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“Boomer” Buzz

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When the United States wants to remind not-so-friendly neighbors not to be messin’, we’ll have “boomers” like the USS Nevada pop up from the depths and create a little Buzz. This one surfaced in Guam.

Packing a serious nuclear warhead punch, subs like these are usually hiding out deep in one of the oceans as a deterrent to attack on the US or our allies. Each sub carries 24 missiles, each with multiple independently targetable nuclear warheads…. possibly eight or more. Luckily, in the 6o or so years subs like these have been patrolling the depths, we haven’t had to use them. Thank you for your service!

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Best Places to live Now

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AARP Magazine has a nice article on the best places to live post-pandemic. Our town did not make the list.

Their criteria:

  • Low-cost living
  • Nearby nature
  • High-grade health care
  • Sane traffic
  • Fast internet
  • Affordable housing
  • Clean air
  • Things to do
  • Safe neighborhoods

Their cities:

  • Cedar Falls, Iowa
  • Idaho Falls, Idaho
  • Jackson, Tennessee
  • Anderson, South Carolina
  • Fort Worth, Texas
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia
  • Lansing, Michigan
  • Provo, Utah
  • Sioux Falls, South Dakota

What does this have to do with catching a mellow Buzz? Nothing. But nice places to live are mellow and you can always add the Buzz later.

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2022 Fitness Trends

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With Covid still circling the globe, keeping fit continues to present challenges. Gyms closed, some reopened, some closed again. As a result, home fitness got a huge boost. Some gyms have gone hybrid offering both in-person classes and online classes. And of course Peloton and others offer robust online classes. So what are the trends?

Well, according to some, wearable fitness trackers lead the 2022 fitness trends. The ability to track distances, heart rate, calories, and more on one’s wrist adds interest and motivation.

Next, home gyms. No surprise there, with gyms closing and some folks choosing not to go back to indoor gyms with Covid still festering.

Outdoor activities are next. Walking, yard work, pickle ball, and dodging floating Covid viruses are some of the obvious alternatives to staying fit indoors.

Next is strength training. Building muscle mass burns calories and tailors that beach bod and more people are discovering the positives strength training offers.

Oh, there’s more trends and we will continue to review and report. In the meantime, start your workout timer on the fitness watch, step outside to your outdoor home gym, and start pumping that iron!

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High on Coffee and Associated deep thoughts

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We made some Koffi brand coffee in the French press this morning. It brought us back to sitting outside the Koffi cafe in Palm Springs sipping that first cup of coffee on a beautiful Palm Springs day. “Gee, that’s a great cup of coffee!” Or is it!!?? Maybe it’s just being on vacation and enjoying a lovely morning with friends that makes the coffee taste so good. (Koffi Corporation, please send some complimentary coffee for further evaluation.).

The same thing with weed. Is it nature, and the careful cultivation of a particular strain, or nurture where our high is very dependent on our mood, environment, preconceived notions, and clever weed marketing?

The same thing with fine wine. Is it the wine or is it the food, friends, atmosphere and the wine label?

Who cares? If it’s good, enjoy it. That’s our Deep Thoughts for today. Just one more cup.

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Sunshine When You Need It most

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Winter for many of us is dark and cold and wet. Which wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t so windy.

So how about a little sunshine to brighten a wintery day? Two words. Mango Mojito!

While transporting you to the tropics, it’s also a superfood packed with fiber, vitamins and antioxidants. Need we say more?!

There are numerous recipes online with tips on how to make your own mango puree. This recipe will get you started but remember there is always room for creativity and personal preference.

Mango Mojito

  • 6 oz white rum
  • 12 fresh lime wedges
  • 3 oz club soda
  • 1 1/2 oz triple sec
  • 4 oz mango puree
  • fresh mint leaves

Set aside 4 limes and squeeze the juice out of the rest into a pitcher. Add the mint leaves and muddle a bit. Add ice and remaining ingredients. Serve in tall or pint glass and garnish with lime wedges. Apply sunscreen to body to complete the tropical effect.

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Photo: Islandoasis.com

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dive Bar Anthems

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We’ve been known to yammer-on about missing listening to an entire album, or at least one side of the LP.  We still do it yet there’s certainly something to be said for playlists.  We just noticed Apple Music has one called Dive Bar.  American Girl, Back in Black, Folsom Prison Blues,  I Love Rock ’N Roll, etc.  Gets those endorphins going without any help.   With good, solid  Rock ’N Roll we can do without the Sex and Drugs.

– Jet Cannon

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The Hunt for Happiness Week

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That’s right Baby Boomers.  Next week is Hunt for Happiness Week, according to National Day Calendar.  Here’s their tips to help with the hunt:

  • Who are the people in your life that bring you happiness? Seeing them might bring you joy.
  • When you walk into work, do you feel surrounded by supportive peers? At the end of the day, you may feel satisfied with a job well done.
  • Have you experienced a sense of peace when meditating or praying? A spiritual connection is often an essential part of overall happiness.
  • Taking care of your health and connecting to the outdoors improves your physical wellbeing. It allows us to be independent and be an asset to others.
  • Develop community connections and social activities that broaden your horizons.
  • Identify your favorite activities and pursue them more often.
  • Review your finances. While money doesn’t buy happiness, managing the money we do make well does helps us to create security in our lives.

