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Lyla Ward's How to Succeed at Aging without Really Dying is a wry, witty and wise collection of essays about living in a world of bubble packs you can't open, electronics you can't turn on, the shame of not being poll-worthy, expiration dates you can only hope don't apply to you, and the difficulties of staying on the planet when it's spinning out of control.
While taking a humorous look at health, grandparenthood, computers, and social issues, How to Succeed… answers such pressing questions as: What brand of yogurt guarantees you will live to 110? Can older people really shop online, or is the 'submit order' button really only visible to users under 30? And how many pixels does it take to win your grandchild's affection?
As we get older, we can whine or complain about our losses - memory, machismo, and mobility - or we can roll with the paunches. This book rolls.
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Sexy Goddess
reviewed How to Succeed at Aging Without Really Dying on September 01, 2018
How to Succeed at Aging Without Really Dying
I don't think it will be a spoiler alert to reveal that those of you hoping to find the secret of eternal youth within these pages will be sadly disappointed. However, you will find many observational gems among the puns and witticisms - and you won't have to be in the same age bracket as the author to enjoy her take on getting older. Some of the technological stuff is outdated, but I found myself nodding along with many of the situations she describes:-
On cookies:-
"Do you know what it feels like to have your computer tell you, flat-out, your cookies have been disabled? Let me tell you, it's pretty unsettling. First, to find out my cookies (whatever they are) are not working. And second, to realize someone out there knows more about my cookies than I do... My nightmare is, one day I will go to my machine and see the ultimate message on the screen: "You have a fatal personality flaw. We don't like you. Don't press any key. Your computer will never start again. .." Oh, well, I guess that's the way the cookies crumble."
On choosing a password:-
... "they have very definite ideas of what kind of password it should be: a minimum of eight letters, at least one uppercase, one lowercase, and one numeral. Got that? It took me four tries. First I forgot the upper-case, then the lowercase, and then the numeral completely slipped my mind. When I finally gave them what they wanted and was asked to retype it to verify the password was really mine, I put in the wrong numeral, and the silent sirens went off. Stop that impostor. She can't even retype her password."
Perhaps Lyla Blake Ward is not quite in the same league as Nora Ephron for LOL comedic effect, but her wry understated humour hits the broad-smile level time and again.
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