This column was first published in 2004
Oh, my God! Britney Spears is in the headlines again, this time for a 55-hour marriage with her high-school sweetie.
Spears, a pop-tart famous for her off-again, on-again virginity, last made noise for her generation juicy- smooching Madonna, the androgynous and talented boomer. Kate, who died in 2003 at age 96, once said that she wanted to "live like a man." In her day our day ladies, like children, were to be seen and not heard. Kate would have none of it. On screen and off, this lady redefined what it meant to live as an independent women. MOON RIVER TAKES ME 'ROUND THE BEND Always herself as well was Audrey Hepburn. And herself, in this case, was a princess. © 2004-2010 Frank Kaiser WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS WEEK'S SUDDENLY SENIOR COLUMN? GET SUDDENLY SENIOR EVERY WEEK. SIMPLY TO CANCEL YOUR FREE SUDDENLY SENIOR E-MAIL, LATEST GUEST COLUMNS! The latest columns from our resident (retired) Drug Pusher, Tom Braun... NEW! Osteoporosis, PPI's & Vit D Lipitor Shrimp Story Revisited I'm Lovin' It! - Why Ronald McDonald won't retire The Origin of CancerFrom Joe Klock From Dave Whitney From Susan Pierres, Writer/Photographer: Lessons I Should Have Learned From My Mother Crossing the Pond From Joan Price: NEW! His heart was beating under my hand Satisfying Senior Sex for Women, Too! Book Review: Autumn Romance: Stories and Portraits of Love after 50 Comment on this week's Suddenly Senior. Write to Frank at frank@suddenlysenior.com “THE KAISER'S JOURNEY A very personal look at the Kaiser's Health
RECENT GUEST COLUMNS FEATURED GUEST COLUMNS BY OUR It's Getting Lonely Under The Bus You know folks; it's getting lonely under the bus these days.
After Congress threw us geezers under the bus by denying us any increase in our Social Security payments, this year I figured we might have a few of them to share the space with us, since they claimed they were doing the same by not taking the automatic pay raise they have handed themselves year in and year out. As a young boy, I watched the Queen Elizabeth 2 being built on the River Clyde in Scotland, one of the last great ships to be built there. This week's story by Travel Editor Susan Pierres evokes the (almost) bygone age of ocean steamer crossings, as she tells of the joys of crossing the pond and back aboard the QE2. "Crossing takes us back to the truly civilized world of yesteryear, to an era of gracious lethargy, to courtly manners and conversation, to a sublime sense of peace and calm." [Ed.] As Valentines day comes around once more, thoughts may turn to our love life ... or lack of it. Especially if you are on your own, through separation, divorce, death of a partner, or if you've always been single. Facing the prospect of growing old alone, with children grown up and gone, men and women are turning to online dating in the hope of meeting their perfect match. What a quaint concept!
In this day of almost $3-a-gallon gas, imagine getting actual service, too. Today, it's as bizarre a notion to anyone under 40 as a gentleman's tipping his hat to a lady.
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