The Baby Boomer Renaissance: June 2011

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Baby Boomers U. S. (The Blog)

Baby Boomers Blog Carnival Ninety-eighth Edition

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 04:36 AM PDT

Welcome to the June 29, 2011 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

heartland frugalista presents Fourth of July: Remembering Vietnam posted at Heartland Living on a Budget.

Marie@familymoneyvalues.com presents What Responsibility Does the Family of a Homeless Person Bear? posted at FamilyMoneyValues, saying, “What if your brother, sister, mother or father ended up on the streets? What would you do in the fictional case outlined below – if this man were your relative?”

Fitness

Steve presents Push Yourself, Explore Your Boundaries and Intensify Your Exercise Routines posted at Diet Cleanse, saying, “Pushing your self with free weights and weight benches is important for bone density and overall strength.”

Peter Stockwell presents A Really Safe Weight Loss Plan posted at The Senior Walking Fitness Blog, saying, “There is a diet which has been tested on a lot of people. It works.”

General

Nesher presents Why Life Expectancy Increased Around the World? posted at Planning your Retirement Smart Way, saying, “After remaining fairly constant for most of human history, life expectancy (the average number of years a person can expect to live) has nearly doubled in the past century. But Why?”

Tracy Schiffmann presents Learning to BE HERE now | Prime Time Gals posted at The PrimeTime Gals.

Joe Plemon presents Lessons From U.S. Open Champion Rory McIlroy posted at Personal Finance By The Book, saying, “This is about more than golf; it is about how an incredible young man rebounded after blowing his big moment…and what we can learn from him.”

Health

Stanimir Sotirov presents A List Of Foods That Will Help You Gain Weight posted at All About Your Body And Spirit, saying, “On the contrary of what many people believe, being skinny is not healthy! We can easily find loads of info about losing weight, but what about the people who actually need to gain some? This is a list of foods that will help them.”

Emilia Klapp presents The 3 Causes of Weight Gain on a Typical Modern Diet posted at The Diabetes Club, saying, “The foods that trigger an inflammatory reaction and create coronary heart disease are also the ones that cause weight gain. And the main culprits that cause inflammation throughout your body, won't let you get rid of tummy fat, and damage your arteries, are the foods that are most abundant at your supermarket and that you may be eating every day.”

Charles Chua C K presents Are you healthy and fit? posted at All About Living with Life.

Becky Gillaspy presents Shed Pounds Fast – Here Is Exactly What To Eat posted at Comments on: Shed Pounds Fast ? Here Is Exactly What To Eat, saying, “So you want to shed pounds fast. Well, you are certainly not alone! Countless people around the world want shed pounds fast and this is the reason I am writing this article. I want to lay out for you exactly what you need to eat in order to shed pounds fast and consistently so you can get down to your ideal body weight.”

Trudy Lieberman presents Turning 65: Finding a Prescription Drug Plan posted at Prepared Patient Forum: What It Takes Blog, saying, “This is the fourth in a series of posts that examine the process of signing up for Medicare, navigating its rules, choosing supplemental coverage and planning for health care in a program with a very uncertain future.”

Retirement

Consumer Boomer presents Saving Enough Money for Retirement posted at Consumer Boomer, saying, “To determine if you are currently on track for retirement, complete the following steps…”

Super Saver presents I’m Sleeping Good Tonight posted at My Wealth Builder, saying, “Reducing our stock investments to reduce short term risk has been a good decision. Currently, I plan to get back in when the market drops at least 10% (below 11,500).”

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Weird Wednesday: Bigfoot Sighting in Illinois

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 07:35 AM PDT

Check out this Bigfoot sighting near Otterville, Illinois (May 2008):

It was right around the time of my birthday. I was on vacation visiting with my cousin at his girlfriend’s house. We had ran into Jerseyville for cigarettes and were on our way back to her house off of Otterville Blacktop. I was driving about 55 mph around the S-curves just before Shiloh Hollow Road when I caught something running across the field, heading for the road, in the headlights. At first I thought it was a man in a trench coat. It ran up the embankment and onto the road in front of the car. I barely missed it. I realized that it wasn’t a man in a trench coat. It was covered in hair and his face look flattened with a wide nose, large nostrils, and huge eyes. I continued to watch this thing run up a 20-foot embankment on the other side of the road without ever losing its pace. In shock I turned to look at my cousin, his eyes were as big as mine and we found ourselves asking, “What the hell was that”? He agreed it wasn’t human.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Boomer Chronicles

3 Random Thoughts for a Tuesday

Posted: 28 Jun 2011 07:16 AM PDT

I read an interesting post this morning from the blog Unemployed and Over Fifty, “Did you miss your calling with your first career?” So, I pondered this question. Did I? I have been a journalist most of my life and I am an intensely curious person who loves to learn. I think I chose OK.
Chris Wallace, on a nationally televised Fox program, asked presidential candidate Michele Bachmann if she was “a flake.” Make no mistake, I am no fan of Bachmann, but I wonder: Would Wallace have dared ask that question of a male presidential candidate?
I attended a radical feminist conference in Boston last weekend. Yes, folks, radical feminism still exists. Here is list of websites, videos and articles to learn more about feminism today.