If  you want to know how old you are, just look in your mailbox.  You can run, but you can't hide — those crafty marketers know your age and virtually everything else about you.  Or at least they think they do. Lately, my mailbox has been crammed with glossy catalogs clearly aimed at mid-life females.…

As much as I abhor most Reality shows, I, too, have been known to fall under their powerful, evil spell.  My latest guilty pleasure is "Millionaire Matchmaker" (I suspect this show is turning into another Bravo mega hit, as they are now running 2 or 3 back-to-back episodes each week). This program is such a…

 There's a popular video making the rounds these days called "Cougar Barbie." In the video, a bloated, Chardonnay-swilling, middle-aged Barbie preys on a group of much younger male dolls.  The video – inspired by the doll's 50th birthday – is hilarious, a brilliant spoof of the genre. "Cougar Barbie" is just the latest in a…