My Year of Turning 50

I remember reading Mad Magazine here and there in my youth, but I connected more with National Lampoon, since I went to high school during the 1970s. Its humor was a little sicker and grosser — hey, I was, like, a teenager. But one thing I do remember from Mad were the cool fold-ins where [...]

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Great. Another reason not to have a big belly. A new study says having a big belly in your 40s might raise your risk for dementia later in life. Yes, feel free to point that out to your friend who is turning 50 years old.

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Sometimes the news brings back baby boomer memories in weird ways. Today it was that Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island was arrested after marijuana was found in her car in Idaho. As if that contrast wasn’t tough enough — Mary Ann! With DOPE! — the photo made me feel old. How [...]

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This has nothing to do with turning 50 years old, other than perhaps seeing something cool like the night launch of the space shuttle Endeavour brings me back to my youth when space seemed really cool. I took this photo today from the press area of the Kennedy Space Center.

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