Bodacious Boomer

Just so you know, Evelyn is fine. She came through the surgery with no complications. I finally got her home. Then she ate some chicken soup, had 2 doughnuts, a glass of milk, a pain pill and fell sleep. That’s the good news. The bad news is that I got so stressed this morning I …(Read More)

I know a lot of people are still traveling this summer, so I decided to share a bit of travel news I heard. Apparently if you used to be kinda- famous it must be OK to pee on the carpet in a commercial airliner. At least that what Gerard Depardieu thought. Can you believe it? …(Read More)

Quick update- Charlie is still in the ICU; but his incision is no longer leaking fluid. We get to see him today. The final pathologists report should be in by then. We’re still hoping for a miracle; but realistically Evelyn, Doug and I know the chance of us hitting the lotto is better. Still, I …(Read More)

I heard something on the Today show yesterday I had a hard time wrapping my brain around. A mom is actually giving her 8 yr. old daughter Botox injections. No shit. Giving an 8 yr. old Botox. Hard to believe isn’t it? To make it worse, the woman is injecting her daughter with Botox she …(Read More)

I thought it was about time to catch up with what was going on the world, outside my little corner of it, that is. So I start to look around on CNN.com and what is one of the very first things I see? Isabelle Caro, French model, dead at 28 from anorexia. I looked at …(Read More)

Thank God it’s over. The elections are over  for two years. Sadly for me of course all the political rhetoric will begin anew, stronger than ever in less than 18 months. Now that the candidates soap boxes are put away for just a minute, it’s time to drag mine out. It’s not that I want …(Read More)

I think for the most part- about 99% of the time, technology is a good thing. But there are times I think technology sucks. For those who don’t know, a freshman at Rutgers jumped off a bridge and committed suicide this past week; all because his roommate left a webcam on in their dorm room. …(Read More)

I am the only one who doesn’t give a flying rat’s ass about Lindsay Lohan and am sick to death of hearing about her? She shows up on my TV every damn day no matter what channel I have on it seems, even CNN. I don’t think she’s been on PBS yet, but I’m sure …(Read More)

I realize that just occasionally the views I express in my soapbox tirades may not be shared by everybody. However, after just getting off the phone I feel another one coming on and this time I suspect that every grown up feels the same way as I do- at least those of us who have …(Read More)

There are so many stories about our move it’s hard to know where to start. So I won’t- more about the move later. In the meantime, we’ve been eating out a lot since I have no kitchen; and while at a restaurant the other night, I got perturbed about something. Was it the food? No. …(Read More)