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First Day of RetirementThis is my first blog. It chronicles the first day of my retirement. The information is copied and pasted from a book that I wrote on baby boomer retirement. If the blogging police deem this a crime, I am guilty as charged. The next day I awoke at the...
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New to the GroupI am new to the growing bolder group and just wanted to start to see how to make connections. My wife Karen and I are in the martial art of judo. We have been doing it for many years and enjoy competing on the masters level and get great...
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Buy a Home, Get a WifeThink the real estate market is too rocky to buy a home? Well, if you take one woman's offer, you can get a 2,000 square-foot, four-bedroom home complete with the chance of true love. She's using the Internet to sell her home and her heart.
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Foster AnimalsMy wife works at a shelter. We've been fostering dogs pretty regularly since Hurricane Katrina displaced so many animals. Right now we're about to say goodbye to "Quentin" who was illegally dumped outside a shelter just days before Christmas (Happy...
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Fast Forwards -- A Good LaughA married couple in their early 60s was celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary in a quiet, romantic little restaurant.
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Isaac Hayes Dies at 65Soul and funk music legend Isaac Hayes was found dead Sunday afternoon at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 65. A sheriff's deputy responded to Hayes' home after his wife found him unconscious on his bedroom floor near a treadmill that was running.
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Always Look for the LaughWhat's the true definition of success -- is it money? Is it fame? Jim Carlton could have had lots of both. As a writer for Joan Rivers, the Smothers Brothers and others, he had quite an exciting ride. But to Jim, there were other things in life.
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Today's Buzz: Thursday, Jan. 24Kickstart your day with the GB News Brew. Today: Election updates, Ledger latest, fighting with your spouse and some B-Block eye candy. Plus: today's birthdays and a look back at January 24th throughout history.
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Breaking Up is Easy to DoAnother celebrity couple bites the dust -- so how can you make your marriage work when so many hit the skids?
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'Andy Griffith' Composer DiesThe whistle behind one of TV's all-time most recognizable theme songs has died. Earle Hagen not only whistled it, he wrote it, too. In fact, he wrote some of the most popular themes in history. See if your favorite show is among them.
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Picture of the Day and Birthdays: June 8One of the coolest cars ever built, this is one of two 1953 Cadillacs designed and built by Ghia of Turin, Italy. It was purchased by Saudi Prince Aly Khan as a gift to his wife, actress Rita Hayworth.
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Picture of the Day and Birthdays for June 23
The actress and the playwright. Better times for Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller.
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5 minute workoutNot being the most motivated person in the world, I developed my own work-out regime. I call it the 5-MININUTE WORK OUT. I do it 5 times a week. (I thought 7 times a week would be overkill.) The beauty of my fitness routine is that you can always find 5...
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Without a Transplant, They'll DieSeveral ago Ardell Lein was sleeping 18 hours a day. He was so weak he had to crawl up the steps to his bedroom. "I couldn't even help my wife carry groceries into the house," he remembers. Ardell suffered from congestive heart failure and when his...
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Fast Forwards -- Bran MuffinsWe all get funny messages in our e-mail inboxes. This one made us giggle, so we thought it might brighten your day, too!
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Picture of the Day and Birthdays for June 24
If you're looking for a one-of-a-kind beach, look no further than Olu Deniz, Turkey. That's right ,Turkey.
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Picture of the Day and Birthdays for August 834 years ago today (August 8th, 1974), President Nixon announced he would resign following damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal. Our picture of the day - "Not my Job." Check it out.
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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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A Brush With GreatnessThe following is an excerpt from Ruth Hamilton's autobiography, "The Hamilton Saga." She wrote the book at age 90. In the coming weeks, GrowingBolder.com will publish Ruth's description of her trip to Europe in the summer of 1937. As the people of...
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A Hernia of the HeartIt hurt. It always did. I just got used to it. After all, isn't that easier than doing something about it? Anyway, who has time in their lives for distractions like medical ailments. But it wouldn't go away. In fact, it kept getting worse. I couldn't bend...
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Camilla's Roadie Report - 30 Years TogetherThirty years have passed and we have hardly noticed. Our life together has been filled with love, some hot water, some cold water, a wee bit of tepid water and a whole bunch of adventures. We were packing again for another adventure. Another opportunity...
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Fast Forwards: Still Have a Sense of Humor?Aging funny? Says who? Whoever penned these funny jokes about aging that are circulating around the Web certainly has a sense of humor about some of the things we're all going through lately. Go ahead -- laugh in the face of your wrinkles!
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Steve Rondinaro Comes Full CircleAt the height of your career, would you walk away from it all to pursue a lifelong dream? That's exactly what TV anchor Steve Rondinaro did 13 years ago. Find out why he'll never have to ask "What if?"
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My quest for a shot at "The Amazing Race"CAUTION: GB MEMBER VIDEO AHEAD...KEEP READING ! ! ! What do you get when you mix the following elements: An “amazing” sense of adventure, a 13 page application form, a video camera and my sister, whom I’ve known for 36 years? It’s quite...
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Best Week Ever?By leading the Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl win, 52-year-old Tony Dungy became the first African American coach to win the championship. And he joined only two others to win the Super Bowl as both a player and a head coach.
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Traveling the Continent by MotorcycleEach year I go on a motorcycle adventure to somewhere on the North American Continent. I don't travel the main roads, but opt for the back roads and even dirt roads that criss-cross throughout our great country. This year my destination was Eastern...
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Pets Are People ... Right?I love my animals. I have two dogs, Faegan and Junior, and two cats, Travers and Laila. No children at this point (human children, I mean) so the furry friends get most of the attention in my house. My dogs *know how to manipulate my love. When I...
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Former White House Spokesman Tony Snow DiesFormer White House spokseman and journalist Tony Snow, who President Bush says brought "wit, grace, and a great love of country to his work," has died of cancer at the age of 53.
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Art Linkletter's Son and Inspiration DiesJack Linkletter, the inspiration for his father's hit show, "Kids Say the Darndest Things," has died. Growing Bolder recently talked to Art about what his son said that spawned a huge hit.
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Why You Should Never Stop DreamingWe all kn ow that 41-year-old Dara Torres will be the oldest U.S. Olympic swimmer ever when she hits the water next month in Beijing. But she won't be the oldest member of this year's U.S. team. That honor goes to 58-year-old John Dane.
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Brownie Wise-The Original Tupperware LadyEver since his early death, the legend of Florida’s Cosmic Cowboy, country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, has overshadowed his considerable talent and musical legacy. Parsons left his mark across the Sunshine State, from his boyhood home in Winter Haven...
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Gram Parsons
Ever since his early death, the legend of Florida’s Cosmic Cowboy, country rock pioneer Gram Parsons, has overshadowed his considerable talent and musical legacy. Parsons left his mark across the Sunshine State, from his boyhood home in Winter Haven...
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How is your life is different than your parent's lives were when they were your age?Each week, Growing Bolder asks top leaders, thinkers, writers, life coaches, entertainers and role models to weigh in on issues affecting our lives.
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Sounds of SilenceWhen my four sons were little, we all attended church and had them dedicated to the Lord. While watching them grow, the Lord impressed upon me to let my kids go. Meaning, to give them to Him for protection and to lead them. I didn't want to be...
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My Boyfriend's NOT BackAfter Rudy Guiliani cheated on his wife and they divorced, she wrote a best-selling book titled My Boyfriend’s Back. I don’t mean to be a copycat, but I’m kind of, sort of, writing the same book. Mine is titled My Boyfriend’s...