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Baby Boomers Blog Carnival Sixty-first Edition

Posted: 13 Oct 2010 04:33 AM PDT

Welcome to the October 13, 2010 edition of the Baby Boomers Blog Carnival. There are some really well thought out and insightful Boomer articles for you to peruse this week.

So, grab a cup of coffee (or tea), sit back in your most comfortable chair, put up your feet and Enjoy.

This one’s for you!

Family

Joe Plemon presents How to Avoid Christmas Debt Without Becoming a Grinch … 12 Great Tips posted at Personal Finance By The Book, saying, “Piling up debt in order to celebrate the birth of Christ just doesn’t add up. These tips will help your celebration be a true celebration.”

June Tree presents Combine Credit Cards To Earn Up To 4% In Rewards posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “Very clever ways to use your credit cards to earn more rewards.”

Susan Howe presents A Do-It-Yourself Christmas: 34 Great Gifts You Can Make Yourself posted at Get Rich Slowly, saying, “Here are some great list of do-it-yourself Christmas gifts this coming year end holiday.”

Fitness

Jennifer Lynch presents 10 Body Parts You Can Live Without posted at Top Online Colleges.

General

Madison DuPaix presents How to Obtain High Risk Insurance When You Find Yourself Uninsurable posted at My Dollar Plan, saying, “If you’ve found yourself to be “high risk” for insurance, this is a must-read on how to go about getting coverage.”

Charles Chua C K presents 7 Things to Learn from a Blind and Wheelchair-Bound Boy posted at All About Living with Life.

Health

Randy Powell presents FIGHTING DIABETES WITH A HIGH ALKALINE FOODS DIET posted at Burn Fat with a High Alkaline Food Diet.

Anna Miller presents 15 Things You Didn't Know About Bedbugs posted at Online Degree.net.

Anthony McCune presents Increasing Breast Cancer Awareness, In Memory Of Sophia McCune posted at Stark County, Ohio News And Views….

Mark Allen presents Boomer Men: 3 Questions For You About Dreaded ?Man Boobs? posted at Baby Boomer Talk Online, saying, “3 quick questions: 1. Are you a guy or do you know one close to you over the age of 46? 2. Have you or he looked at your/his bare chest lately? 3. If so… did you see them?…The dreaded…. "Manboobs"? Want to lose your manboobs?”

Julia Wells presents Top 20 Most Influential Obesity Experts posted at MPH Degree, saying, “Obesity has become a serious public health issue. These 20 experts have done wonders to help solve the problem.”

Peter Stockwell presents Lose Weight By Avoiding 5 Foods posted at The Senior Walking Fitness Blog, saying, “Some foods not to eat very often.”

Humor

Andrea Carlisle presents Toast to Alice posted at Go Ask Alice…when she’s 94, saying, “My mother moved into an assisted living facility two years ago, and for two years she abided by the rule of living without a toaster in her apartment (even though she’s perfectly capable of using one responsibly). When she turned 95, I decided she’d sacrificed enough and it was time to risk becoming an outlaw.”

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Decomposed Limerick posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Terry Hamburg presents HAIR TRANSPLANTS posted at Boomer To You, saying, “Male pattern baldness is no laughing matter, or is it?”

Retirement

Jeff Rose, CFP presents QDRO and Your 401k or Pension Plan posted at Jeff Rose, saying, “Here are some surprising facts that you need to know concerning your 401k or pension plan and your beneficiaries.”

Travel

Marvin Grossman presents 8 Ways To Make Sure You Pay More For Auto Insurance posted at Welcome to the Insure.com Insurance Blog: Life Insurance, Health Insurance and Car Insurance news and opinions, saying, “Car insurance companies will make you pay more for certain things. Here are 8 ways that will increase your auto insurance premium.”

Work

nissim ziv presents Interview: Follow Up Email Sample posted at Job Interview Guide, saying, “After interviewing, you must stay 'on line' with the employer. It is recommended to send a follow up thank-you email/letter to the interviewer or to the person who coordinated your job interview.”

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