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While some seniors in your family could serve as fodder for our Funny Family Tech Stories group, other members of the older population have a great relationship with technology. A recent report from Mashable shows that baby boomers are becoming increasingly tech savvy — wielding smartphones, surfing the web, even engaging in social media. Do your grandparents "get" technology? Check out some Read more
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. A spokesman for the sex-industry group said: "Many senior members of the community already Read more
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. It's practically impossible to masturbate in Read more
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. One senior-center Read more
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?" Craig Allen, of West Linn, OR, won a gold medal this weekend when a live audience in New Read more
Germany has one of the lowest birth rates in Europe and they are planning for the following decades, where the elderly, are the future. So, what's a city with a unstoppable growing population of elderly people to do? Well, build a new playground of course -- but probably not the type of playground you're thinking. The city of Nuremberg, Germany is proposing to build an adult playground for the Read more
For today's generation of teenagers, high school's almost out for Summer. And for seniors graduating this month and the next, this is a big time of transition as they enter the collegiate world and beyond. We've long said our goodbyes to our high school days, but during this graduation season we can't help but reminisce about our past. So if you graduated from high school any year from 1990 to Read more
We say goodbye to McKinley High's graduating class of 2012 on this week's season finale of Glee, and while we'll be seeing a lot of these characters next year, for some, it was their swan song (pardon the pun). Everyone is feeling nostalgic, not the least of whom is Mr. Schue, who gives the kids an assignment of picking a goodbye song. The episode is mostly devoted to the characters giving each Read more
Now that Nationals have come and gone on Glee, there's only one major milestone left: graduation! In tonight's season finale, the New Directions' seniors like Rachel, Finn, Puck, and Quinn will be donning their caps and gowns to move on from McKinley High. Of course, there will also be some singing and dancing — this time with the help of guest star Gloria Estefan. Photos courtesy of Fox Read more
The royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton will be watched by millions on TV and live streamed on the web, but there will be plenty of other Londonites lining the streets to catch a glimpse of the newlyweds on their way to the reception at Buckingham Palace. I'm not in London myself, but word on the street is, people will be camping out ahead of the ceremony to get a good spot Read more
