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Unintended Technology Troubles

[EDITORIAL NOTE: You won't find anything about being old here today. Crabby Old Lady is halfway through the first novel she has read in more than a year - Steig Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Yeah, yeah –... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 12 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY
Reverse Mortgages – Part 4: Do Not Fear HECMs

This week, I met in person with each of the three prospective reverse mortgage lenders I had spoken with on the telephone. They had all emailed comparison estimates of types of HECMs I might choose showing interest rates, loan amounts,... Read More.....

Published Fri, Jul 16 2010 5:35 AM by TIME GOES BY
A Terrible Loss for Medicare

Last Friday, 2 December, Dr. Donald M. Berwick resigned his post as administrator designate of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). His interim appointment was due to expire at the end of the year and he resigned because... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 07 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY
GRAY MATTERS: Of Death Panels and Palliative Care

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the weekly Gray Matters column which appears here each Saturday. Links to past Gray Matters columns can be found here. Saul's Reflections column, in which he comments on news, politics and...

Published Sat, Sep 04 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY
Reflections: On the Constitution

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Saul Friedman (bio) writes the twice-monthly Reflections column for Time Goes By in which he comments on news, politics and social issues from his perspective as one of the younger members of the greatest generation....

Published Wed, Sep 08 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY
INTERESTING STUFF – 10 December 2011

LAUGHING THROUGH THE AGES Through the ages, literally, from infancy to old. That's all, just laughs. (LAUGHS! from Everynone on Vimeo. 100 YEARS YEARS OF FASHION IN 100 SECONDS Well, fashion east London style, but it's similar to the U.S.... Read...

Published Sat, Dec 10 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY
What to Do About Thinning Hair

Last week, I made a small complaint about my thinning hair. Since that was not the topic of the post, I was surprised at the number of people – in comments and email – who asked for more information. It's... Read More...

Published Tue, Jan 03 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY
Stupid, Venal, Crackpot Politics

[EDITORIAL NOTE: Ronni here. This is Crabby Old Lady's post today, but I want to direct you to a story in EasyReader by Robb Fulcher who interviewed me for it last week. It's titled Fab at 50 and a nice... Read More...

Published Wed, Sep 29 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY
ELDER MUSIC: Joan Baez

You never know who you're going to meet on the internet and I came to know Peter Tibbles (bio here) via email over the past couple of years. His extensive knowledge of most genres of music and his excellent taste... Read More...

Published Sun, Oct 03 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY
INTERESTING STUFF: 7 January 2012

VIRAL VIDEO ELDERS Remember the elder couple on YouTube last year who had unknowingly recorded themselves trying to figure out how to make their new webcam work? The video went viral. You can see it here as have 9.5 million... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 07 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY
ELDER MUSIC: Vivaldi

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 05 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY
Substance-Free, Self-Indulgent Friday

It's easy for me to get wound up, as I did yesterday on Social Security, about all the many things that seem to be wrong with our country; I do it every day. But mixed in with that is one... Read More...

Published Fri, Oct 29 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY
Midterm Election Day 2010

For awhile there, I thought this day would never arrive. I'm sure my blood pressure will drop 25 points just on relief from nasty political ads. I voted by mail a couple of weeks ago and now await the results.... Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 02 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY
Crabby Old Lady on Awareness Junk

You could say that Crabby Old Lady is on a tear this week, what might be called a *** roll. First Komen, then White House communication and today, awareness junk – the ribbons, car magnets, wristbands and other trinkets that... Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 09 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY
Obama's Stealth Attack on Social Security

Yesterday, Crabby Old Lady told you why President Obama's agreement with Congressional Republicans to extend unemployment benefits while retaining the Bush-era tax cuts is a bad idea. She intended to let me move on to some lighter material today,...

Published Wed, Dec 08 2010 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

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