POWIP Piece of Work In Progress – Former Abode of Dan Collins

Boomer Watch 23Feb2011

Oh, the worst generation? Come on, shouldn't we consider the generation of Attila the Hun? I'm sure there were some decadent generations before the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Let's not get uppity about a bunch that is merely whiny and doped up [going from pot to look cool and have sex, to pot to ease the pain of arthritis and to help galaucoma]. They can't compare to Caligula.

Companies trying to not call old farts "old farts" - hey, they've got product to push. [I just found out I have a degenerative disc disease in my cervical spine, so I'm not terribly sympathetic with people trying to pretend they're not slowly falling apart.]

Mona Charen takes the elderly adolescents to task for trying to grow up long after they should have. [In response to the above WSJ article]

But the ultimate in Boomer Watching, check out the Boomer Death Counter. Just the sort of thing that warms the cockles of my prickly actuarial heart. [Disclaimer: I have not checked their stats for accuracy. Consult with your local actuary for more detailed mortality analysis.]

Meep

Meep is a member of the Irish Catholic mafia, having a suspiciously high number of green-eyed, red-haired friends. While she doesn’t have red hair herself [except when she goes into the sun (rare for any vampire)], she does have green eyes. She’s a raving Papist and is a life actuary on the side [i.e., she counts dead people]. An amateur pain-in-the-ass [willing to go pro!], she likes covering retirement, mortality, math, and education issues.