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The other day I was reading a political article and the author mentioned interviewing "older voters." The first "older voter" she interviewed was 53 -- my age. It stunned me. I wondered, "If I'm an older voter at 53, what about the people who are 63, 73, 83, and 93?"When does one become an "older voter?" I realized the answer probably lay with the author. If the author is a millennial, then perhaps everything appears to be one big blur of old age after 50. Surely we must all have the same political concerns that emerge from our decrepitude. Enough about that.



Suddenly, some dots connected themselves for me and I understood in that moment that when I pitch articles to editors at certain popular sites, I am usually submitting to someone named Madison or Amber or even Kylie, and the first thing they see is that my name is Lori. I was born in 1963, when the most poplar girl names are now relics of history: Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. Not far down the list were the cutesy names like Cindy, Marci, Tracy, Stacy, and yes, Lori. They all scream, "I'm a child of the '60s! Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" That is so helpful when I am submitting writing to millennial editors named Amber or Tiffany. My name is now synonymous with cronedom and irrelevance, even though my writing is as good or better than it ever was.



So what about the guys over 50? Do their names advertise their descent into insignificance the way female names do? I began by looking up the five most popular boy names of 1963: Michael, John, David, James, and Mark. In 1980, we had Michael, Christopher, Jason, David, and James in the top five spots. Lots of overlap. And as I read further down the lists--from both 1963 and 1980--the overlap in traditional male names was remarkable, with just a few newcomers like Ryan and Derek.



My brother's name is Michael and he is 51. His name is one of the most popular boy names of all time, still to this day. No one can form any preconceived ideas about his age or anything else about him due to his first name. It was not until recently that we have entered the era of Aidan, Dylan, Caleb and Brayden. Someday certain boy names will have the same date stamps that girl names have always carried, but not yet.



When I was younger, I used to wish that my parents had not been so desperate to find a trendy name for me. If I had been named Lorraine or Loretta, then Lori could have been my nickname, and I could have applied for jobs and signed documents with a non-hippie name. Today, if my name were Lorraine or Loretta, I'd be no better off than I am, because it would still be clear to all of the Nicoles and Crystals that I am "older."



I've been thinking about changing my byline to L.M. Day. Unlike J.K. Rowling, I would not be trying to obscure my gender, just my age. My male peers with names like William and Thomas are in the clear. Even if they submit their writing to a Jason or a Justin, no flashing lights and sirens accompany their submissions as boomers. Since it's mainly the Loris and Lindas of the freelancing and blogging world who feel the water lapping around their ankles as their essays are virtually circular-filed, what's to be done besides gaming the system? I encounter increasing ageism each year, signaling my presumed inability to contribute meaningfully to a digital dialogue that is no longer everyone's, as if ownership of culture rationally belongs to any particular age group over others.



F*ck that. The absurdities do not end. Ever.



So should I make the move from Lori to L.M.? I could resubmit all of my best articles that suddenly started getting turndowns in the past few years, using the new moniker. At the very least, I'd have an interesting social experiment I could blog about for an over-50 site. Good times.



Lori Day is an educational psychologist, consultant and parenting coach with Lori Day Consulting in Newburyport, MA. She is the author of Her Next Chapter: How Mother-Daughter Book Clubs Can Help Girls Navigate Malicious Media, Risky Relationships, Girl Gossip, and So Much More, and speaks on the topic of raising confident girls in a disempowering marketing and media culture. You can connect with Lori on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest.

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The LADY

She came walking

Into our lives

No prior plans before

She only did

What anyone would do

No less no more ...



To care and help

Her aging mom

Assist her on her way

She never knew

How all would be

So different from that day ...



But History soon

Would take a turn

Her life completely changed

Her caring heart

Would play a part

Where all was rearranged ...



Through many years

Through tears and smiles

We've had our share of strife

We've done our best

To take this test

Find Meaning in this Life ...



But life is full

Of happenings

We just don't have control

Sometimes things

Lift us in the air

To deep caress our soul ...



Yet anyone can

Have a dream

To hope for better days

To try and find

Our Unique place

In each our different ways ...



How lucky though

For us to see her

Standing where she's now

One can't even

Imagine that

Such things could come about ...



