Baby Boomer Blog Carnival # 101 -- Inaugural Reflections

Change has come to America!   Welcome to Boomer Blog Carnival # 101.  The best Baby Boomer Blogs on the web...

Gen Plus: 

You probably were one of the millions watching Obama's inauguration last week.  But did you catch "The Moment"?  There was a bit of exciting technology last week and Janet Wendy at Gen Plus brings you two must-see items. 'The Moment':
 

This Marriage Thing:

Our President is a Baby Boomer

Ponder what that means with Dina at This Marriage Thing.

Midlife Crisis Queen

The Midlife Crisis Queen says LOVE is the mightiest word!  She recalls the words from one of her favorite Indigo Girls song:
 "Learn to pretend there's more than love that matters!"  Even Puppy Love!

Don't Call Me Granny!

Life Two:

Don't Call Me Granny

 

Today's boomers don't see themselves as old and they don't want to be stereotyped as such by their grand kids. So there is a movement to eschew such traditional names as Grandpa or Nana in favor of more youthful sounding monikers. Is this and example of boomer individualism or is it just an attempt to avoid the inevitable?

 

Baby Boomer Entrepreneur:

If you have a business blog or web site, doing better on the search engines is always a concern. Andrea J. Stenberg at The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur helps solve this problem with her post How to Improve SEO by Getting Links

 

Fabulous After 40:

Is the recession cutting into your plans for a new spring wardrobe? Get some great tips for shopping on a budget at Fabulous after 40!

Shopping on a Budget

I Remember JFK:

There was no doubt about it. We Boomer kids had as much fun reading comic book ads as the tales themselves that were contained in the twelve-cent journals.

Besides giant submarines, Charles Atlas spiels, and monkeys in teacups, we also were intrigued by a little blurb hat we must have seen a million times that claimed to teach us how to throw our voices for a quarter.  Throw Your Voice

Contemporary Retirement:

Head over to Contemporary Retirement to find out why an increasing number of people are saying: Bury Me With My Cellphone!

 

Don't Gel Too Soon:

Cynthia Samuels at Don’t Gel Too Soon on the Inauguration and generational change – even at the concert:  Pete, Bruce, and Beyonce.

Generational Change

 

The Boomer Chronicles:

Can a boomer still go on a five-hour pub crawl? Find out at The Boomer Chronicles.  Boomer Pub Crawl

 

So Baby Boomer:

Boomers are up to our eyebrows in debt--consumer, corporate, government.To survive in another Great Depression, we will have to save--lots.  Retirement in another Great Depression

 

Comments

[Nancy Mehegan]

Hi Gary, Yes those days seem so simple. Life moved slower. Sigh. Thanks for your comment.
~ Nancy Mehegan, co-founder, Vaboomer

[Gary Parenti]

Hellooooooooooo,

I miss the days that were simple to live in.
Now every thing is a big stress.I do remember
the JFK days.

Gary,

[Andreas]

Love the idea of blog carnivals, and I'm looking forward to learn more about this community initiative. How do you manage to coordinate this effort: chose topics, writers, carnival hosts?

Is there a site boomer bloggers wanting to take part to future carnivals can join in, contribute and connect with peer bloggers?

Blogs are amplifying the voices of free speech worldwide and community driven initiatives such as this are the cornerstone of a new era in modern democracy.

A salute to the pioneers of this new age!

Kind regards,
A.