Is it Grandma or cocaine?

by midlifecrisisqueen on September 2, 2010

Anyone out there sorely in need of a great laugh?   Did you hear the one about the Wyoming State Patrolman who mistook a grandmother’s ashes for cocaine?   I’m not making this stuff up!

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The challenges of starting out as a freelance writer

by midlifecrisisqueen on September 2, 2010

Patricia Stoltey, a colleague I met through Northern Colorado Writers, was gracious enough to feature one my essays about my writing life today.   Check out my guest blog if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to begin a career in writing.   (Especially when you’re 50!)

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Another great story from my court jester!

August 30, 2010

My friend Brett Newmyer is at it again.   Here’s the latest from his recent family reunion:

“Huh?”  by Brett Newmyer

I saw a funny birthday card recently that shows three elderly gentlemen walking on the beach. The first one says, “It’s windy.” The second one replies, “No, it’s Thursday,” to which the third responds, “Me too, let’s [...]

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Time for a new Blogging Boomers Carnival!

August 30, 2010

Nancy over at Vaboomer.com has it for you today.

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Is ignorance bliss?

August 29, 2010

When I first moved to Salt Lake City for my first professional librarian position back in 1979, I had of course heard about the Mormons.   I remember wondering if I would be able to identify them immediately on sight.    Slowly I learned what it feels like to be in a tiny minority living in a [...]

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Baby boomers are disproportionately represented in bankruptcy proceedings

August 26, 2010

Check out the latest on US!
And if all of this bad news sometimes makes you feel like a loser, check out my new e-book!

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Watching yourself fall apart bit by bit

August 25, 2010

I have just experienced the difficult process of witnessing my husband Mike go through major surgery and recovery in the past week or so.   He had all sorts of hardware placed in the base of his spine.   You can imagine how painful it is to wake up after THAT operation!   He also had carpal tunnel [...]

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Waiting too long for love…Kinamand

August 24, 2010

“I thought that love could wait.   Too late.   Too late.“
I keep running into some amazing foreign films lately.   First there was Departures, a 2008 Academy Award winner, and now there’s Kinamand from Denmark.
“Kinamand” (Danish for Chinaman) starts out with a classic midlife crisis situation.    Keld, a hapless plumber (Bjarne Henriksen), finds his world crumbling when [...]

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Suffering and Rewards

August 19, 2010

I wonder why most of us only see the pearl of wisdom in a life experience long after the actual experience has passed.   During the struggle, the very tough time that requires all of our internal resources, we usually only feel challenged and discouraged.    It is only later, if ever, that we see the lesson [...]

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DO NOT bother renting GREENBERG!

August 15, 2010

It wasn’t easy, but I finally found a film that completely deserves a rating of one out of five (or perhaps a zero!)   I had been looking forward to watching Greenberg with Ben Stiller for a while, because I had heard it was “the quintessential midlife crisis movie.” ACK!!!!    Now I see how “midlife [...]

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