http://www.aginghipsters.com/ Copyright 2007 www.aginghipsters.com. The Baby Boomer Generation is a source for trends, research, comment and discussion of and by people born from 1946 - 1964. Covering issues on the Boomer Generation including original content for Boomers, bulletin boards, user comments, Sixties and Seventies music, Baby Boomer culture, health and coverage of issues for "Aging Hipsters." ]]> http://www.aginghipsters.comCopyright, 2007. This content feed may be freely distributed as long as the accompanying link and copyright statement remain in tact. en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:11:43 -0500 http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000701.php Boy, the McCain camp can't get anything right: they actually have me on their email list. The good thing is I now get to see what they're sending supporters. We also hear from friends and relations in battleground states about... http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000698.php I was going to write today about the Presidential debate, but instead find I need to say goodbye to the first man I ever loved--Paul Newman. As a pre-pubescent girl curled up in an armchair on rainy Sundays watching movies,... http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000694.php http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000695.php If you are, have or know a college student who may not have registered to vote or hasn't gotten it together to get their absentee ballot, send 'em to this site, Vote For Change. And if the college student you... http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000693.php Give this whole video a chance and let it run to the end. Then, if you care even a little about the election - www.factcheck.org should be you new best friend. This non-partisan group does the legwork on de-bunking lies... http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000691.php "You Go Girl!" Ask any local TV news producer and he/she will tell you that ratings rise and fall on personality. Forget the fact that anchor people do not make news, nor provide commentary; remember that they are hired for... http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000689.php I found this on Shabby Pink Scrapper a site that doesn't have much to do with boomers. I know, I know, they're a little corny, but funny nonetheless. If you can think of more, send 'em along. Baby Boomer Song... http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000690.php There was an interesting essay in the Sunday NY Times written by a 30-something about her parents' decision to pick up and move to Hong Kong. So many of us are still watching the last of our children leave and... http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000688.php An old high school friend sent this YouTube video. You mean those aren't the lyrics??... http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000684.php by Kelly Jackson How midlife grocery shopping differs: The first thing I do is look for a parking space in the shade as close to the front door as is humanly possible. I have a handicap tag which I borrow... http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000685.php I just returned from San Francisco where I attended the BlogHer conference at the request of a client. Over the weekend I met, or at least was in the same room as, maybe 1000 women bloggers. Yeah--there's a boatload of... http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000683.php Not long ago, we were interviewed for a New York Times article about AARP's attempt to become the hipster destination for music. We scoffed. But let's face it---there have been decades of new music since we last bought a Bruce... http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000682.php A recent Pew Research Center study finds that Baby Boomers are the most dissatisfied generation. This comes on the heels of a University of Chicago study reporting that it's not a sign of the times, we've always been this way.... http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000681.php Growing up in New Jersey, you were sure to either know some surfin' Beach Boy blonds or be one. Well, it seems the Jersey shore is seeing more surfers than ever and some of them are likely to be the... http://www.aginghipsters.com/blog/archives/000680.php If there's one thing that can remind us how time flies and yet how some things seem to stand still, it's a local community tradition. For us, it's our annual July 4th carnival, a major fundraiser for our volunteer fire...