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THE TGB ELDER GEEK: Readable

Virginia DeBolt (bio) writes the bi-weekly Elder Geek column for Time Goes By in which she takes the mystery out of techie things all bloggers and internet users need to know to simplify computer use. She has written several books... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 15 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Tucson and One of Our Own Elders

Perhaps you missed the note from Nance of Mature Landscaping in the comments on yesterday's post: elderblogger Ashleigh Burrows was one of the shooting victims in Tucson on Saturday. Her daughter updated Ashleigh's blog, The Burrow, yesterday...

Published Tue, Jan 11 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 15 January 2011

Since November 2009, this Saturday space had been reserved for Saul Friedman's graceful, informative Gray Matters column and he filled it – I know not at what personal difficulty in his final months – through the Saturday before he died... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 15 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Website For Elders

Although it doesn't take up a lot of my time, I try to keep an eye on websites that target elders. Certainly they are important when you need the information but I don't mean single-topic sites such as those for... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 15 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1943

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 19 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Health Care Reform and Women's Rights

When the House of Representatives passed their version of a health care reform bill last Saturday, the shocker for me was the Stupak amendment (full text here) which would bar anyone using the new tax credits from purchasing policies that... Read More...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Medicare Sign Up Starts Now, and More on Elderblogs

MEDICARE SIGN UP The annual enrollment in Medicare Part B (Medigap, also called supplemental) and Part D (prescription drug) is open now and until 31 December. As noted in a post here a month ago, almost all premiums are increasing... Read More...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Terrible Hidden Toll of Being Old and Unemployed

Remember when Congress went home for the year-end holidays without extending unemployment benefits to 1.3 million long-term unemployed? Those people and their families are still without benefits. It gets worse. Did you see the news yesterday? ”...last...

Published Thu, Jan 23 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Grading Obama on Social Security

Back in 2010, President Barack Obama agreed to a “temporary” 2 percent cut in the FICA payroll tax for 2011. That cut was renewed for this year and the loss to Social Security revenue is made up from the general... Read More...

Published Tue, Jun 05 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How to Thwart Age Invisibility

[The giveaway of Dr. Bill Thomas's new book, “Second Wind” and tickets to his Second Wind Tour Live Event” remains open until midnight tonight, 14 March 2014, at midnight Pacific Daylight Time. You can enter the drawing at yesterday's post.]....

Published Fri, Mar 14 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old and Fat – Facts of Life

It is no secret that many people gain weight as they age. Science does not fully understand the reasons but among the guesses are genetics (yeah, that stuff we're stuck with and can't change), diet and lack of exercise which... Read More...

Published Tue, Mar 18 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 16 June 2012

A SONG FOR SENIOR MOMENTS On the telephone a few days ago, I laughed when a friend had difficulty recalling a name and said his proper name recall wasn't working. It's a funny idea that there would be one place... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 16 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Dumb is Crabby Old Lady? Let Her Tell You

Late yesterday morning, Crabby Old Lady had half a blog post written for today. She stopped for lunch and then checked her email which nagged her about updating the program to a new version. STUPID! IDIOT! MIGHT AS WELL HAVE... Read More...

Published Wed, Jun 20 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Slipperiness of Age and Time

This isn't a real blog post today – I'm just kind of ruminating on something that's been on my mind, but isn't wildly clear to me yet. Time's passage is a slippery thing that, I think, gets more interesting as... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 16 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady and the Old Gray Lady

(For those who may not know, “The Old Gray Lady” is a nickname of The New York Times.) For the past few years at that newspaper there has been a blog titled The New Old Age where almost exclusively the... Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 14 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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