My Decade of Turning 50

Score one for us 50-somethings. Apparently the character of Dr. Paul Weston of HBO’s In Treatment is a hottie. As played by 56-year-old actor Gabriel Byrne (shown in HBO photo from series), the psychotherapist is, in the words of one woman in today’s NY Times article “a hunk, totally. He’s hot” and, the article says, [...]

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AARP sent me another solicitation on Friday. Hey, AARP, it’s not you, it’s me. Leave me alone…OK, I’ll be honest, I would love the hotel discount and fantasize that I’d be carded each time I try to claim the AARP discount…NY Times has an article today on Eons, the baby boomer site you used to [...]

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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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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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I’m not sure how many times I’ve received AARP’s offer to join the organization. I think at least four times. Another came Friday. When will it end? I wonder if this strategy works — eventually, will I give in, pay my $12.50 — less than a 12-pack of good beer! — and start getting the [...]

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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 [...]

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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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OK, this animated cartoon, about aging baby boomers trying to stay young, has me laughing out loud, or LOL as we used to say in the AOL years. (Note you have to follow the link to see the Walt Handelsman piece.) It contains a song you could all sing to your favorite baby boomer turning [...]

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I think I was 40 when I was offered my first senior discount, which must have said something about the kind of night I had the day before I stopped in Mickey D’s for some coffee. I was, like, dude, I’m only, like, barely over 30. But this column raises an interesting point — will [...]

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