Feeling old?

Many (Gen Xers) remember Bruce Springsteen's smash hit Dancing in the Dark, which in the mid-'80s was a staple of early MTV, MuchMusic, and Gen X high school dances. He turned 60 a few days ago. »more»

When I graduated college many years ago the economy was in the dumps, unemployment was up as was inflation, pollution was out of control and in the past few years we had 2 major oil crises. Oh, yeah, we were locked in a cold war with an enemy that could kill us 100 times over. I don't remember anyone apologizing to us or our generation demanding or expecting one either. »more»

They did it to disco, the station wagon, and personal savings. Now baby boomers are being accused of ruining Twitter. »more»

Think that young males dominate Facebook? Think again, a new survey of Facebook users has some surprising results: »more»

1. Fastest growing segment: Women over 55, up 175.3% in the last 120 days.

2. Facebook growing faster with women than men in almost every age group.

3. Women comprise 56.2% of Facebook’s audience, up from 54.3% late last year.

Wake- up America! »more»

What are the chances? »more»

Have you ever been traveling from one city to another, and you're in the airport at the gate, waiting for your flight to load? »more»

As the world financial situation continues to unravel before our eyes, the last vestiges of that sense of security that we've all been led to believe in has been exposed as the fairy tale that it's always been. »more»

I'm putting out a warning call that the wise (especially wise men) will want to pay attention to: get proactive about midlife or face the consequences. For almost 20 years, author Stephen R. Covey (The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People) has been trying to convince people that taking a proactive stance toward life's problems works, whereas being reactive just doesn't work. »more»

We know one thing for certain regarding midlife: it's an emotional maelstrom. »more»