My Decade of Turning 50

Came upon an article today that says a new study shows old age is the best time: “The good news is that with age comes happiness,” said study author Yang Yang, a University of Chicago sociologist. “Life gets better in one’s perception as one ages.” To be honest, that’s not really as new a news [...]

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GOP presidential candidate John McCain made light of his age by appearing to fall asleep as he was interviewed about the impact of age on his candidacy. See the video here. I guess I would rather have seen him take the question a little more seriously.

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Wondering what song to play for someone turning 50 years old? Or 60? Or 30 years ago? Or maybe just 8? How about the song that was No. 1 on the day the person was born? A post from New York Times tech guy David Pogue mentions a web site where you can check out [...]

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MTV has a reality series called “The Hills.” I know, I haven’t seen it either, but Heavy.com has a parody called “Over the Hills,” which apparently uses the real dialogue from the series and puts it in the mouths of, uh, “senior citizens.” To me, it’s quite funny. Some might see it as making fun [...]

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JibJab.com is one of wonderful places on the Internet for video parodies. It also has a place where people exchange jokes, called JokeBox. The video below is a parody of Rocky, both sick and a little sweet. Below that is some turning 50 (and older) jokes. “Rocky After Retirement” | Funny Jokes at JibJab This [...]

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If you notice something different about this blog, it’s because I have moved it to a new server and have started to use WordPress 2.5 instead of Blogger. Now My Year of Turning 50 is hosted with my other web site work — the web and blog for the Warren Acting Company — on BlueHost.com. [...]

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