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I am a Baby Boomer living in the Pacific Northwest.

I enjoy learning, reading and writing about just about everything. I try to write from the Baby Boomer perspective with honesty, a sense of humor, and without taking myself, my writing, or my generation too

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Food & Drink > Dining & Restaurants (Other) Should restaurants be required to list calories and fat grams on their menus?: 4 of 163
Restaurants Should Not Be Required to List the Nutritional Content of Their menus. There are three excellent reasons restaurants should not be required to list the nutritional details of foods they serve. One is culinary, one is practicable, and one is philosophical.From the culinary standpoint chefs and restaurants don't alw... More..
Relationships & Family > Successful Dating Flirting tips for boomers: How to do what doesn't come naturally: 1 of 31
Flirting for Boomers: How to Do What Doesn't Come NaturallyFlirting is fun and can be enjoyed by everyone especially Baby Boomers. If it's not fun you're not doing it right. Some people appear to be natural flirts. Chances are they have learned to flirt from their successes and their failures while flirting. You too, can and ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Economy Explaining the national budget: 1 of 14
I'm assume you are asking what the definition of the national budget is and not how much it is for a particular country.Theoretically, a national budget is like any budget except on a national level.Typically when one makes a budget one lists and totals his income and his known and predicted expenses for a particular time per... More..
Travel > Rental Cars & Driving Recommended car rental companies: 1 of 7
Car Rental Company Rental Benefit Programs:A Comparison of Hertz, Avis, and Budget Rental CompaniesMost of the larger rental programs offer some sort of benefit program or club designed to encourage customers to rent from them. They are all designed to allow you to give your information to the car rental companies so that you... More..
Entertainment > Movies (Other) Comparing DVD rental services: 1 of 7
The Cheapest and Best Video Store in the World: Your Public LibraryI was surprised recently when I discovered that my local library in Bellingham, Washington had lots of feature movies. By lots of movies I mean more than 2,500 feature films. I knew there were lots of documentaries, travelogues, and how-to videos, but I discov... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Soccer Why soccer is not so popular in the US as elsewhere: 9 of 50
I think that on a local level soccer is probably one of the most popular sports nationwide. Certainly here in the Pacific Northwest there are more soccer leagues for kids to play in. They are leagues for every season except maybe the winter season between January and March. None of the other sports have anything close to this... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Holidays & Celebrations Advent traditions that prepare children for the true meaning of Christmas: 4 of 20
Often lost in the hustle and bustle between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the Christian season of Advent. "Advent" refers to the coming of the nativity of the Christ at Christmas and serves to remind believers of the second coming of the Messiah.Celebrating Advent is the perfect opportunity for a family to spend time together... More..
Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) The world and its presidents: 14 of 68
My original answer was George W. Bush and though I think he is still a miserable president based on the reasons in my original answer below, I don't think he is the worst president in the world. Bashir has undertaken a campaing of religious and ethnic cleansing since early 2003. In that time at least 180,000 civilians have be... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) TV show reviews: Good Eats with Alton Brown: 4 of 18
With "Good Eats" Alton Brown has taken cooking shows to a whole new level. I've been watching cooking shows since the early 1960s when Julia Child started it all on the educational channel. Then I moved on to the "Galloping Gourmet." Since then there's been no stopping me. I've watched hundreds of episodes of cooking shows, a... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres Good family movies: 8 of 31
How to Find Good, Family MoviesIt's hard to find good, family movies: movies that will entertain your children or grandchildren without exposing them to unseemly things and at the same time are not so simple and insipid that parents or grandparents will be bored by the movie. One of the best resources for finding out about mo... More..