Well, according to my son, it’s Barry Manilow. We we told them we were going to see him in Vegas he, a conservatory trained musician, said “I’ve lost all respect for you Mom” My comment “You had to be there”… the 70s I mean. The show was pretty good too ! My choice ” Who left the Overalls in Mrs Murphy’s Chowder “

My guess is that woman was over 60. All of the polling in this election has shown that Obama’s worst demographic is senior citizens … the GOOD NEWS is that his best demographic is young people, therefore this problem will take care of itself eventually, if you know what I mean. I am the mother of three sons in their 30’s, all Obama supporters, who all date without regard to race. I like to think it is because of how their father and I raised them, to see only the quality of a person, not racial differences. They think putting people into categories is so “old fashioned”, something their grandmother did when she asked “what is he ?” about some of their bi-racial friends. Their response, “he’s a kid grandma “. Most of their friends are the same way. We are really starting to live in a post-racial world. An Obama presidency would be a wonderful thing… what race is he ? WHO CARES !

What happens to us after we die, nothing. Our life as a human organism is over, the work is left to those who come after us, we live on in the memory of those who knew us, an in what we have left behind, hopefully leaving the world a little better because we were here. Very simple I don’t know what all the fuss is about !

I don’t think the problem is as much with “our” generation… 55 -65. Most of us can remember wonderful downtimes as children: hours of free time lying in the grass, catching fire flies, being told by parents “go out and play, come back at dinnertime” , actually being allowed to walk to school, alone with our thoughts to make sense of whatever problems we faced at school that day, not having every minute filled with activities. THAT has put us in good stead to search for that feeling as we get older, we remember a time before all the time stealing gadgets … which I love as much as anyone ! I worry for the children I see today, they have no idea of what quality, lazy, solitary, unafraid, alone, unplugged downtime means, and if they never have it what will that mean to their creativity and sanity as they grow up,

I don’t think the problem is as much with “our” generation… 55 -65. Most of us can remember wonderful downtimes as children: hours of free time lying in the grass, catching fire flies, being told by parents “go out and play, come back at dinnertime” , actually being allowed to walk to school, alone with our thoughts to make sense of whatever problems we faced at school that day, not having every minute filled with activities. THAT has put us in good stead to search for that feeling as we get older, we remember a time before all the time stealing gadgets … which I love as much as anyone ! I worry for the children I see today, they have no idea of what quality, lazy, solitary, unafraid, alone, unplugged downtime means, and if they never have it what will that mean to their creativity and sanity as they grow up,