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ELDER MUSIC: Soul Men
This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...
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Sun, May 21 2017 5:30 AM
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The Importance of the Comey Firing
If, earlier this week, the friend to whom I said I believe the U.S. is in the midst of a slow-moving coup had called me out for being hyperbolic, I would not have disagreed. That is, until I ran across... Read More...
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Fri, May 12 2017 5:30 AM
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ELDER MUSIC: Singing Sisters
This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...
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Sun, May 14 2017 5:30 AM
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Cheating Death is an Ancient Dream
PROTEST FCC CHANGES TO NET NEUTRALITY Finally, John Oliver's direct link to the FCC comment page on the agency's net neutrality changes is up and running again. To get there, go to this URL, click on the word, “express” at... Read More...
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Fri, May 26 2017 5:30 AM
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ELDER MUSIC: The Two Tims
This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...
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Sun, May 28 2017 5:30 AM
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Old and Young Having Fun Together
Three or four years ago, I was invited to a “Brownie Day” at the Adult Community Center (ACC) – the name my town gives the senior center. The nine-year-old members of a local Brownie troop (young Girl Scouts) each made... Read More...
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Mon, May 22 2017 5:30 AM
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December/May Romance
When I was in my twenties, I came to know for awhile a couple in which the wife was 18 or 20 years older than her husband who was about my age. Although I enjoyed meals, day trips and other... Read More...
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Wed, May 17 2017 5:30 AM
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INTERESTING STUFF – 13 May 2017
REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE DISSOCIATION Jonathan Chait in New York magazine tried to explain the reasons many Republicans believe women should pay more for healthcare than men: ”Women have, on average, higher lifetime medical costs than men, which means a...
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Sat, May 13 2017 5:30 AM
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Making a Good Life in Retirement
An acquaintance, looking to discuss his recent unsought retirement, emailed to arrange lunch. His efforts to deal with retirement, he said, have been “futile” so far and he hopes my “advice will inspire” him. Oy vey. Advice is not an... Read More...
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Wed, May 03 2017 5:30 AM
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How Elders and Their Physicians Might Collaborate
The U.S. geriatrician population has been hovering around 7,000 for several years without much change. At the same time, the elder population grows by about 10,000 a day. You see the problem. One reason is that geriatrics is at the... Read More...
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Fri, May 05 2017 5:30 AM
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The Republican Plan to Nuke the Internet
[I copied that headline from vanityfair.com because I'm lousy at headlines and “net neutrality” - which is what this is about - sounds boring. But it's important and depending on what happens, it could ruin your internet experience while also...
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Mon, May 01 2017 5:30 AM
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Sex and Old People
On Monday we talked about language, certain words that are offensive to some people, so why not move right along to talking about sex today, elder sex, and see how it goes. When I began this blog in 2004, the... Read More...
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Wed, May 10 2017 5:30 AM
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A TGB Extra: John Oliver on Is This Real Life?
That's one of the four questions John Oliver asked Sunday night on his HBO show, Last Week Tonight. Time Goes By does not usually publish on Tuesday but I'm posting this video today instead of next Saturday because there will... Read More...
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Tue, May 23 2017 5:30 AM
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Memorial Day 2017 and a 92nd Birthday
That is one of the U.S. soldiers who spent a good deal of time last week placing a flag at each and every one of the more than 400,000 military graves at Arlington Cemetery. Today, beginning at 2PM EDT, there... Read More...
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Mon, May 29 2017 5:30 AM
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Cruel Cuts in the Trump Budget
The main beneficiaries of President Donald Trump's 2018 budget proposal are the people who already have too much, the one percent. Here's how tax cuts go for them, as reported in Yahoo! News: ”According to calculations from the Center for... Read...
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Wed, May 24 2017 5:30 AM
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