very clever take on aging,straight in your face advice, lots of t is true,
though not everything.
made me think twice before buying grannies and sending long emails!
must read for everyone who wants to fit in in modern society
and keep connection with his own kids.

Granted that many people seem to find this a spoof, a send-up, and so on, I think a social scientist would have a field day analyzing the attitudes that inform this exercise.

In the first place, everything is couched in terms of pop culture, which assumes that those are the only earmarks by which to measure how with-it someone is.

In the second place, I'm not sure who the beneficiary of this advice is. One's (old?) peers would dress and act the same out-of-it way, and the young will not be fooled into thinking you are also young, no matter where your jeans fit on your waist...or not.

In the third place, it's always been the privilege of youth to have its own code words, its own dress style, its own music, and so on---an exclusive club. Gate crashers are not welcome, and are quickly identified as bogus.

In the fourth place, age has its own status if one has real achievements, and a self-confidence that can't be bought any other way. That in itself is sexy.

Finally, the author betrayed her own lack of hipness when she listed a turtleneck as something no one should ever wear, lest it betray old-fogey-ness. Tell it to Steve Jobs, who is about the coolest guy on the planet and who invented iPods and all the rest of the hip new gadgets.

I laughed and learned. Then bought 3 copies for friends My only complaint is it read so fast and left me wanting more!

A brilliant, witty little book that really transcends age boundaries, as it's no news that one needn't be old to act old. The frequently hilarious advice is certainly worthy of consideration, even if one chooses to stubbornly stick to a few "old" habits. Such as (like the author) reading books. I have to admit that Chapter 91 ("Enough with the Jane Austen Worship") did give me the urge to send the author a copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a hip resurrection of Austen.

Pamela Redmond Satran's book is shiznit bomb diggity. Straight up. It has given me the confidence to tell my younger cousin, the skiing fanatic, that *I* am taking up snowboarding.

Do not, repeat ~do not~ read this book if you have had recent abdominal surgery or have any other reasons not to laugh. If you chose to go ahead anyway, curl into a fetal position and hold a pillow. As I began each section, I quickly got the point only to be surprised by the twist soon to follow. I was not expecting to laugh so hard so frequently so I was totally unprepared. Crack me up! ...and I needed the info in nearly every section. My kids thank you. Single mom of five