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The Real Reality Show: MidLife Dating

05.06.2013

It was in the middle of Victoria’s Secret, rummaging through the three-for-one thongs (question: why bother wearing them?), when I had the thought that struck a wave of fear in me so intense, I almost dropped the panties: I would have to share a bathroom.

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Senior Coffee Moment at McDonald’s

03.26.2013

What do you say to someone who thinks you are a lot older than you really are? Do you correct them? Do you sob uncontrollably? Do you make a joke and see if they ‘get’ it? Do you call them a stupid #@th#*f^c$#r?

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Progressive Lenses: A Cautionary Tale

01.13.2013

I would stick a pair of reading glasses on while still wearing my distance lenses. Problem solved. I’m sure I looked ridiculous, but this method kept me from ordering trout when what the customer really wanted was, say, ribs.

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Hyde Park on Hudson: The Movie & the Giveaway

01.07.2013

Focus Features, the producers of Hyde Park on Hudson, are offering one MidLifeBlogger a chance to win a $50 American Express Gift Card. That’s a helluva night at the movies, popcorn included, for you and a friend.

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True! Funny! Sad! NSF!

09.25.2012

I had nothing to say today until I saw Sarah Silverman on YouTube. And now you shall too….

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Calling Invisible Women: a Review and a Giveaway

06.22.2012

Ray, a bestselling New York Times author, has penned a contender for the beach book MidLifeBloggers will take on vacation.

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Wednesday Writers Workshop: New Year’s Resolutions

01.04.2012

I have a box that is full of partially-written notebooks that are a testament to my annual resolution to keep a journal

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Apparently, I’m a Grinder . . .

11.18.2011

What stress? Oh, you mean the surprise-divorce, single-mother-works-with-people-who-steal stress followed by remarriage-to-blended-family thing?

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Sticky Readers: Flypaper for Your Blog

11.07.2011

Bottom line, then, what Margaret’s book is about is: how to write blog posts that make readers return to your site.

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The Last Blind Date, by my new BFF

10.31.2011

And that ego drubbing was what made her realize “how dearly I needed a support system. And not just the kind made of spandex.”

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