November 14th, 2008
The rumor on the street is that Hillary Clinton is a front-runner for U.S. Secretary of State. Here are two conflicting opinions on this issue:
From Fox News - A “Two-Fer” (meaning we getBill along with Hillary)
OR
From Atlantic Online “An Inspired Idea”
What do you think?
Tags: baby boomer politicians, hillary clinton, secretary of state
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October 30th, 2008
My best friend just got back from China. She walked the Great Wall, up many steps, and she was able to keep up when other younger people weren’t. She has a regular vigorous walking routine, she lifts weights, swims with a Master’s group, and does yoga. She is in great shape! And new information shows […]
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October 7th, 2008
Children are fantastically creative because they don’t know they aren’t. Adults are not creative because they know they are not.
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If you want to create, what’s stopping you? I have some inspiration for you, in a book by an author named Brenda Ueland. You can win this book by responding with a […]
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October 4th, 2008
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The Boomer Creativity Contest has generated many great ideas - I’m motivated just reading them and I wish all of you could win!
There is still time to enter - the contest runs through Tuesday (October 7th). Just go to my Contest Post and tell me what you would like to create.
Some […]
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October 3rd, 2008
Mary Emma Allen, over at Home Biz Notes, asks the question: Does “Going Gray” affect your home business?
A week or so I wrote about Boomers who color their hair. Mary Emma is taking it a step further. Does hair color affect how people look at you? Do customers, employees look at you differently if […]
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September 25th, 2008
An email exchange with other b5media business channel bloggers got me wondering - how many baby boomers die their hair? I guess there are two schools of thought on this one:
1. I’m proud of my age and of being who I am without benefit of artificial enhancements. I would never die my hair.
2. I figure […]
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September 7th, 2008
According to the Chicago Tribune, Oprah’s producers have said it would be better to wait until after the election for Oprah to interview Governor Sarah Palin, the Repulican vice presidential nominee. They (the producers) say Oprah shouldn’t get involved in politics.
Two reasons why this excuse doesn’t ring true. (1)Oprah has interviewed Democratic presidential nominee Barak […]
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September 5th, 2008
As I watched Governor Sarah Palin give her speech Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention, I was reminded of the Samuel Johnson quote about women preachers:
“… a woman’s preaching is like a dog’s walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.”
I’m surprised […]
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August 27th, 2008
Yesterday I talked about The Age Curve by Baby Boomer Kenneth Gronbach. The book’s subtitle is “How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Storm.” The “storm” he’s talking about, I think, is the influx of baby boomers as an aging generation and its effect on many areas of economics.
Yesterday, I said Gronbach’s central premise is […]
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August 26th, 2008
I have a winner in the replay of the “50 things to do at 50″ contest (more about the winner after he/she is notified). The responses were FANTASTIC and I want to share them with you, in no particular order:
Think about what you enjoy and then act on it! Start a hobby or business […]
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