Mark Van Patten is Going Like Sixty.
I’m baby boomer man who turned 60 in late 2007. Boomer born in 1947 for search engine optimization. I retired from the newspaper business July 1, 2011.
From 11/09 to 5/10 I lost 75 pounds via Nutrisystem, lap swimming and weight training. Its been a year and the weight is still gone. I miss Dairy Queen large chocolate milkshakes and M&M’s the most.
Let me make this clear so other MEN MAN BLOGGERS can find me.
I write mostly attempted humor that boomers , or those who know one, can identify with, usually irreverently.
I have been married to the same woman since 1968.
She’s a boomer blogger too.
We love dogs, so I started DogsWithCones.com, pictures of dogs with cones. You will say awwww, but chuckle too. My son-in-law had the original concept so we partnered. Read his story of the trials and tribulations of launching the blog.
DogsWithCones.com and AsianWomenHoldingThings.com were both sold.
BBQandBourbon.com is also me (Currently For Sale: $878 priced reduced to $666). (Sold)
I am TrendyExaminer.com and CorvetteExaminer.com.
Contact me: goinglikesixty(at)gmail(dork)com or @goinglike60 on Twitter. Facebook? Friends and family plan only, you can friend me and depending on my mood, I may take you into my inner-circle. We have a club-card.
Getting more personal (if you want more details use search box on the main page and search for the bold words.)
- I’m a hoser – I use a CPAP
- I wear hearing aids
- I have tinnitus
- I’m overweight or undertall. (My weight has stabilized, I think my metabolism is now officially in geezer gear.)
- I made over $13,500 in 2009 from freelance writing for blogs and websites as Mark Leevan. In 2010 that shrunk to $8,600.
- I had a Total Knee Replacement.
- I live in Costa Rica.
I drew extra inspiration from Roy Klein, feeling much better that there are at least two of us. He wrote about seeing a “little person” and a “sight impaired person” and immediately thought: Seeing-eye Dwarf.
We’re “empathy challenged” or “socially impaired.” And what’s the politically incorrect word again for describing such an individual? That’s right. We’re all insensitive jerks.
Stuff I have around me (this is the office I left behind after retiring.) Since the dark paneling was untouchable according to the owner of the place, I embraced the 60s ambiance and added some vintage stuff. The bridle was used by my aunt, the clock hung on my dad’s office wall, and the sign I picked up from a bum on the riverwalk in San Antonio for $2. The bakelite record player belong to my grandfather and the office equipment was liberated from storage.
Admiral Radio/Record Player
Cash Register / Check Protector
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Ok, Mark it is official…13 is the new 60!
Hee hee hee. Your kids reading my prose?
blog like crazy, man – not sure how I found you…oh yeah it was through your comments on Techno Marketer – keep up your good work – I ain’t quite 60 but have friends who are LOL – you made me smile
Hi Bob. Glad you found me! I’ll do my best to keep up the pace.
Hey! – thanks for visiting my site. I’ve added you to my Links Blog, but I am still working on things like Blog Rolls.
I turned 60 on January 31st, so don’t worry too much, it is not the end of all things (it’s also not the beginning of anything either – don’t let them fool you with all that crap about starting a new life).
I lost my wife of 15 years last November, and now I have a 36-year old girlfriend in Thailand that I’m going to visit in a couple weeks. Mid-life has me by the balls I guess!
BB
Hey thanks for the link! I like your comment about not being the beginning of anything either!
Thanks for the visit!
Any blogger at or near 60 must be linked, so I’ll take care of it!
Interesting reading here too…I’ll be back!
Well, I’m only 46, but firmly within the Boom, which Wikipedia tells me didn’t end until 1964. Your blog gives me hope for my future, that I won’t end up obsessed with my backaches and Geritol . . . by your lights, 60 is the new 30.
Yeah Gretchen, you can buy into that 60 is the new 30 if you want.
If my blog gives you light, you are in a dark, dark place.
Thanks for commenting, come back often.
Hey, I own a site for 50plus. Is it possible to add a link of our site under your blog? Please feel free to contact me for more information. Many thanks.
Hey – I turn 60 next year. I still choose to work, white water kayak and enjoy my wife of 32 years! The 50′s were a fabulous decade, and I’m expecting the next one to be even better!
Hey Jim, welcome to the asylum. I turn 60 in November. Great attitude!
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself — James Thurber (1894-1961), in Edward R Murrow television interview
Support your local Search and Rescue unit — get lost — Unknown
Hi, Jim… I turned 60 last year and declared 60 as the new 40. I have to say, 60 kind of rocks. I’m so glad I was born when I was, grew up when I did and, with any luck, will get off the planet before it all turns to shit.
Thanks for stopping by injaynesworld. It enabled me to track down your blog and become a fan.
Jayne
Take a look at a new company I started about 10 months ago. My partners and I spent 30 years in advertising working on brands you may have heard of like BMW, MasterCard, American Express, Harley-Davidson, Burger King, Nike, Absolut Vodka, Kodak, UPS, MILK and many more.
Our goal is to change the way people over 50 are marketed to in this country. All of my career, I’ve been charged with making brands and products aspirational and desired. When I look at advertising directed at people my age, it’s all about “need state” and comes with a
“you poor guy” attitude attached to it. That guy in the Viagra ads wearing the blue tuxedo, does anyone aspire to be him? I don’t think so. On the other hand, Alec Baldwin in “It’s complicated” or Pierce Brosnan in “Thomas Crown Affair”, those guys are over 50 and very, very cool if you ask me. That’s what Five0 is going to do for advertising to today’s boomers, make it cool.
I like your attitude on AARP, Brokaw and Retirement TV. I’m writing a column for BusinessWeek.com on Brokaw’s special. I also wrote one for them on the Superbowl and how the advertisers missed a huge opportunity to talk to people like you and me.
Take a look…
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/feb2010/db2010028_715748.htm
Cheers,
Brent
I just found your blog via copyblogger and I’ve read some it, very nice! I want to be like you when I grow up
Personally Love your irreverent voice… but on a more serious topic
Congratulations for making our Dirty Dozen Top Baby Boomer Blogs List!
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Best Wishes For Your Continued Success
Glenn
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Nice blog,wish you success
I’m expecting the next one to be even better. I just found your blog via copy blogger and I’ve read some it, very nice. Thank you.
Just stumbled across your blog and I must say, this is one of the most genuine blogs I’ve come across. I love the your attitude and humor.
Most blogs these days try to sell sell sell but this blog is FULL of great content.
Bookmarked!
Keep up the good work bud, I’ll be hitting 60 soon my dam self, dangit.
I love your humor, I just told me gramps about your blog and he got a kick out of it. Keep doing your thang bro.
The real original CPAP Man is still alive, well and working. I am a pre-baby boomer and a post depression brat.
Inquiring to see if you do reviews or ever blog on Eco, made in the USA friendly companies?