ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, June 7, 1996 TAG: 9606070020
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: NANCY GLEINER
Baby book goes gray
With an average of 7,745 baby boomers turning 50 every day for the next 10 years, being middle-aged is in. Of course, that means certain things are out - waistlines, all-nighters and short-term memory.
``The Middle-Aged Baby Book, A Record of Milestones, Millstones & Gallstones'' can help us keep track of all those things we'd like to forget happen as we age - or forget because we age. For instance:
Remember when you spotted your first gray hair? Or that horrifying moment when you first noticed you look like one of your parents?
Remember the first time you said ``Now what did I come in here for?'' or ``Is it hot in here or is it me?''
There are places for entries of such inevitable rites of passage as ``Teething,'' including a chart to note which teeth are implanted, crowned, dead, dead and gone, etc. There are updated nursery rhymes (``This little piggy had a bunion,'' ``One, two, can't reach my shoe'') and horoscopes ("Scorpio: Your element is water, your planet is Pluto, and your reading glasses are in your jacket pocket. Relax! Dementia's not your thing. Kidney stones are.").
There's a section on favorite expressions, such as, ``Has anyone seen my glasses?,'' ``I had it just a minute ago'' and ``Life is short'' and a page titled, ``Why ...'' which asks the illusive questions including ``Why do gums recede?'' ``Why can't I understand computer instructions when they're supposed to be written for dummies?'' and ``Why does time speed up?''
For his next birthday, I'm definitely giving this book to my husband ... what's-his-name ... I just saw him this morning ... starts with an A ...
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