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Jobs, We Need Jobs

One evening last week, I watched a DVD of a 2010 movie, The Company Men, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Affleck and Chris Cooper with Kevin Costner in a supporting role. The story follows the lives of three corporate executives... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 18 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Doing Nothing in Washington

I'm taking a day off but I thought I'd leave you with some information on what happened in Washington yesterday – nothing. Here's another news flash for you: House Speaker John Boehner and Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia met privately...

Published Tue, Jul 19 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

TGB FORUM: Readers Write the Blog – Day 4

As I explained on Monday, while Peter Tibbles and Norma Gates are visiting from Melbourne, I am taking a mini-vacation and letting you, dear readers, write the blog based on your own topics. Today's comes from Bruce Cooper with somethiing... Read...

Published Thu, Oct 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Hail, Hail Rock & Roll

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, Sep 23 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 27 September 2014

BACKSTAGE AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA The New York Times posted a lovely little montage video of what it's like at the Met a week before the season premier. JOHN OLIVER ON THE MISS AMERICA PAGEANT This is a funny and... Read More...

Published Sat, Sep 27 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

My Visitors From Oz

If you read Peter Tibbles' Elder Music column yesterday, you know that he and Norma Gates, the Assistant Musicologist, traveled all the way from Melbourne to visit me in Oregon. Oh, okay. The journey wasn't just to see me. They... Read More.....

Published Mon, Oct 27 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Medicare Enrollment Information: Part 5 – Where to Get Help

This is the last part of the TGB Medicare Enrollment Information series. I had no idea when I committed myself to breaking down Medicare enrollment rules into simple, understandable language how difficult it would be – what a long learning... Read More...

Published Tue, Oct 23 2012 5:36 AM by TIME GOES BY

Let's Chat About Social Security

ATTENTION TGB SUBSCRIBERS: If you want to comment on stories you read here, DO NOT click reply. That sends a personal email only to me. To comment, click the title of the story. That will open your browser at the... Read More...

Published Tue, May 24 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old Timey Halloween

Wind, rain, snow, flood and fire. It sounds Biblical, doesn't it. And at least 50 dead. Millions left in the dark and cold for how long no one knows. An unknown number of homes flattened. Entire neighborhoods gone, just gone.... Read More...

Published Wed, Oct 31 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Important Cold Weather Tips for Elders

For years now, when summer arrives, I've been posting tips for keeping cool in hot weather. It is especially important for us elders because our natural body temperature regulators don't always work as well as when we were younger and... Read...

Published Wed, Dec 03 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Does Famiiarity Really Breed Contempt?

It was Aesop (c. 620-564 BC) in his fable titled The Fox and the Lion who is credited with the aphorism, familiarity breeds contempt. (You can read one version of the fable here. It's short – three sentences.) I have... Read More...

Published Thu, Dec 04 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

New Congress's First Act Threatens Social Security Benefits

The 114th Congress had not been in session for longer than a couple hours on its first day, Tuesday, when the Republican majority voted a new House procedural rule that makes it easier to cut Social Security benefits. Max Richtman,... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 08 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Age and Human Hairiness (Again)

While I'm taking off a couple of days from blogging, I think it might be fun to revisit this post from February 2009. Following Crabby Old Lady’s whine about going bald a couple of day ago, Marian Van Eyk McCain... Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 10 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1967 Again

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, Jan 04 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Norman Lear's <em>Guess Who Died?</em>

Since his well-received memoir, Even This I Get to Experience, was published in October 2014, 92-year-old Norman Lear has been making the rounds of the television and print interview circuit. He has done dozens of interviews by now but only... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 05 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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