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Building a Better Boomer

Building a Better Boomer

Laugh-out-loud advice for the generation caught between ChatGPT and Betamax VHS--and those who have to deal with them

2023

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Neil Offen

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Nov 8, 2025

Ten Things That Suck Today

There are many more, of course, but these are particularly annoying

A self check-out machine, asking if you want to add a tip, with a card reader on the right.

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Neil Offen

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Oct 23, 2025

On Giving Up Drinking

Well, almost, but — fortunately — not completely

A dark bottle of wine pouring red wine into a tilted wine glass.

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MuddyUm

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Oct 6, 2024

What the Heck Is That You’re Eating Now?

Don’t worry, nobody else knows what ceviche is either

In the distance people walk through a food market filled with colorful fruits and vegetables.

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MuddyUm

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1d ago

What That New Privacy Notice Really Means

It really means not private

A black-and-white photo of a man with a short beard who is holding his left index finger to his mouth in a gesture of keep it quiet.

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Nov 6

The Case for Accountability

It’s not vengeance, it’s the return of the rule of law

The U.S. Capitol, seen from the side, with trees in front.

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Neil Offen

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Oct 25

On Losing My Voice

Does speaking differently now make me a different person?

An illustration of an open large mouth spewing out tiny words.

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Oct 21

Will Our Votes Count?

There’s hope, but there’s also fear

A broad illustration, in blue, of a hand depositing a ballot in a ballot box.

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MuddyUm

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Oct 15

Please Stay on the Line

We just want to ask you a few questions

A young man in a tan jacket holding a telephone receiver in his hand and screaming at it.

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Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age

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Neil Offen

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Oct 14

What Movie Could You See Again and Again?

Here’s looking at you, ‘Casablanca’

A black-and-white still of Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman at the airport in the film “Casablanca.”

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Beyond the Scoreboard

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Neil Offen

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Oct 13

The Allure of the Box Score

Telling the story of a game in just a few numbers

A baseball box score of a game between Boston and Philadelphia from 1876.

Neil Offen

Neil Offen

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Author of "Building a Better Boomer," hilariously funny advice on aging. Best Books Awards finalist. Founder and editor of WritingAboutOurGeneration.com.

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