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INTERESTING STUFF: 21 April 2012

MUSIC MAN MURRAY Murray Gershenz runs the Music Man Murray's record shop in Los Angeles where he keeps what is probably the largest private collection of vinyl recordings in the world – tens of thousands of them. His quest to... Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 21 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Lies, Damned Lies and Social Security

Yeah, yeah, I know. Some of you develop instant glazed eye syndrome when I repeatedly harp on the need to preserve Social Security and to flay those who want to kill it. Here I go again. As I keep pointing... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 20 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Age Comes A-Wooing

By Joyce Kilmer With shameless and incessant lust Thy tremulous hot hands are thrust Upon my body's loveliness. O loathsome Age, thy foul caress Puts on my heart a deadly blight, Withers my hair to leprous white, Binds fetters on... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 19 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Why Do So Many Elders Vote Conservative?

Back in January, I asked the question: Are you more conservative or more liberal than when you were younger? The responses were nearly 100 percent “more liberal” or “always liberal” but that is to be expected on this blog. Conservatives... Read More....

Published Wed, Apr 18 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Many Elders are Online?

Well, if you're reading this, you are definitely online. But many elders are not. The annual Pew survey of internet usage always grabs me and because this blog is Time Goes By what it's really like to get old, I... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 17 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Hilary Rosen and Ann Romney

What Hilary Rosen said about Ann Romney last week has been ticking at my brain like one of Peter Tibbles' earworms. “Never worked a day in her life. Never worked a day in her life.” And again, “never worked a... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 16 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Hobo

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, Apr 15 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 April 2012

TEXTING FROM HILLARY It's been all over the web this past week and if you haven't been following the game, you're not having fun: It started as a joke in a bar after seeing a photo - a power shot... Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 14 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What Do You Know Now About Getting Old...

Perhaps you have noticed that some of the cable pundit shows have a new(ish) meme. At the end of their programs, the hosts and guests tell viewers what they learned during the show that day. Chris Hayes, in the final... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 13 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Blues

By Elizabeth Alexander I am lazy, the laziest girl in the world. I sleep during the day when I want to, 'til my face is creased and swollen, 'til my lips are dry and hot. I eat as I please:... Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 12 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Setting the Stage to Kill Social Security

Congress is in recess for a couple of weeks, but that doesn't mean they, along with their corporate and media handmaidens, aren't busy cooking up ways to kill everything that benefits people who are not rich - old ones like... Read More...

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

Banishing Exercise Guilt

The concern of this blog is the overall idea of getting old. Drilling down a bit, that means “what it is really like” to do so because there is hardly any place to find the truth about it. Among the... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 10 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Location Check Followup

Before we get to locations, I must thank you all for your lovely birthday greetings on Saturday. I had a fine time with your poems and ditties and blog posts and video links and all. You said so many nice... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 09 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Songs of Leonard Cohen

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, Apr 08 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 7 April 2012

Just to get it off my chest because today's is a special Interesting Stuff, this is one of my favorite seasonal ditties: Spring is sprung The grass is riz I wonder where The birdies is The little bird is on... Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 07 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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