Word: boomeritis
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...making fun of, the inspiration of new comic venues like cable TV's Comedy Central Network, the increased time that seniors have in their lives to explore passions and hobbies, and a sense of not caring what others think and of doing their own thing that characterizes the baby-boomer mind...
Another route to work that pays is through local churches, synagogues, nonprofits and community and civic groups, which may be looking for some humor to liven up a function or a meeting. They are more likely to be open to a baby-boomer comedian--as long as expletives are deleted and mentions of sexual anatomy are kept to a minimum...
Knowledge-based programs such as Medicare Rights are drawing new enlistees with that boomer mantra of achieving personal growth. Retired elementary school teacher Linda Sicher, 58, of New York City, for example, pieced together several volunteer turns to combat her greatest postwork fear: "that my brain will die." Not a chance. Each activity has taught her something new, and she has been able to connect the dots between them. Once every month she's on call at the Mt. Sinai Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention (SAVI) program, ready to speed to the side of a rape or abuse victim before...
...Indeed, the more Japan ages as a society, the more the country needs its seniors to remain active?and not just as entries in the Guinness World Records. With the country's low fertility rate (1.28 births per woman) and its 5.2 million baby-boomer workers due to reach retirement age beginning in 2007, there won't be enough young people to replace retirees in the labor force, let alone support armies of idle pensioners. Salarymen who reached mandatory retirement age used to be dismissed as "industrial waste," but aging Japan will find itself increasingly dependent on its elderly...
...reminded of an article from last week’s Fifteen Minutes entitled “Not Unpacked?” in which the authors argued that college is the last time when “rocking a new Boomer Esiason throwback and some boxfresh Air Force 1s can still be considered a power move...