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1 week ago | everythingzoomer.com | Shanda Deziel

| May 9th, 2025Paul Doyle, 76, went from his 9-to-5 teaching job to owning a luxury resort in Barbados. Photo:We’re used to hearing about retirement as a finish line – a moment to step back, slow down, and fade quietly into leisure. But for a growing number of people, the prescribed retirement age isn’t a deadline, it’s a doorway.

1 week ago | everythingzoomer.com | Jim Slotek

| May 9th, 2025Whether agreeing to become the executor of someone's will, or choosing an executor for your own, it's imperative that you understand the arduous process and many responsibilities that the job entails. Photo: simpson33/Getty ImagesDon Ferguson, a founding member of legendary Canadian comedy troupe The Royal Canadian Air Farce, offers a quip for anyone who is asked by a friend or family member to be the executor of their estate in the event of their death.

1 week ago | everythingzoomer.com | Mike Crisolago

| May 8th, 2025Pope Leo XIV arrives on the main central loggia balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on May 8, 2025, shortly after being elected as the new pontiff. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty ImagesFor the second successive conclave, the Catholic Church has made an historic choice in its election of a new pope. Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected as the 267th pontiff of the Catholic Church on Thursday, following a two-day conclave. He took the name Pope Leo XIV.

1 week ago | everythingzoomer.com | Mike Crisolago

| May 8th, 2025Pope Clement X (1590–1676). Artist: Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Il Baciccio) (Italian, Genoa 1639–1709 Rome) Photo: Wikimedia/Public DomainThe papal conclave to elect a new pontiff to succeed Pope Francis officially got underway this week, with various Cardinals touted by Vatican watchers as potential frontrunners.

1 week ago | everythingzoomer.com | Mike Crisolago

| May 8th, 2025Paul McCartney, 78, said in a recent interview that practicing eye yoga may have helped prevent him from ever needing glasses. Photo: Pierre Suu / Getty ImagesIn 1963, Beatles fans first heard Paul McCartney sing the classic, I Saw Her Standing There. And now, nearly 60 years later, the music legend could still see “her” – or you, or I, or anyone really – standing anywhere in his general vicinity thanks to his practice of eye yoga.