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Those Amazing Elders

Check this out – the first former President Bush skydiving on his 85th birthday last year. Mr. Bush made his first skydive on his 75th birthday and has now promised to do it again on his 90th in 2014. Last... Read More...

Published Fri, Jan 15 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

2013 TGB Elderblogging Survey Results – Part 4

Today's is the last report of the Elderblogger Survey covering personal finance and politics. I haven't posted charts for all the questions or even mentioned some. If they put me to sleep, I have no doubt you would feel the... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 26 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Who Could have Stopped the FAA Sequester Exception?

Did you know - • the Meals on Wheels program for homebound elders is being cut by an estimated 19 million meals? • thousands of elder cancer patients are being denied needed chemotherapy treatments due to Medicare cuts? • 140,000... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 30 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 4 May 2013

56 ACRONYMS FROM MENTAL FLOSS Mental Floss host John Green runs through the meaning of 56 acronyms. Who knew the Ms in M&Ms actually stand for something? There are plenty more, some you know and some you don't. (Hat tip... Read More...

Published Sat, May 04 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 9 May 2015

GRACE AND FRANKIE Four of our most venerable actors – Jane Fonda (77), Lily Tomlin (75), Martin Sheen (74) and Sam Waterston (74) - are starring in a new Netflix series, Grace and Frankie. As with the Kevin Spacey show,... Read More...

Published Sat, May 09 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Things I Do Differently Now That I'm Old

Some people – well, many people – see old age as nothing more than decline and that's not entirely false. Our bodies slow down, we become more susceptible to the “diseases of age” and we soon learn we are invisible... Read More...

Published Fri, May 15 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

If Gray Hair Were “Curable”

Well, apparently it is now. I subscribe to a lot of health and aging newsletters. You don't hear about most of what I read because – as I think I've noted here in the past – they usually contain a... Read More...

Published Mon, May 06 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

On Moving, Scams and Dysfunctional Politics

It's getting busy around my place. The workmen sprucing up several rooms will be finished early next week, then there will be photographs for the listing which will “go live” before 1 March. The apartment on the first floor of... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 19 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Need for a Few Good Geriatricians

There are not a lot of geriatricians in the United States and their numbers dwindle each year because medical students believe the specialty is depressing, one survey tells us, and it pays a lot less than other fields of medicine.... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 08 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

United States of Aging Survey 2015

Today, the decennial White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA) is taking place in Washington, D.C. Only today. Just one day. A short, six-hour schedule which includes, in that time period, an hour or so off for lunch. You would think,... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 13 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Streets of New York

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, Jul 19 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Sex in Old Age Makes You Look Younger (?)

There was something entirely different on my agenda for today's post but then that headline (minus the question mark) popped into the ol' inbox first thing yesterday and I couldn't resist tracking down who was claiming such a ridiculous thing...

Published Wed, Jul 10 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Drinking Songs Part 2

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, Jul 14 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old Age Regrets?

Due to several reports around the web, it came to my attention this week that this question, thrown out at Reddit, got quite a bit of attention: “Older users...what are some of your biggest regrets in life?” Before I get... Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 11 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Happy 70th Birthday, Peter Tibbles

As you know, around here we like to celebrate a few of those big, round-number birthdays. Today, 16 September, it is Peter Tibbles. In case you have not been reading the TGB Sunday Elder Music column Peter has been writing... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 16 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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