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Orbiting Neptune, by popculture anthropologist, Ted Polhemus

‘Home from the War’ Charles Sydney Polhemus returned from Europe, the war finally over, in 1945. It had been the first time he’d left America, possibly even his first time out of New Jersey. He had ‘prayed every day I wouldn’t have to shoot anyone’ and, his prayers answered, he had seen no significant military [...]

Overcoming Grief: Only You Know When You Are Finished Grieving

No one relishes the idea of death. It happens. We know that.  However, we’re never totally prepared for it. The old joke goes: No one really wants to live to be 90 until they are 89. Baby Boomers are in the age group that is now experiencing – perhaps for the first-time—  the loss of [...]

Tom Coughlin 2 Super Reasons for Boomers

The New York Giants won Super bowl XLVI, defeating the New England Patriots 21-17. And no matter who you were rooting for, it was another great day for the Baby Boomer generation.  Boomers’ everywhere should be proud, because the field general of this athletically talented group of Millennials is one of us, Tom Coughlin. Tom [...]

BOOM! by Popculture Anthropologist, Ted Polhemus

It’s 1960 . . . Richard Nixon is battling John Kennedy for the White House – with help (not enough, as history will prove) from Don Draper and the other Mad Men at The Sterling Cooper Ad Agency. I’m in my first teenage year and in need of a new suit, so my father takes [...]

Tax Time is a Good Time for Insurance Review

It’s tax preparation time and there is no better time to take stock of your finances. Tax reporting forms are piling up and you’re beginning to sort through receipts from last year for deductions (telling yourself next year will be the year you get organized!) As you look over how much money you made and [...]