My Decade of Turning 50

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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Well, just when you start to feel old, along comes someone to shut you up. In this case, it’s Olive Riley of Australia, who at 108 years old (!!!!!) is described as the world’s oldest blogger. Check out her blog, and be sure to scroll down for the AP video report on her. For some [...]

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Wednesday (Sept. 26) marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of West Side Story on Broadway. I did the show in high school, playing a Jet called Mouthpiece, which seemed a funny name since I had few lines. (I went to an all boys high school, Cardinal Hayes in the Bronx, and we brought in [...]

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I ran a post recently with the YouTube video of “Done Got Old“, which made me think about some other songs about aging that could be used for a slideshow or roast for a baby boomer turning 50 years old. There are a couple of obvious ones — The Beatles’ “When I’m Sixty-Four,” or Frank [...]

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I’ve been thinking some about songs appropriate for turning 50 (hey, it’s not all about jokes!). My favorite is Buddy Guy’s version of “Done Got Old.” I could see someone using part of it in a video tribute, or buy it in iTunes and lay it under a slideshow of the person turning 50 for [...]

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I’m probably the last guy to see this, but it is both fun and scary — it’s the AARP rap. Unlike other stuff on YouTube, this isn’t a parody, unless you consider it self-parody, since it appears made by AARP. For whom? I wouldn’t want to guess with lines like “One thing you have to [...]

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Someone found this blog by searching “turning 50 jokes.” Boy, was he disappointed…recently all my pants have shrunk, which either says something about my laundry skills or eating habits…I wish I could remember all the words to the song “16 Tons,” which oddly is something we’ve sung to ABC since she was a baby…I’m another [...]

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Update from today (4/25): Catholic officials say ‘crying’ Mary statue phenomenon is natural I was surprised a bit by my reaction today to a report on a local Orlando TV station that a replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta appeared to be shedding tears. (See some of our photos here.) I have faith enough that there are [...]

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Just took a long walk — ABC and TB are at a birthday party, so Louie and I exercised. Felt good, especially since this time of year is the best here in Florida — warm but not too muggy yet. I am home now and looking around the Internet, thinking about boomers and my birth [...]

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