Baby Boomers: Four Funerals And A Wedding...
28 February 2013
By Jane Stillwater
A good friend of mine just passed away -- and he was a
Baby Boomer. Plus I know of at least three other Baby
Boomers who have died during the last few months.
This whole Baby Boomer generation may be historically
unique. They were all born at the same time, got jobs
at the same time, had kids at the same time and
retired at the same time. And will they now also be
dying at the same time too? And what does all this
mean? That now might be a good time to open a funeral
home? (Sorry, sick joke, couldn't resist)
Someone on the radio just mentioned that, at this
point in time, there are approximately 75,000 people
who are now 100 years old or older -- and that many of
them are still in excellent health. So maybe our Baby
Boomers won't be all dying off together after all.
And according to Dr. Mario Martinez, author of "The
Mind-Body Code," one thing that most of these 75,000
centenarians have in common is that they rarely, if
ever, go see a doctor http://www.amazon.com/The-Mind-Body-Code-Wounds-Heals/dp/1591797101.
So much for giving Big Pharma kudos for keeping all
these old guys alive! But I digress.
I myself had always planned to die at the age of 88 --
5,743 days from now (but who's counting). However,
given all this new information, I may even end up
living forever. So. Then my next big question would
be, "With all those years left to live, how can I
possibly keep from being totally bored?"
Watching cable television 24/7 and taking endless
trips to the mall aren't gonna fill up my days for the
next 30 or 40 years. Been there, done that already.
Boring.
And I can't just up and join the Army and go fight in
the latest stupid corporate war either. The military
is looking for young guys who they can brainwash into
becoming trained killers, not little old pacifist me.
Nor can I become an Olympic athlete or jungle explorer
because I gots bad knees. But I could learn to play
the violin or become the next Grandma Moses. Given 40
more years, I could do that. Or I could always write
another book http://tinyurl.com/a8dt9ac -- or write a
whole library-full for that matter.
If America is going to have millions of new
100-year-old men and women running around loose very
soon, then we all need to start thinking about all the
things we might be doing during all those extra years
-- things that will be useful, interesting and
productive. We can't just sit around in rest homes
and/or bemoan the theft of our Social Security
benefits for the next 30 or 40 years -- or just spend
all our time planning funerals.
I'm just saying.
This issue really needs to be addressed. We clearly
need to start re-thinking what it means to be old.
PS: I still wanna be a war correspondent
when I grow up. And, fortunately for me, the idiots
who run this country are always abundantly happy to
keep me supplied with an endless array of stupid wars
to report on.
PPS: A 104-year-old woman just got
kicked off of FaceBook for being too old! Just you
wait, FB. She's gonna be joined by a hecka lot more of
us -- very soon. But even then, spending 40 years
updating our FaceBook pages is still no kind of life.
http://rt.com/usa/facebook-woman-104-age-195/
PPPS: Enclosed is a photo of the view
out my bedroom window -- as Hurricane Re-Hab gets
closer and closer to the shores of my housing
co-operative. On March 11, 2013, they are gonna re-hab
my entire apartment -- and then me and Ashley and
sometimes Hugo and Mena are going to have to go live
somewhere else for three weeks. DOES ANYONE IN
BERKELEY NEED US TO HOUSE-SIT?!? Where's a FEMA
trailer when you need one?
PPPPS: Do we even care whether or not
the current pope is gay? Except for the blatant
hypocrisy of it all -- all that holier-than-thou crap
the Vatican issues about how women can't be priests?
Because they would foul up the "old-boys" network? No
problem! Female priests could be lesbians if that
would make the pope feel better.
Or has all this happened because priests aren't
allowed to get married? Perhaps if the pope had been
happily united in a same-sex marriage (lavishly
performed in St. Peter's basilica with cardinals,
altar boys and everyone dressed in their best), this
whole weird scandal would never have happened.
Not only that but a gay pope (or even a married one)
would then have additional resources to fall back on
in old age, like in the movie "Amour" -- yet another
way to keep him (or her) from getting bored?
PPPPS: Here's a trailer for Jordan
Rader's new short film, "Crimson's Kiss" -- with a
brief glimpse of me in it, playing a little old lady
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B22xnLcGlFM
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