And as we grow

And learn from life

The lessons we recall

Expect the

Unexpected

Learn to stand after we fall ...



That dreams do change

Along the way

Yet one thing that remains

The Person Who

We Truly Are

Our wisdom slowly gains ...



And now the time

Has come for us

To be there as she was

To help and give

Our very best

To spread our finest love ...



Not take for granted

Anything

We've worked so hard to gain

To honor those

who've helped us through

The suffering and pain ...



Although it may

Seem easier

To judge what others do

One never really knows

Unless one walks

In other's shoes ...



So Let Us All

Rejoice today

For Life's Amazing Plan

For Giving

All Humanity

A Loving Helping Hand ...



And IF one day

One was to share

This story down the line

I'd gladly say

Back in the day

The Lady was so Fine ...



Happy 71st Birthday Aunty Suu ...



May you be Happy

May you be Healthy

May you Find Your Peace

May you Find Your Joy !!!



And



THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING !!





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Soe Moe Lwin

19/06/2016

11:00 am

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Norman Reedus isn't letting the chance that Daryl Dixon might be dead stop him from taking his 'cycle on the open road and letting 'er rip.



Reedus, who plays the enormously popular Daryl on AMC's The Walking Dead, launches his own unscripted AMC show, The Ride With Norman Reedus, Sunday at 10 p.m. ET.







It follows the real-life motorcycle enthusiast on a series of rides around particularly choice parts of America.



The series leads up to the fall return of The Walking Dead, when we will presumably learn whether Daryl was the unlucky good guy whose skull has been smashed into jelly by the villainous Negan.



The Ride With Norman Reedus doesn't deal with that kind of negativity, as they say in the pop psychology game. It's an upbeat production celebrating the adventurous side of motorcycle culture as Reedus and a series of guests roar through some of the prettiest sights in America.







The first episode takes Reedus and his jewelry-designing pal Imogen (above) on a ride from Los Angeles up the Pacific Coast Highway, the famous Route 101.



It's a stunning ride, and while an hour only allows time to sample a small part of its fascination, you don't have to be a biker to understand why cruising along in the open air is a great way to maximize the sensory experience.



Despite that kind of lovely travel element, however, The Ride remains targeted most directly at motorcycle lovers.



Reedus's pit stops almost all involve bikes, from the BMW that he borrows for the trip to a Zero bike that runs on electricity and makes no sound.



Verdict here: Reedus says that while he likes the Zero a lot, he's still old-school enough to prefer the "rumble" of traditional bikes.



His final stop takes him to the Re-Cycle Garage in Santa Cruz, where he guests on a podcast called Motorcycle Misfits. The on-air team, as the name suggests, is a bunch of outsiders drawn together by a common affection for bikes.



Among other things, they ask Reedus what bike he'd suggest for the Zombie Apocalypse. He prefaces his answer by saying his choice probably won't please everyone in the group.



That moment is one of only three or four that references Reedus's Walking Dead celebrity. He doesn't spend much time himself talking about it, focusing more on his love of bikes and how biker culture was his route to finding himself when he moved to L.A. almost 20 years ago.



If nothing else, The Ride With Norman Reedus presents a different California biker world than we've often seen in the movies and on television. From the 1954 movie The Wild One to the recent TV show Sons of Anarchy, California bikers have often been portrayed as a lawless, reckless bunch.







Reedus fully buys the notion of bikers as outsiders, but everyone we meet here is law-abiding and a solid citizen. The wildest it gets is when famous bike designer Roland Sands stands on top of the seat while cruising down a freeway at maybe 50 miles an hour.



Reedus slides into the host role well, with only a few passages where the banter feels stiff. In general, he comes off less as a star than that one guy in a thousand who hit the number and can't fully believe it landed him a gig as cool as this.



Sure, it's something of a vanity project, in the sense that it wouldn't exist without Reedus's fame from The Walking Dead and AMC's interest in giving more airtime to one of that show's best-known characters.



But that doesn't mean it can't still achieve its purpose, which is to take fans on a different ride.



Think of it as if it were, say, Cooking With Carol, a hypothetical spinoff with a different Walking Dead character. It would still be cashing in on The Walking Dead, but if the recipes were interesting, so what?



Besides, what better way to defy Negan?

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