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How to Survive a Hospital Stay

Way back in 1977, on the day I was to begin an exciting new job, I instead wound up in a hospital with, among other symptoms, a high fever and unbearable abdominal pain. Soon after my arrival, I lay on... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 07 2012 5:42 AM by TIME GOES BY

AARP's Position on Social Security

[NOTE FROM RONNI: A new poll of 2056 adults from Harris Interactive shows that only 12 percent of Americans favor cutting Social Security. When broken down by political party, it doesn't change much: 9 percent of Democrats favor cuts and... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 06 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Much Ado About Rush Limbaugh

On Saturday, a reader named Barbara left a comment saying she had hoped I would have something to say about Rush Limbaugh's attempted smackdown of Georgetown Law student, Sandra Fluke. Half a dozen others emailed with a similar request. So... Read...

Published Mon, Mar 05 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Bob

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, Mar 04 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 3 March 2012

WOMEN'S HEALTH EXPERTS SPEAK OUT After the squeaker of a vote in the Senate this week that did manage to defeat the horrific Blunt Amendment, we definitely need to blow off some steam and this video should do it for... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 03 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

More Than Just an ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE

Before I get to today's poem, there are two items you should know about. Do you remember a month ago when I told you about the dozen or so elders – all retirees older than 60 - who were occupying... Read More...

Published Fri, Mar 02 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Reject the So-Called Conscience Amendment

There is a bill - S.1813 - America Fast Forward Financing Innovation Act of 2011 – coming up for a vote in the Senate soon. It is designed to protect 1.8 million existing highway jobs and create an estimated one... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 01 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ageism at the Oscars

Did you watch the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night? Not having seen most of the movies, I hadn't intended to do so plus, it feels like a anachronism these days, watching famous rich people applaud themselves. But then I recalled... Read More....

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

Santorum's Extremism

One of the nicest things that has happened in response to The New York Times story I was quoted in last week is that I have heard from about a dozen old friends I had not been in touch with... Read More...

Published Tue, Feb 28 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Updates to the Elderblog List

I was shocked to find out that the last update to the Elderblog List had been done more than a year ago, January 2011. It is time consuming to do by hand – most of one day - and I'll... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 27 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Cajun and Zydeco

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, Feb 26 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 25 February 2012

ONE OF THE REASONS A MISS NEW YORK CITY When I first moved to New York in 1967, a taxi driver told me that the best thing about the city is that if you're one in a million, there are... Read More...

Published Sat, Feb 25 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders Living Alone

There was a lot of response yesterday at The New York Times about the living alone story where I was mentioned and many commenters there said that none of us who were interviewed were particularly “quirky” as the headline claims.... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 24 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Written in a Carefree Mood

[PERSONAL NOTE: I am mentioned, with a photo, at The New York Times today in a story about living alone by Steven Kurutz.] WRITTEN IN A CAREFREE MOOD Old man pushing seventy, In truth he acts like a little boy,... Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 23 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Latest Awful Medicare Privatization Plan

The Republicans will not ever give up their goal to kill Medicare. Not ever. Whatever they call it, however they dress it up, it's really privatization designed to kill Medicare. (By the way, they've got a new name for it... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 22 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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