Beware Cyber Monday scams
Monday, Dec. 1, 2008
The first Monday after Thanksgiving is typically one of the biggest online shopping days of the year with 'free shipping' deals and deep discounts abounding. I love a good deal as much as the next BoomerGirl but a story in USA Today warns of a "plague" of scams this year. Buyer beware!
Baby Boomers Cafe hits the big time
Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008
At least one business is thriving in this miserable economy. Baby Boomers Cafe in Des Moines can't make these "Obama Cookies" fast enough for the hungry public.
Now that's how to do Black Friday!
Friday, Nov. 28, 2008
Here's a guy after my own heart - relaxing in a massage chair, reading a book, tunes in his ear, while the rest of his family negotiates mall madness.
Be still, my cougar heart!
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008
Six months after he won the title of American Idol, my way-too-young-for-me heartthrob, David Cook, is releasing his first CD today.
Farewell to normalcy
Monday, Nov. 17, 2008
President-elect Obama and his wife, Michelle, appeared on a lengthy segment of "60 MInutes" last night. I was struck by how normal they both seemed. Normal, smart and articulate people (and clearly hot for one another), who are just starting to realize that their lives will never be normal again.
Why I'm not into Bond-age
Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008
Oh, I comprehend the appeal of the quintessentially cool, modern Renaissance man who can fend off five would-be assailants then, seconds later, mix two perfect martinis (shaken, not stirred), and bed a gorgeous woman before she can fish the olive out of the glass. I get it. It’s a guy thing.
General Dunwoody, we salute you!
Friday, Nov. 14, 2008
After 33 years in the Army, BoomerGirl Ann E. Dunwoody became the first female four-star general in U.S. military history today. My question is, what took them so long?
Remembering our vets, and those who loved them
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
This Veteran's Day, as I take in all the images of family members visiting the graves of their loved ones, I think there but for the grace of God go I.
RIP, Ugly Dog
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
Gus, the one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world's ugliest pooch for 2008, has died in Florida.
She's got legs, she knows how to use them
Monday, Nov. 10, 2008
That old ZZ Top song might have been written for Svetlana Pankratova, the woman with the world's longest legs...a whopping 51.9 inches long, to be exact. That's 15.1 inches shy of my entire height!
Reflecting on real change
Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008
It was no small thing when my mother’s station wagon pulled into Donna’s driveway on a cul-de-sac teeming with black children playing street games on a warm, spring evening.
About that dress...
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
Here's the scoop on that red-and-black dress worn by Michelle Obama Tuesday night.
Life by number: A historic first
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008
America elected our first president of color. Decidedly. No questions. No doubt. I know I wasn't the only woman of my generation who was moved to tears last night.
Would it matter?
Monday, Nov. 3, 2008
Designed by Tor Myhren, Creative Director at Grey Advertising in New York, this poster provokes a lot of timely questions.
...and not a minute too soon
Friday, Oct. 31, 2008
We don't "fall back" until tomorrow night but I can't wait for Daylight Savings Time to be over, and here's why.
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