Here we go again: another edition of the BloggingBoomers Carnival. You can just think of it as links for semi-old people. This week Andrea over at the Baby Boomer Entrepreneur is hosting. Take off your shoes before going over to visit....

A shout-out to Wesley from Comcast who came today and fixed my cable/Internet. I can now finally enjoy my newly installed High-Speed Internet connection. He offered me a free premium channel for three months to make up for  the lack of service this week....

All the happy talk about the Dow hitting 10,000, all the talk about how the recession is “officially” over, and all the talk about “green shoots” makes me sad. Sad for the people who believe this stuff. The United States is not rig...

Here are 100+ ways to build community in your neighborhood (link courtesy of Fig Newtons and Scotch) Are you watching Cougar Town, which, according to a Salon writer, is full of “predatory middle-aged women with hairless, bony bodies” Tips on ...

Over Columbus Day weekend I went to a cousin’s wedding in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the city of my birth. Although I grew up in nearby South River and never lived in New Brunswick, the city was nevertheless important in my early life for the follow...

I’ve been following The Shroud of Turin for years. First, it was thought to be the burial shroud for Jesus. Then it was tested and it was not the right age. Then someone else comes along just a week ago to reaffirm how the The Shroud of Turin is jus...

After reading my blog post about trying to get Comcast High-Speed Internet installed in my home, a woman from Comcast called me last weekend to try to help straighten out the mess. Not only that, but the widely read Consumerist website, where consumers co...

A few weeks ago I accompanied a friend to a blowout sale at a store called Eileen Fisher. Now, if you’re a woman of a certain age (and class), you know all about Eileen Fisher. In fact, nearly everyone in the store was of a certain age. My friend lo...

Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine has voted to move the health care bill forward. I applaud Snowe for putting aside partisan politics. Read more about her vote at the Wall Street Journal. Still, it’s not a package that will truly change heal...

I just learned about a Westport, Conn., resident named Nina Sankovitch, 46, who is living my dream. She is reading a book a day for a year. As a teenager, I clipped a story from a newspaper that contained the names of all the books a truly educated person...

This week’s collection of BloggingBoomer Carnival links comes to you from Hole in the Donut....

I ordered high-speed Internet service after putting it off for years (we were able to pick up a neighbor’s signal). And as I had always feared, the process has been one enormous hassle after another. First I was told by Comcast that I could install ...

What’s the secret to 40 years of marriage? Check out In The Trenches Productions, the first online entertainment network with films for women over 40 How much should you have in savings? Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the Amish ...

I’ve had just a couple of flu shots in my entire adult life. Today I got one. I think all the hype about the H1N1 flu (as well as the seasonal flu) got to me....

The Federal Trade Commission ruled this week that bloggers must disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products. I rarely review products, but when/if I do, I always disclose the information. So today I am talking ab...

Indulge me. It’s October, it’s Wednesday, and that means it time again for WEIRD WEDNESDAY. Each Wednesday this month I will feature a strange phenomenon. This week it’s one of my favorites: cryptozoology. A Bigfoot museum called the Int...

A story on E. coli in hamburger meat is causing a huge stir this week. The New York Times piece featured a young woman who became paralyzed and brain damaged from eating a tainted burger, and it scared readers to death. From the story: Ground beef has bee...

If you’re a fan of the amazing Mad Men series on AMC, you know that one of the latest story lines involves a scene featuring Ann-Margret from the 1963 film Bye Bye Birdie (you can watch the original Ann-Margret scene here). As it happens, Bye Bye Bi...

Here are the reasons lots of people think the housing market is improving, but it’s just an illusion: (1)  $8,000 tax credit (2)  Federal Reserve pushing mortgage rates to historical lows (3)   A huge ’shadow inventory’ of houses hel...

Good morning. Your assignment is to visit our BloggingBoomers Carnival for baby boomers over at Midlife Crisis Queen....