Nick from New School University in Manhattan is teaching me how to blog. He is 24 and I am over three times his age. He both studies and works at NSU and he answered when I called for part-time tutoring. He said he would do it. A true find! He does not holler when I [...]
Last week, I was happy to hear that according to a new ruling of the Supreme Court, employers themselves are now required to prove that layoffs hurting older people more than others are not based on age but on some other reasonable factor. The case in question was brought by 28 employees of one company [...]
I read today that after the boffo success of “Sex and the City,” Hollywood is planning to capitalize on another mass of female viewers, whom I call the tweenies, girls who are 8, 9, l0, 11, and 12 year-olds. The moguls are starting to work on a series about a tweenie called Kit Kittridge. All [...]
I am amazed at the beauty and individuality of young children today. When I was growing up in the 20s and 30s, chlldren were not beautiful. They all looked like Shirley Temple, little copycats whose mothers were inspired by Hollywood. Little girls had rounded faces, heads full of curly hair, dresses small at the waist [...]
I’ve noticed that in AARP, the magazine of the American Association of Retired People, the age bracket for those up-in-years gets younger. (Incidentally, AARP claims to be the largest circulation magazine.) It is now featuring those in their early 50s. A recent article “Great Looks” (April, ‘08) highlights 10 attractive people, of both sexes. Four [...]
