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Snarky Senior is about being a rebel–with or without a cause–no matter how old you are.
I am not aging gracefully. In fact I’m kicking and screaming all the way. Join me!
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Erica Manfred
THE DAY I REALIZED I WASN’T MIDDLE AGED ANYMORE
The worst fear of anyone my age—over sixty-- who lives alone is to break a hip.
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THE WHEEL OF KARMA TURNS. WHERE IT STOPS NOBODY KNOWS
In Hebrew, this concept is referred to as hashgacha pratit, divine providence
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If I'd known I Was Going to Live This Long I Would Have Taken Better Care of Myself
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The which-cancer-will-kill-you-first sweepstakes
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A Hospital is No Place to be Sick
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Eulogy for a BFF
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The Queen’s Gambit.  If you don’t like the past just reinvent it.
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Do you ever escape from high school?
I was desperate to hang onto my position as one of the “in-crowd,”
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Confessions of an unreconstructed advice-giver.
Giving advice can become a dangerous addiction.
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Have I Got A Guy For You
As nature abhors a vacuum, I abhor an unattached male.
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What number is your pain?
Pick a number from 1 to 10 then see if your doctor can guess what it is
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Barbie is a Drag Queen
The medium not does not match the message
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Cell phone etiquette applies to you too
Ditch that flip phone before it has to be pried from your cold, dead hands
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Mango Mayhem
Anyone with a tree in their yard finds themselves with friends they didn’t know existed
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