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Baby Boomers Blog Carnival Seventy-second
Monday Musings for Baby Boomers – At My Age
This Weeks Good Reads-Week Sixty-nine

Baby Boomers Blog Carnival Seventy-second

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:37 PM PST

Welcome to the December 29, 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

DNA presents Genetics is not so Black and White – is it? posted at DNA Testing Blog, saying, “Giving birth is an exciting time for parents. It's always interesting to guess what the baby will look like and which parent's genes will dominate in the baby's genetic make-up. Some dominant genes, like brown eyes, increase the odds that a couple will reproduce a baby with darker eyes; however one couple residing in London, England experienced a surprise that far surpasses finding out your baby's eye color is not what you expected.”

Fitness

Charles Chua C K presents Effective Ways to Energize Yourself posted at All About Living with Life.

Patty Pittman presents The Top 10 Fitness and Health Trends of 2010 posted at Kihon Wasa, saying, “A look back on the year in health and fitness.”

Wenchypoo presents You Don’t Have to Be Wealthy to Get Healthy posted at Wisdom From Wenchypoo’s Mental Wastebasket, saying, “Got library card? Consider it a gym membership.”

General

Super Saver presents Senior Discounts Begin at 50 posted at My Wealth Builder, saying, “This year, I learned that some stores have a 10% discount for seniors age 50 and older. I had previously thought that the earliest senior discounts began was at 55 with most senior discounts starting at 60 or 62.”

MoneyThinking presents Tax Deductions for Recent Grads posted at Money Thinking, saying, “Simplistic view of tax deductions for grads. Thanks for hosting.”

Joe Plemon presents Use Life Experiences as Motivation for Saving Money posted at Personal Finance By The Book, saying, “What do you save for? Consider experiences instead of stuff.”

David presents How To Identify And Protect Yourself Against ?Phishing? posted at Credit Card Offers IQ.

Aaron presents 8 Tips To Buy or Use Gift Cards This Holiday Season posted at Prepaidcards123.

Health

Ehrich Weiss presents Top 50 Psychiatry Blogs posted at Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Programs, saying, “As you'll see from our list of top 50 psychiatry blogs, traditional methods in psychiatry are as strong today as they were in the twentieth century.”

Benjamin Kubelsky presents Family Nurse Practitioner Programs posted at e-Med News, saying, “Becoming a nurse practitioner can be a great career move for a registered nurse (RN) who would like to have more autonomy, and who would like to be more involved with actively caring for patients.”

Joanaa Tiger presents 8 Holiday-Related Injuries That Are Surprisingly Common posted at Masters in Health Care.

Jenny Stowe presents 20 Incredibly Educational Alternative Medicine Blogs posted at Masters in Health Care.

Humor

Madeleine Begun Kane presents What Do Jews Do On Christmas? A Limerick Explanation posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Travel

Susan Howe presents 2011 Car Insurance Trends: Save Money and Time posted at Insurance.com Articles, saying, “Experts say low rates, more incentives among five car insurance trends for 2011.”

Work

Job-Interview-Site.com presents Why Are You Here? What Brings You Here? posted at Job Interview Guide, saying, “One of the most basic yet most difficult questions asked in job interviews are- Why are you here? Why do you want to work for us? Or – What brought you here?”

BWL presents Looking For Job Sites To Find A Job? posted at Christian Personal Finance, saying, “Looking for a job? These are some of the bigger job sites you might want to check out to help your search…”

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Monday Musings for Baby Boomers – At My Age

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 03:20 AM PST

Smile!

Monday has always been a little bit of a let down, what with it being the beginning of the work week and all.

So to start things out on a bright note for the week, I bring you the…

Baby Boomers Monday Musings.

Falling Apart

There’s quite an art to falling apart ….
as these years go by.
And life Doesn’t begin at 40 ….
That’s a Big Fat Lie!
My hair’s gettin’ thinner ….
my Body is Not.
The few Teeth I have ….
are beginning to Rot!

I smell of Vick’s-Vapo-Rub ….
Not Chanel #5.
My new Pacemaker’s all ….
that keepin’ me alive!

When asked of my past ….
Every Detail I’ll know.
But what was I doin’ ….
just 10 minutes ago?

Well, you get the Idea ….
what More can I say?
I’m off to read the Obits ….
like I do every Day.

If my name is not there ….
I’ll once again Start -
Perfecting the Art ….
Of Falling Apart!

But til’ That Last Curtain ….
Decides to Fall,
I’m gonna’ have ….
Myself a Ball!

Hope that put a little smile on your face and Keep On Smilin’

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This Weeks Good Reads-Week Sixty-nine

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 02:55 AM PST

Every week I come across an article or two that I find very helpful to me as a Baby Boomer and think may be of some interest to you, the community, as well.

They may be from an online news source, another Blog or Website or something I found surfing around the Internet. They could even be something that was sent in by a reader of the Blog or a member of the Baby Boomer’s Forum.

Enjoy!

Baby Boomers Are Bummin’ by Zoe FitzGerald Carter… Is the Pew Research Center report about us Baby Boomers acurate? If so, we are in a really bad way and should just give up. Zoe thinks the report is a farce, and so do I. What say you?

Spotting Online Scams – Tips for Baby Boomers Online by TMarie Hilton… As a lot of us can attest, Boomers are doing a lot of their buying and banking etc online these days. TMarie gives us a few tips on staying safe in our online world be it shopping or socializing.

I hope you found this weeks choice(s) helpful and enjoyable. What did you think? Do you have any suggestions for next week?

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