing of the St. Simons Lighthouse in Georgia. It’s about 100 feet. I will say after turning 50, I do feel a [...]

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I decided that in my year of turning 50, well, 51…I’d exercise more. So did actor-comedian Steve Harvey, who wants men to know, “At 50, you are still fly.” (OK, I was NEVER fly.) So, to “prove it, he shaved his head and began exercising.” OK…exercise yes, but I figure after keeping my hair until [...]

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I came across a post recently on the wonderfully named blog PunditMom, titled “My Year of Turning 50 — Part 1.” I feel a certain pride in the name of this blog, so at first I was a little ticked seeing this post. I mean, hey, I was there first! But then, now that I [...]

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The majority of people who end up on this blog come by searching Google for turning 50 jokes. Every so often, I like to prowl around myself and look for old new ones (or is that new old ones) on the Internet. Through Boomer Chronicles blog, I stumbled upon Boomer Jokes. Seems to be a [...]

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It’s funny how the sounds of my youth come back in odd places. As we were having an after-movie dinner tonight in what passes for a malt shop in these fast-food times (Steak n Shake), I heard a familiar voice on the restaurant radio — Cousin Brucie. During my youth in the 1960s, Cousin Brucie [...]

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Eight or Infinity Originally uploaded by John Cutter.
May 2008 bring magic to all of us.

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