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Fear of Middle Age
March 26, 2012 | 
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The Brady Bunch Kids are getting older
Last year I took a poll to see when folks thought middle age begins: 30, 35, 40, 45, or 50. There were over 130 votes and with about 38% of the vote, they voted overwhelmingly for age 40 as the start of middle age. Shockingly, every other age group had less than half as many votes. (See the results here)
This was a tiny blow to me since my 40th year is sneaking up sooner than I’d like and according to the non-scientific sample I took, I’d be joining that middle aged bracket on my 40th birthday (sometime in the near distant future). In my article Middle Aged? Already? I tried to create a strong, though subtle, argument for why 45 might be a better starting point for the middles, but ya’ll were having none of it. I even listed official definitions and medical opinions, junk like that, but no. Human perception is king. Read the rest of this entry »
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POLL: Who’s Your Favorite Hottie Actress of the ’50s?
Clockwise from top left: Lauren Bacall, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner
Poll time: Who’s Your Favorite Hottie Actress of the ’50s?
If you’re retirement age, you might have adored these talented (and magically delicious) actresses the first time around during Hollywood’s Golden Age (circa 1950s). Some of us younger folk have since grown to appreciate the grooviness of women who could be our grandmothers. I think I mentioned before that I’m a bit of a Natalie Portman fan (see exhibit A & exhibit B), but there’s just something swell about the classic elegance of these fine Hollywood hotties. A few of these actresses hit their heydays before the ‘50s, some just after, but they all did great work in the ‘50s. There were other excellent actresses from the period, but these are the 6 I like best (I’ve left out Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe because they’re overly popular and just not my favs). Please vote for your favorite and tell us why in the comments, then check back for the results (you can see the results of the Favorite Fictional Bachelor Poll and still vote!). Feel free to research their film catalogs and get back to us.
The secret word is classic.
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Bachelor POLL: Favorite Fictional Bachelor
Poll time: Who’s your favorite fictional bachelor? I wanted to add Indiana Jones, but apparently he was married once or twice on his down time, so no go. I’m shunning Willy Wonka out of pure spite (he’s knows what he did). Anyway, please vote for your favorite fictional bachelor. You can leave comments below to say why you voted the way you did. If you think of someone not on the list, let us know & we might add him to the poll. Or not. Popeye? Eh. Check back for the results. Vote often. Eat tacos.
the secret word is favoritism
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Valentine’s Day Poll
For Valentine's Day, I'd rather:
- Have dinner at a nice restaurant (23%, 6 Votes)
- Gently gorge myself into a chocolate stupor (23%, 6 Votes)
- Have a quiet dinner at home (19%, 5 Votes)
- Whatever. Take me now, Lord. (15%, 4 Votes)
- Take a Day Trip (12%, 3 Votes)
- Pick ticks off my cat (8%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 26
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