Hmmmm.  Nothing about catching a mellow Buzz to bring us joy.  Maybe that’s the fourth week of January.

– Jet Cannon

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Auto Buzz

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We enjoy watching the classic and exotic car auctions on TV so we were surprised to learn that Bring A Trailer online auctions is the largest car auction house.  It beats Mecum, Sotheby’s, Barrett-Jackson, and Gooding among others.  So if you’re looking for a Buzzed Boomer era classic, check out bringatrailer.com.  Whether buying or selling, Bring A Trailer could possibly save you money versus the traditional houses.

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Record Setting Records

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The vinyl LP fad continues!  42 million sold last year.  

We love our good old fashioned albums for nostalgia sake (yet we have to periodically explain why we still hang on to them.)  It’s just that we still remember the thrill when bands would release new albums and we’d crank them up on the parent’s hi-fi and eventually on our stereo.

Nowadays, Taylor Swift and Adele top the vinyl charts.  So Boomers, get out there and pick up a copy of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon.  Pop out those AirPods and feel the music.  Share the music.  Remember how great that was!?  

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Raising the Bar

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We like reading about seniors who enjoy catching a mellow Buzz. Residents at Marano Senior Living in downtown Seattle can not only partake in cocktails at the 24th floor Sea + Sky bar, they can learn to make them at a weekly Raising Spirits class instructed by bartender JB Van Horn. This uplifting news comes from a recent article in The Seattle Times’ Pacific NW magazine. Residents can also join cooking classes. What a nice way to add spirits and spice to retirement.

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Dazed and Confused

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“Today, we are in the midst of a “green” revolution where new strains of cannabis are being cultivated to produce desirable characteristics, unique traits, groundbreaking medical applications, and off-the-chart potency. And the quality and variety of strains available for the majestic flower of the female cannabis plant is astonishing. this dizzying array of hundreds, if not thousands, of cannabis strains can be an experienced toker’s dream or leave a novice user dazed and confused.” [Dazed and confused. That’s us.]

“How do we navigate through this modern marijuana landscape: What are the differences between various cannabis strains? Should we care whether we smoke an indica versus a sativa? What makes all these new hybrid strains so special?”

Green: A Field Guide to Marijuana by Dan Michaels is an excellent primer and reference. Read it and you’ll be a weed whiz.

As the book’s introduction goes on to say, “The difference between smoking a dank sinsemilla or some dry schwag (low grade) can mean the difference between feeling nice and lifted or feeling bugged out and paranoid.”

Here’s to feeling nice and lifted!

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No Sugar Tonight In My Cocktail

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We’re trying our best in the New Year to encourage mellow Buzzing. So here’s more tips on living to Buzz another day.

Drink cocktails neat. They tend to be sipped not sloshed

Water, water, and more water while you drink. And no drinking in the bathroom!

Go for top shelf booze. Might as well if your drinking less

Eat while you drink

Stick to your plan. Quit when you’re ahead

Avoid drinks with sugar. Too many calories. Too tasty. See “neat” above.

Take periodic breaks like Dry January

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Tips For Seniors To Stay Motivated (or Covidated) To Exercise

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has a National Institute on Aging. We did not know that. The Institute has some suggestions for keeping that exercise motivation in gear.

Variety. Mix it up to work on strength, balance, flexibility and endurance. Makes sense.

Combine daily tasks like walking the dog or taking out the garbage with exercise by picking up the pace.

Make exercise a social activity. (Scratch this one for now unless you want to help thin the herd.)

Track your exercise and reward progress with a movie or massage. (Scratch the movie and massage for now. See thinning the herd above.)

Not particularly helpful? Well, blame Covid and drop down and give us 20!

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Dry or Dryer January Helpful Hints

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We’re always promoting responsible attainment of a Buzz and in that spirit here’s some suggestions from Men’s Health for maintaining high spirits without drinking lots of spirits:

Cue up a comedy instead of a drink

Round up some friends for some sports instead of meeting at the bar

Try a solo event like a movie or dinner

Rock out with your favorite music

Soak in a tub

Instead of a drink, reach for a pen and unleash those inner thoughts

Cook some creative meals

Get some real sleep.  How about a full 8 hours?

Tap into nostalgia.  Watch a favorite movie or listen to an entire favorite album

Enter suspended animation until February.  This last one is ours.

Just reading through this list makes us sad and thirsty.  Or as Pabst Blue Ribbon posted in a now-deleted tweet, “Not drinking this January?  Try eating ass!”

That’s a bit extreme.  Or is it? 

Go forth and Buzz responsibly.

– Jet Cannon