Time Goes By

So We Avoided Default – Now What?

NOTICE: Last week, I announced the second annual Elderblogger Meetup at my home, scheduled for Saturday 15 October. I've received only one confirmed attendee and will do this only if there are at least 10 people who commit to come.... Read More.....

Published Wed, Aug 03 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Staggerlee

You never know who you're going to meet on the internet and I came to know Peter Tibbles (bio here) via email over the past couple of years. His extensive knowledge of most genres of music and his excellent taste... Read More...

Published Sun, Aug 07 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Purpose Prize 2012

The Purpose Prize has been around for half a dozen years. Its – ahem - purpose is to invest in people older than 60 who are changing the world for the greater good. The winners each receive $100,000. The five... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 14 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Thoughtful, Important and Practical Gun Control Solution

The forces against any useful kind of gun control are huge and powerful. Solutions being discussed by our elected officials are the same old half measures – limit size of guns and magazines, etc. Over this past horrible weekend TGB... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 18 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 22 December 2012

Greetings of the Season to you all. Given that there is so much that is painful and wrong in our world right now, today's Interesting Stuff is an antidote - all video and entirely for fun. It is so sweet... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 22 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Henri the Cat – The Worst Noel

Millions of people save some vacation for this time of year and the week between Christmas and New Years has always felt to me like a vaguely pleasant waiting period, even when I was employed and at work. Now? I'm... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 26 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up in 2012 - Part 1

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...

Published Sun, Dec 30 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Social Security Survives – This Time

After an offer from President Obama to throw elders under the economic bus by changing the way Social Security cost-of-living adjustments are made from the current CPI-W to the chained CPI which would reduce increases, the fiscal cliff bill finally.....

Published Thu, Jan 03 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

New Clues for the Internet and You

In 1999, four middle-ish-aged guys who were stars in the development of the still-emergent internet wrote a book about how the internet, an amazing global “conversation” platform whereby individuals could share information at blinding speeds that gave...

Published Tue, Jan 27 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Syndication

Recent Posts

Archives

So We Avoided Default – Now What?

ELDER MUSIC: Staggerlee

The Purpose Prize 2012

A Thoughtful, Important and Practical Gun Control Solution

INTERESTING STUFF: 22 December 2012

Henri the Cat – The Worst Noel

ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up in 2012 - Part 1

Social Security Survives – This Time

New Clues for the Internet and You

INTERESTING STUFF – 31 January 2015

More Old Mean Girls

Alzheimer's on Television

Two Books for Your Heart

INTERESTING STUFF – 7 March 2015

How <em>House of Cards</em> May be Helping to Undermine Social Security