GB Items Related to Tag - newspaper
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Rags to Riches
Desperate for a career, a woman was inspired by a newspaper ad, and within a couple of years, she turned $80 into half a million.
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Carl Larsen
Do you ever wonder why the richest and largest age group is still being ignored by Hollywood? Carl Larsen thinks he knows why.
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Picture of the Day and B'days for Sept. 18
Today is Thursday, Sept. 1. On this day in1970, Rock star Jimi Hendrix died in London at age 27. In 1975, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was captured by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
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Baby Boomer Girlfriend Retreat Weekend
Blooming Boomers Headed for Daytona Beach... Women from around the country are going to converge on Daytona Beach, Florida April 18-20, 2008 for the “2008 Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now!” Baby Boomer Girlfriends’ Weekend...
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Baby Boomer Girlfriend Retreat Weekend
Blooming Boomers Headed for Daytona Beach... Women from around the country are going to converge on Daytona Beach, Florida April 18-20, 2008 for the “2008 Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now!” Baby Boomer Girlfriends’ Weekend...
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Retiring from the Wild
Now 73, The Leopard Man has moved to a retirement home after spending 20 years living in the wild.
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Lucky’s History of the Yo-Yo
I am the author of “Lucky’s Collectors Guide to 20th Century Yo-Yos – History and Values”. If you're interested at all in collecting, or in the history of this amazing creation, the book is a must-read! I am also the chairman of the American Yo-Yo...
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Still Making Them Talk!
Any doubt that the political race is heating up? Forget heating up -- a lot of big names are already burned by moves they've made in recent months.The latest person to get caught up in controversy is Geraldine Ferraro, the 72-year-old political...
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What Makes a Blog Interesting?
After I started blogging a year or so ago, I made it a point to seek out other blogs and read them. I wanted to know what others in cyberspace were talking about. As a veteran journalist and author, I pay very close attention to...
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Paying It Forward
You’ve heard of paying it forward? It’s the concept that if someone does something nice for you, you do something nice for someone else. Then that person will do something nice for another person, and so on, and so on. Instead of paying the...
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Fast Forwards: Boomer's Zen Rules
These tongue-in-cheek Boomers' Zen Rules have been living in e-mail inboxes all over the net. A loyal GB member forwarded them to us. They're silly and yet profound.
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We're Better Off Without Them!
Can you believe all the celebrities who died in '07? I'm sure you saw the names. Every newspaper in the country ran a list back around new years of those who didn't make it out alive. Don't you hate that? It's enough to bring anybody down. Of course, it's...
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Triple Digits?
Throughout 99% of human history, the average life expectancy was less than 18 years. That’s changing. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are now 80,000 centenarians in the United States, and that number is projected to increase seven-fold, to...
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Fail to Succeed
If you're worried about failure, don't. Embrace it. Failure can be an important step in the quest for success. Want proof? Take a look at this list of "failures."
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Seeking Centenarians from the Other Side of the World
Eric Shackle of Australia is the author of the world's first multi national electronic book. It's called, Life Begins at Eighty. At age 88, it's something Eric knows first-hand. He also knows a little bit about writing. He filed his first newspaper...
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What Led Up to the Book…
Follow your bliss! At age 61, I never thought I’d be living these famous words by Joseph Campbell. But when I realize that I’m doing the work I love from my home in the hills above a beautiful lake in New Hampshire, and that I’m sharing my life...
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The Loss of a Dear Friend
For the first time in 109 years, 9 months and 5 days, Ruth 1898 is not on this earth. The oldest blogger in the world quietly slipped away. Her mind was crisp and clear to the very end. It’s not often you can say a 109 year old left this earth too...
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Dave Barry
One of the nation's funniest writers is turning 60 and still not ready to grow up.
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Abigail Trafford
Washington Post writer Abigail Trafford is a leader in the movement to fight ageism.
















