BoomerBroadcast is not my job; it’s a joyful retirement hobby, a labour of love where I share my opinions and observations on current issues of interest with my fellow baby boomers. Should I be concerned that my words will soon be meaningless as artificial intelligence overtakes great swaths of the written word and threatens to replace me as a blogger? AI is already used extensively…
The other day as I was browsing through seasonal messages I’ve posted in earlier years for inspiration, I came across one I thought was worth repeating: Enough already! Dear Santa: For the most part, I’ve been a very good girl this year, more nice than naughty, and I’ve generally tried to be a better person throughout the year. By Santa standards, that should qualify me…
I’ve been struggling lately with how to reconcile my intense love affair with Amazon with my intense dislike of its owner, Jeff Bezos? As a minor shareholder of Amazon stock and a major fan of Amazon’s online shopping service, I have a vested interest in its success. Hardly a week goes by that I don’t have their boxes or bags greeting me at my front…
A recent article by Ann Hui in The Globe and Mail got me thinking about intergenerational communication and inspiration. Hui wrote about about older boomers and other seniors taking in-person Aging and Health classes alongside Gen Zs at the University of Toronto. How open are we to different perspectives from people who do not see and experience the world the way we do? Young, laptop…
Have you tried calling the Canada Revenue Agency lately, or attempted to get information about your account on their website? If you have, you no doubt found it impossible to get a live human being on the phone, or even a modicum of helpful information online. And, this is the off-season when CRA staff should all be available and sitting by their phones waiting for…
Judging from the random, unsolicited posts that appear regularly on my social media feeds, those so-called geniuses at Facebook and Instagram are wrong if they think they have my number. Perhaps I once made the mistake of clicking on something that sparked my curiosity, but that doesn’t mean I am a devotee and need to see everything on the subject. I spend an inordinate amount…
