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Getting Old Sucks

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I think Ed Stnad has his finger on the pulse of us aging baby boomers. I laughed till I cried. The print was nice and large, made me feel young enough to read without glasses. Then I passed it around a nursing home and the residents there roared till they wet their pants. Plain and simple "Getting Old Sucks"

This is the second Ed Strnad book I've read (the first was the "Optimists/Pessimists Guide to the Millenium") and once again, this author has hit the mark. I would guess Ed is a baby-boomer peering over the age abyss and not liking what he's seeing. But he has such a funny way of encapsulating that stomach-churning feeling all of us boomers are feeling that I swear he's tapping our phones. I don't usually laugh out loud when I read a book, but this one had me guffawing on the bus -- and disturbing my fellow passengers. How could they know I was laughing at getting old!

I just bought a used copy of this book and I'm sure glad I did! Not only did I save a few bucks, but it's funny, too! So, listen, is this what it's really like to get old? It's scary. I may have to pull a Kurt Cobain. ha ha ha Anyway, Ed, if you're out there, good work. I'm going to spread the word.

As one who is now on the other side of the hill, I can safely say that getting old does indeed suck. But, as Ed Strnad points out, it sure does beat the alternative!

This book reads like the movie script of my life, and had me crying tears of laughter. If you know anyone who is aging gracefully (or fighting it), this book would make a wonderful gift. We may as well laugh at the pitfalls of geriatric living, because there isn't a darn thing we can do about it. So read the book, and give yourself something to laugh about.