OSCARS :: The Story Line – Valslist
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EACH TRACK REPRESENTS A NOMINATED FILM (chosen by Val) - Crystalfilm by Little Dragon (The Artist), The Fear by Ben...
Oscar-Themed Cocktails
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Crystal Cosmo (an ode to this year's host Billy Crystal)
1 1⁄2 oz Voli Lyte 1...
Long Term Care Insurance – What To Do?
Long Term Care Insurance. It’s something we BA50s need to know about it. But it’s also a topic many of us are good at avoiding. Here’s the catch. ...
Financial Infidelity
Like most illicit affairs, my days of overt financial infidelity are winding down. My daughter has a binding college acceptance in hand. But it seems that once you’re a shopping philanderer, you’ll always be a shopping philanderer....
Finding the ME in MEnopause
I’m looking at menopause as a glass half full, a time in my life that is just the beginning to finding and designing the second half of my life with renewed passions and interests. ...
Get Set for the Oscars
The good news: 50+ women rock. And thanks to this year’s crop of Oscar nominees (and Netflix), we can watch our favorite actresses over and over, celebrating th...
Sex Over 50: Planning Your Love Life
Why are you not having wild, spontaneous sex? The honest answer is this: it was never spontaneous in the first place, and good sex never is....
I Have a Crush on Jane Fonda
It started with the movie “Coming Home.” Jane’s acting (or was it her acting?) even got my first husband, Alan, agreeing with me that she was something special. Needless to say, he went gaga over her in “Barbarella.”...
Forced Family Fun Forever?
Family vacations in our house have always facetiously been referred to as “FFF” or “Forced Family Fun,” but right now it doesn’t seem like much of a joke....
Dr. Phil, viewers weigh in on dad who shot laptop (Today Show)
The video of Tommy Jordan pumping bullets into his daughter’s laptop has drawn tens of millions of YouTube hits – and sparked a lot of discussion. What do you t...
The Upside of Being an Introvert (And Why Extroverts Are Overrated) (Time Magazine)
An interesting read on why sometimes not saying much often says much more.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2105432,00.html#ixzz1mq83Pgo5...
Occupy Movement Regroups, Preparing for Its Next Phase (The New York Times)
We could all take a tip from 84-year-old Dorli Rainey who is at the forefront of the Occupy movement. Her indefatigable spirit as a longtime activist is a tribu...
Obama to voter: ‘Send me your husband’s resume’ (msnbc)
Wow. Who is the lucky participant who got President Obama’s ear? Hey Prez…my 19-year-old daughter needs a summer internship. All jokes aside this is a serious s...
Quote – Jane Fonda
“It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.” - Jane Fonda ...
Florence Green, Last World War I Veteran, Dies at 110 (The New York Times)
Oh how life has changed for women, but it’s interesting to note how Florence Green played a part – and disappeared into marriage, motherhood and contented anony...
In Data Deluge, Multitaskers Go to Multiscreens (The New York Times)
There’s a trend toward working with two or three computer screens at a time. What’s next? Multiple pairs of reading glasses?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/...
Quote – Woody Allen
“Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.” ~Woody Allen...
(Re)Making Love: A Sex After Sixty Story (YouTube)
Author Mary L. Tabor talks about her memoir: (Re)Making Love: A Sex After Sixty Story where she admits to foolishness, sorrow and a rebirth after her husband en...
Dr. Doree Lynn – Sex for Grown Ups (YouTube)
Strawberries, whipped cream and hearing aids – a teaser for Dr. Doree’s book, Sex for Grownups. This doctor does not believe in erectile dysfunction and tells i...
Quote – Rita Rudner
“Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke?” ~Rita Rudner...