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My Birthday Today

April 11, 2013 By Todd Mauldin Leave a Comment

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#30: As I turn a year older and reflect on age, I don’t mind feeling sturdy.

Filed Under: Bits & Pieces Tagged With: a year older, age, aging, birthday, birthdays, cars, fifties, forties, live, man, men, old, passion, Reflection, Richard PEtty, young

The Big Jump

April 2, 2013 By Steve Jaeger Leave a Comment

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Steve Jaeger takes you back to his last summer in Coney Island, when he was finally tall enough to ride the Parachute Jump.

Filed Under: Teenage Kicks, The Good Life Tagged With: 1939 World's Fair, 1964, adolescence, amusement parks, arcade games, Atlantic Ocean, Beaches, birthdays, boardwalk, Boys, Brooklyn, childhood, Coney Island, dangerous amusement park rides, dangerous rides, family trips, family vacations, memories, Nathan's hot dogs, New York City history, Nostalgia, nyc, parachute jump, race riots, roller coasters, shooting galleries, Steeplechase, summer vacation, teenage kicks, Thrills

On Turning 40

December 7, 2012 By Professor Pinch 4 Comments

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Have the Baby Boomers ruined aging for the rest of us?

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Lifestyle, The Good Life Tagged With: 1980s, 1990s, aging, Baby Boomers, birthdays, brat pack, Carl Wilson, Ed Sullivan, fatherhood, Gen X, Happy Days, internet, jfk, lifestyle, Lord Voldemort, Meaning of Life, melancholy, men at 40, milestones, Nostalgia, popular culture, progress, relevance, soldiers, staind, Stone Temple Pilots, Technology, The Good Life, The New York Times, Thomas Wolfe, turning 40, vanity, Vietnam, War, Watergate, youth

16 Things I’m Thankful For Right Now

November 24, 2012 By Ken Goldstein Leave a Comment

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Ken Goldstein finds reasons to be thankful, in both the big and the small.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Thanksgiving Tagged With: birthdays, Chavez Ravine, dad, English as a Second Language, gratitude, Ken Goldstein list, men, thankful, the beatles, The Dodgers, The Giving Pledge, Yosemite

Facebook Ghosts

July 11, 2012 By Christopher Banks 6 Comments

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When someone dies, should their Facebook page go on without them?

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Featured Content Tagged With: birthdays, death, facebook, grief, internet, Memorials, mourning, social media, suicide, traditions

“I sought the services of a sex worker because I was terrified of initiating physical contact.”

July 8, 2012 By the Editors 2 Comments

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This is a comment by It’s the Touch on the post “Can’t Get Laid”.

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: alcohol, bars, birthdays, bodies, closeness, clubs, crowds, dating, intimacy, kissing, men, physical contact, sex, sex workers, sexuality, shy, touch, women

Jamie Reidy Is An Old Man

March 31, 2012 By Jamie Reidy 6 Comments

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For the first time, at the age of 42, Jamie Reidy is struggling with getting older.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: 42nd street, aging, bald and handsome, birthdays, blogging about myself, forty-deuce, jackie robinson, Jamie Reidy, Major League Baseball, Mariano Rivera, old age, retirement, The Golden Years

News: Talking Tech and Culture on Sunday Morning Live [@isidra]

February 5, 2012 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

From the passing of a legend to making history, stylish protection and digital insecurity, the popular web radio show pops today.

Filed Under: Culture, komplicated Tagged With: android, Aretha Franklin, ava duvernay, birthdays, bulletproof polo shirt, celebrity, don cornelius, isidra, Lynn, person, security, sunday morning live

1929, 1941, 2001. On coming of age and hope, despite all

August 20, 2011 By David Davis Leave a Comment

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My daughter is coming of age in a society struggling to overcome its own shortsightedness, greed, and failure. But in her eyes, I see no condemnation and no angst for the future.

Filed Under: Best of the Rest, dadsgood, DadsGood Featured Content, Editors' Picks, Featured Content Tagged With: 1929, 1941, 2001, 9/11, America, Baby Boomers, birthdays, coming of age, generations, Great Depression, growing up, redemption, World War 2

Happy Thursday, Every Thursday

May 17, 2011 By Andrew Cotto 19 Comments

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A glorious routine had been established in our lives. Word spread. The legend of Winnie was born amongst our family and friends, many of whom she’d never met.

Filed Under: Best of the Rest, dadsgood, Featured Content Tagged With: birthdays, Parenthood, Sex and Relationships

What Can You Give to the Kid Who Has Everything?

March 28, 2011 By Kenneth Rapoza 7 Comments

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Well-to-do parents are buying out whole circuses to create birthday memories. Is that really what their kids want?

Filed Under: Best of the Rest, dadsgood, Featured Content Tagged With: birthdays, circus, Ken Rapoza, memories, money

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My Daughter Was Arrested, Expelled and Charged With a Felony for a Same-Sex Relationship She Had as a Minor

The nightmare began in February when the cops came to arrest my daughter, who had just turned 18, and took her away without telling us what was happening.

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Zach Sobiech May Have Died, But His Music and His Love Live On

Justin Baldoni: “It’s not because you’re dying. It’s because of the way you’re living.”

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Gun Rights Group Files Lawsuit Against Officials in Connectucut

The Office of the Connecticut Attorney General asserts that the new legislation is legal and the office is “prepared to vigorously defend the law against any court challenge.”

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Walmart Security Accuses Father of Kidnapping His Own Biracial Children

A Virginia man was accused of kidnapping his own children last week because, according to Walmart security, a white man with biracial children just didn’t “match up.”

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Boy Scouts Vote on Lifting Ban on Gay Members

A controversial debate within the Boy Scouts of America is coming to a head this week as 1,400 of its leaders vote on lifting the ban that doesn’t allow homosexuals or atheists into its ranks.