On privacy and community

We were shopping for stuff and met up with a friend. We've known her for long time and so had a quick chat to catch up the doings of the kids, grandkids, and all.
Because we're all of a certain age, the conversation drifted toward retirement communities. Our friend preferred the over-55 developments made up of separate, detached houses or, at most, duplexes.
Stay away from the condo or apartment types, she said. "Everybody knows your business. If you go out for ice cream with your neighbor, everyone will be saying, 'Oh,you went out for ice cream. Where'd you go? What did you get?'"
We talked about work as well, which led to mention of a mutual friend. "She's divorced now, isn't she?" ask our friend.
"Not quite," I remarked.
Our friend noted that, three times this week, she'd seen our mutual friend's almost-ex-husband walking on a street in town.
"He's been staying with his brother," said Sandra. "I think that his brother lives down that way."
"Three times I saw him," said our friend.
"Maybe he's having car troubles," wondered Sandra.
"Three times."

Let the sun burn your kid because no one can touch him

According to this NPR report, A Touchy Situation For Sunscreen At Camp : Shots - Health Blog : NPR, summer camps aren't letting staff or other campers apply sunscreen to kids because, well, you know what touching leads to.
In the meantime, according to  the National Cancer Institute, 8700 people die annually from melanoma with incidence and death rates increasing.

Music for the faint of heart

According to The Pandora For Old People Taps Baby Boomer Music Market | Fast Company, AARP opened a new music web site last month. The Concord Music Group  offers music for people of a certain age.

AARP and Concord Music Group have teamed up to create a new multi-media, online resource designed to help adults find the music they love in the digital age.

A few points about the site, however.

• When you click on the link above, be prepared to wait a while. In my tests, it took about 10 seconds for the page to show up.
• At this writing, the link in the lead article is broken. It should point to this page.
• It's bad news when a 404 lands in the top search results. At this writing, here's what a Google search shows:
  
  

Rock on.