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Très Bizarre: Australian Brothels Offer Seniors a Discount
Next week is National Seniors Week in Australia. In order to get in the spirit, Melbourne brothels and escort services are offering a senior discount! Any brothel or escort aligned with Australian Adult Entertainment will be offering anywhere from $5 off, to a full 50 percent discount on sexual services.
The Case For "Privacy Rooms" in Nursing Homes
If you fear growing old, here's one more thing to worry about: it's almost impossible to have sex in a nursing home.
An op-ed in the LA Times this week explains why "privacy rooms" — places where residents can do anything they want — are necessary if the elderly are to retain their right to sex. See, basic privacy is elusive in most residences.
Senior Centers Prepare for Baby Boom 60 Years Later
With 8,000 boomers turning 60 everyday, the US must prepare for the looming senior boom. Like it did with every other episode of life, the baby boomer generation intends to leave its own groovy mark on the golden chapter of life. As a result, senior centers want to do their best to weather the next generational clash between their original senior clients, and the newcomers.
Smarty Pants Prove Brainiacs in Spelling and Philosophy
Great minds think alike — wisdom isn't wasted on the young. This weekend an Oregon man won this year's Great American Think-Off, a national philosophy competition asking ordinary people to debate extraordinary questions. This year's question was, "Does immigration strengthen or threaten the United States?"
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Over the Hills: Fight at the Party
I can only imagine what is going through the heads of these seniors as they recite — verbatim — lines from the Shakespearean show The Hills. Here's a thought: "The Golden Girls could kick their asses!" (Every time I see "Les Deux" I hear one of these Hollywood brats saying "Les Duh!"
Front Page: Thousands of Troops Quietly Sent to Afghanistan
- Peace activists are not happy to know that President Obama has quietly sent 34,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. That's 13,000 more than he said would go in March. — Washington Post
- Governor Schwarzenegger has signed tough antipaparazzi legislation into law in California.
Product of the Day: Senior Discount Hat
Remember when hipsters started wearing ironic t-shirts? Like, tees with random brands on them and D.A.R.E. drug awareness messages?
Seniors Suspended For Booze Tee: Good Lesson or Too Far?
Seniors at a Michigan high school are in hot water over a graduation t-shirt. The shirt reads "Puschin' It To The Limit" on the front (a play on Busch beer) and "Class of .08 Seniors" (the blood-alcohol limit for drivers in Michigan.)
Almost 50 students were suspended for wearing the shirt of which the student body president said, "There was a lot of different ways it could be taken, but I'm pretty sure everyone knows that the message of the shirt related to underage drinking." The students were warned against the sartorial statement ahead of time, but those who ignored the warning will have to earn back the ability to attend prom and graduation.
Aide Says Obama Burdened With Supporters' Unrealistic Hopes
Is the hope of Obama supporters, entirely too audacious? Perhaps so, according to one of Obama's own senior aides. In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph in the midst of Obama's big trip abroad, it appears like that famous hope has become a burden wrapped in unrealistic expectations of what Obama can actually achieve if he becomes president.
The Senior Citizen Shake
They call themselves "Country Bernie and the Park Ridge Senior Stampede." I call them ahead of their time...but time flies when you're having fun and, uh, unfortunately their time has come and gone. But they still got some soul in their shake, no?
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