Midlife Crisis Queen: The Weblog

What is a blog carnival anyway?

Our “blog carnival” is a gathering of some of the best posts on subjects relevant to midlife boomers. Pick and choose which ones sound interesting to you! This is a veritable cornucopia of new (or recycled) videos, information, thoughts and ideas, a virtual midlife magazine provided to you for free! HAVE FUN!

Looks like I’m in charge this week, so let’s get started…

Gerontologists believe that one key to a healthy, longer lifespan may be found in a few master genes that affect cellular responses to famine, drought and other survival stresses. Since many boomers expect to live forever, check to see if you won the gene jackpot at SoBabyBoomer.com.

Is it possible to fall in love when you’re six years old? Ron over at IrememberJFK.com recalls being quite enamored with numerous beautiful ladies on television as a child. There was Annette, his first. Jeannie grabbed his attention, as well as that of every other male in the USA, but Ron had forgotten how much he was in love with Shari Lewis until he found this featured YouTube video of her in the early 60’s.

Boomer women love fashion, love shopping and have money to spend. Only problem, there’s no stores out there selling them what they want. Find out which retail chain is updating its line to cater to Boomer fashionistas, and whether the Glam Gals think it is working. Visit Fabulous after 40 for the full story.

Ann at Contemporary Retirement asks: Would you go for your favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor made from breast milk? Find out more…

Andrea Stenberg at The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur is mystified that some business people make it hard for others to get in touch. Being Found Online: Don’t Make it Hard For Prospects to Get in Touch is Andrea’s take on the problem.

Lots of bloggers are 40-plus. Find out more via the Technorati State of the Blogosphere Report, brought to you by The Boomer Chronicles.

Have you ever tried to find a date online? If you’ve ever even entertained the possibility, you owe it to yourself to check this post out: Internet Dating; Who Says You Can’t Put A Price On Love?

Continuing in her political mode, Cindy Samuels at Don’t Gel Too Soon writes about the deceptive polling in the David Dinkins and Tom Bradley campaigns, the “Bradley Factor” and what it means to this presidential race.

With the finance crunch sending us all into a tailspin, Gen Plus looks at the biggest garage sale of all time.

Vaboomer.com says: “A head-on collision with a raven reminds us not to panic in this DARK DARK national moment. It is when we travel into the darkness, that raven shows us that lighter horizons are in store.”

And finally, The Midlife Crisis Queen had been feeling a little amazed, but mostly insulted that there are still those that don’t believe women can and do experience “a stressful or turbulent psychological transition” (let’s just call it a midlife crisis!) from age 35 to 55.

Go see what the research tells us about that!