Why is television so confusing these days?
read more…: Why is television so confusing these days?I almost feel like my mother must have felt 30 years ago when we had to put masking tape on the constantly flickering 12:00 clock display on her VCR.
Byline: Annette Kurman
Posts by Annette Kurman
Get this summer party started: Name that song
read more…: Get this summer party started: Name that songMany of us crank up the party music when the weather gets warm and we can open the car windows to blast our favorite music out to the world. As a Boomer, I especially love having “my” music play as I pull up to a stop light where the car next to me is blaring something from the 21st century that I never heard of.
50 years since ‘Jaws’ cleared the beaches of Amity Island – and the nation
read more…: 50 years since ‘Jaws’ cleared the beaches of Amity Island – and the nationIt’s been 50 years since the movie Jaws cleared the beaches of Amity Island and across the nation. It’s been fifty years since we waited in line for what became the first summer blockbuster ever (running more than $5 million over its $3 million budget to bring in more than $478 million worldwide just that summer or $1.5 billion, adjusted for inflation).
Boomer Life: Making contact with our past through social media
read more…: Boomer Life: Making contact with our past through social mediaI’ve been reading how Facebook has become a land of baby boomers reaching out to their grammar school buddies since Millennials, Gen X, and Gen Z have moved on to more recent and trending online spaces: Tik Tok, Instagram, AI ChatGPT, WhatsApp, and other trendy (read: few seniors) platforms.
Holiday swearing
read more…: Holiday swearingWith the holiday season upon us and so many people out and about, it won’t be uncommon to hear frequent cursing at the mall, at the highway rest area, or walking your kid to school.
Don’t let the holiday ‘Karens’ get you down
read more…: Don’t let the holiday ‘Karens’ get you downFor those unfamiliar, Karen is a slang for an irritating, entitled, and demanding woman exhibiting obnoxious behavior in public settings. According to Wikipedia, Karen is used as a slang typically for a middle-class white woman perceived as entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is normal. According to a popular meme, Karen sports an asymmetrical bob who is always asking to speak to the manager.
Life begins at 70 — really!
read more…: Life begins at 70 — really!I can barely get the word out of my mouth: seven-ty. It sounds so, um, old, and it’s coming up faster than a Disney bullet train.
Remembering the Ed Sullivan Show, Part 2
read more…: Remembering the Ed Sullivan Show, Part 2Do you remember watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, ogling Elvis as he gyrated his hips, or Mick Jagger as he frowned while singing “Let’s spend some time together”?
Dancing on the edge of retirement
read more…: Dancing on the edge of retirementI feel I am dancing on the edge of a knife (the unsharp side, of course) where one side is retirement, and the other side is work. I’m playing the middle at this point as I garner the benefits of each side: I work as a nurse on my terms, not constrained by full or part-time work, but being available as a substitute nurse or for working full-time for a specific period of time. (Look out, I may be administering flu shots at your CVS!) At this point in my life, I need that structure, collegiality, and the ability to work with the public. Okay, and the money doesn’t hurt.
It’s niche TV these days, or as Bruce Springsteen once sang, ’57 Channels (and Nothin’ On)’
read more…: It’s niche TV these days, or as Bruce Springsteen once sang, ’57 Channels (and Nothin’ On)’Many of us grew up watching three television stations and UHF, along with the necessary rabbit ears that always needed tending. Free television now consists of (according to strength of signal) ABC, MeTV, followed by PBS, CBS, NBC, HSN, ion, FOX, and some others originating from New York.