This week’s blog is dedicated to anyone over the age of 50.
MEET THE NEW BACHELOR: JERRY ATRIC
The producers of The Bachelor are casting for a ‘Senior Citizens’ version of the show. The minimum age for participants will be 65. Maybe dinners can be held during the Early Bird Specials at Applebees, hot dates could include staying home watching reruns of “Matlock” and the elderly participants can play games like “Guess What I Forgot?”
And if you think Al Flash and I are already working on a music video parody for this new ‘old bachelor’ show, you would be correct!
THE JOYS OF GRANDPARENTHOOD-
As the years roll on, many of my married friends’ kids have grown up and are now having kids of their own. It sounds hard to believe but the same maniac pals I grew up with or worked with years ago are now GRANDPARENTS! In my younger days I thought of grandparents as being old, gray and, well you know the rest. This is not the case and every one of my friends (female and male) love their new roles as Grandpa, Grandma, Papa, Nonnie, Nana, etc. It’s a real kick for them and their love and devotion to their kids’ kids is really fun to witness.
Me? I’m still looking for the woman I want being the woman who wants me. Until then, I’ll do like Neil Diamond and remain a ‘Solitary Man.’
SAY ‘HEY’ TO THE GRAY!
Years ago, when gray hair first started sneaking into my beard and on my head it freaked me out. Am I getting old too soon? What’s the deal here? But I learned to embrace the gray. I’m not vain enough to color my hair and it’s interesting to watch the evolution of a new look. Truth be told, I’m just happy to still have most of my hair. Many men my age cannot say the same thing.
Bear in mind there’s no shame on the women who color their tresses but I work with a couple of teachers who let their gray in and these ladies look good with it. Seventy something Paul McCartney finally tossed out his coloring rinse so did Jon Bon Jovi and actress Jamie Lee Curtis. Emmylou Harris has been gray for many years and looks stunning with it. Recently, Sharon Osborne ditched her red dye number 1 hair color and Jane Fonda just transitioned to her natural gray. (Although both Sharon and Jane’s faces has been resurfaced more times than the ice at the United Center)
I saw recent pics of Sylvester Stallone who stopped coloring his hair shoe polish black and looks much more natural with the lighter tones on his noggin. Finally there’s disgraced Illinois governor and just sprung jailbird Rod Blagojevich; apparently his prison commissary didn’t sell hair dye and he’s all gray, almost white actually. So gray is O.K. and we should be good with that sentiment.
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