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I’ll admit that I’m not the biggest fan of the Olympics. (and yet here I am blogging about them!) For two weeks, every two years it becomes the only topic of conversation amongst people who most of the time don’t care about sports. But I guess even I can concede that it’s an exciting time for swimming at Beijing in 2008.

Yesterday, Dara Torres napped her 11th and 12th Olympic medals, Silvers, in the 50m Freestyle, and the 4×100m Medley Relay. I have to say I’ve been rooting for her. At 41, she’s breaking down boundaries of who a “middle-aged” woman can be. She’s a mom and an athlete, and her passion and drive are what got her into five different Olympic games. That other guy may be the talk of the games this time around, but let’s see if he’s still swimming in 2028.

Who have you been rooting for? How about John Dane III, the boomer on the US sailing team? Or Hiroshi Hoketsu, the Japanese equestrian, and this year’s oldest Olympian? Or are you staying out of it, like me (only one more week, sigh)?

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For some boomers, Woodstock was the seminal event of the ’60s, a moment of counterculture crystallization.  (For others, it may have just been something their parents grumbled about around the dinner table.)  Whether it’s through first-hand memories or second-hand nostalgia, Woodstock remains a subject of widespread fascination, so it makes perfect sense that a museum dedicated to the festival is finally opening its doors this summer.  As wowOwow notes, the three-gallery museum is located at the actual site of the 1969 festival, in Upstate New York’s Bethel Woods.  Do you think the museum will become a Cooperstown-like mecca for lovers of ’60s music and culture, or will reliving the time the old-fashioned way–through the music itself–always be best?

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You can love or hate his politics and his participation on Fox News or as press secretary for President Bush, but Tony Snow was one wacky boomer. He passed away this past Saturday, after a long struggle with colon cancer, at the age of 53. His full obituary is here in the NY Times.

At Springboard, the reason we know Snow is because he participated inThe Boomer Century, the PBS documentary that we published the companion book to. In the documentary and in the book, he was candid and outspoken about what it was like to be a boomer, and even talked aboug his band (!). Here’s what the NY Times said about his musical aspirations:

He also had a musical flair; he grew up playing the flute, taught himself the acoustic guitar and played in an amateur rock ’n’ roll band, Beats Workin’. When they performed at the White House Congressional picnic, Mr. Bush jokingly called them “a bunch of, well, mediocre musicians.”

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Ritchie and Madonna. Source: people.com.

If you’ve been keeping up with the tabloids (or The New York Times) this week, you’ve no doubt seen that a few prominent boomer marriages have hit the skids: Madonna is rumored to have had an “affair of the heart” with baseball player Alex Rodriguez, and meanwhile Christie Brinkley’s divorce trial continues to make headlines. At 49 (Her Madgesty) and 54 (Brinkley), both of these ladies have mastered How Not to Look Old, but perhaps they could use some advice from another Springboard author? In The Marriage Benefit, marriage therapist (and instructor of psychology at Harvard) Mark O’Connell argues that saving a marriage is almost always worth it. What advice would he offer Madonna, Brinkley, and their husbands? He might point to the seventh resolution in his book: Forgive and give thanks. O’Connell recommends that partners acknowledge their disappointments with each other without assuming that either person deserves more of the blame for the situation.

Do you think it’s possible for Guy Ritchie to forgive Madonna for her alleged adultry? Should Christie Brinkley have given Peter Cook another chance? Are celebrity marriages worth saving? Let us know what you think, and if you’re looking for more marriage tips, check out The Marriage Benefit.

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Send Yourself Roses collaborator, Gloria Feldt has been blogging away on the Huffington Post.

Check out what she’s been talking about here.

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Kathleen Turner’s new memoir, SEND YOURSELF ROSES, won’t be out for a few weeks still, but Kathleen has directed a new play, Crimes of the Heart, that is currently in previews and debuts for the Roundabout Theatre on February 7th.  Check out the great interview with Kathleen and her leading lady, Sarah Paulson, in New York Magazine this week:

Q&A with Crimes of the Heart Director, Kathleen Turner and Actress Sarah Paulson

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Have a happy holidays from everyone at Springboard!  We’ll see you in 2008!

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