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New Information on Elder Care

Did you know this? I didn't: ”Every day, Bureau of Labor Statistics interviewers ask Americans to detail how they spent the previous 24 hours, how many minutes and hours they devoted to everything from shopping to child care to phone... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 06 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 19 March 2011

Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun. You are all encouraged to submit items... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 19 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Physical <em>Damages</em>

Do you think watching too much television can give you a cold? As I've mentioned here the past two days, I've been captivated by (or is it a captive of) several seasons of the TV series Damages. Then yesterday, I... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 11 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders Invisible – Not This Time

A poem from Shel Silverstein nicely captures the invisibility that cloaks people as we get old: Said the little boy, “Sometimes I drop my spoon.” Said the old man, “I do that too.” The little boy whispered, “I wet my... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 24 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Internet Advertising and My Brain Health

Today is Net Neutrality Day and thousands of websites have joined together in a brief slowdown of the loading of their pages to point out what will happen if the FCC decides to create paid internet “fast lanes” for big... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 10 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The History of Old Age – A Beginning

I have recently begun a new project, one that will probably go on for a long time before I feel finished. It is, as the headline states, to study the history of old age. It's going to be a lot... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 29 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady's Annoying Day

It started in the early morning as Crabby Old Lady was brushing her hair. Although she has been trying to ignore it, there is no denying that the top of her head is looking remarkably like a balding man's bad... Read More...

Published Fri, Jun 03 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Marty Robbins

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, May 29 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Reasons Growing Old is Good

You might have noticed that from time to time here, I write about liking old age. I perfectly well know that, as the old song goes, “my days dwindle down to a precious few” but that doesn't get in the... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 01 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 August 2014

JUSTICE GINSBERG ON HER HOBBY LOBBY DISSENT The three female Supreme Court justices were unanimous in their minority dissent on the Hobby Lobby, contraceptive decision. Here, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg discusses the “blistering” objection she wrote and...

Published Sat, Aug 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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New Information on Elder Care

INTERESTING STUFF – 19 March 2011

Physical <em>Damages</em>

Elders Invisible – Not This Time

Internet Advertising and My Brain Health

The History of Old Age – A Beginning

Crabby Old Lady's Annoying Day

ELDER MUSIC: Marty Robbins

Reasons Growing Old is Good

INTERESTING STUFF – 2 August 2014

Elder Taboos – Part 2: Incontinence Products

<em>Older Than My Old Man Now</em>

At 70

ELDER MUSIC: The Beethoven Obsession

GAY AND GRAY: Meet David