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The Purpose Prize 2012

The Purpose Prize has been around for half a dozen years. Its – ahem - purpose is to invest in people older than 60 who are changing the world for the greater good. The winners each receive $100,000. The five... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 14 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Thoughtful, Important and Practical Gun Control Solution

The forces against any useful kind of gun control are huge and powerful. Solutions being discussed by our elected officials are the same old half measures – limit size of guns and magazines, etc. Over this past horrible weekend TGB... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 18 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 22 December 2012

Greetings of the Season to you all. Given that there is so much that is painful and wrong in our world right now, today's Interesting Stuff is an antidote - all video and entirely for fun. It is so sweet... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 22 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Henri the Cat – The Worst Noel

Millions of people save some vacation for this time of year and the week between Christmas and New Years has always felt to me like a vaguely pleasant waiting period, even when I was employed and at work. Now? I'm... Read More...

Published Wed, Dec 26 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up in 2012 - Part 1

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, Dec 30 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Social Security Survives – This Time

After an offer from President Obama to throw elders under the economic bus by changing the way Social Security cost-of-living adjustments are made from the current CPI-W to the chained CPI which would reduce increases, the fiscal cliff bill finally.....

Published Thu, Jan 03 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Old Age and Daily Routine

If you Google “old age and routine,” you get only two relevant returns: one I wrote in 2008 and another from the Telegraph from 2011. I did this search after reading a comment from Mary Follett a few days ago... Read More...

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

ELDER MUSIC: The Day The Music Died

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 03 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Blogging is Dead, Long Live My Blog

Every year or two, the internet announces that blogging is dead. Most recently this happened when long-time political blogger Andrew Sullivan announced in late January that he was hanging up his keyboard: “...although it has been the most rewarding experience...

Published Wed, Feb 18 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: The Devil Made Me Do It

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 22 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

10 Myths About Ageing

When, in 1995, I began to research what ageing is all about, there were hardly any non-academic books about it (and so it remained until 2005 when the media caught on that the oldest baby boomers were turning 60 and... Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 26 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Stirring Up Daily Life

It is not clear that “binge watching” began when Netflix released all 13 episodes of the first season of House of Cards on the same day two years ago but it is, certainly, when it became a popular pastime. And... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 02 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Two Elder Fashion Failures

On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took a bashing from a member of the self-appointed fashion police at a website called Stylite. “This is just not OK,” screamed the headline. Geez, I think she looks quite elegant in... Read More.....

Published Fri, Oct 28 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders Worry About Today and Tomorrow

A new report from the AARP Public Policy Institute highlights the pessimism of elders (50-plus) about the economy in general and their job opportunities. A large number, 76 percent were “not too” or “not at all” confident that they could... Read More...

Published Tue, Nov 01 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 2 March 2013

HELEN MIRREN'S PINK HAIR When I was a kid, a lot of old women had blue hair, the result of too much rinse to counteract gray hair going yellowish. Now, actor Helen Mirren has a much better idea which she... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 02 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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The Purpose Prize 2012

A Thoughtful, Important and Practical Gun Control Solution

INTERESTING STUFF: 22 December 2012

Henri the Cat – The Worst Noel

ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up in 2012 - Part 1

Social Security Survives – This Time

Old Age and Daily Routine

ELDER MUSIC: The Day The Music Died

Blogging is Dead, Long Live My Blog

ELDER MUSIC: The Devil Made Me Do It

10 Myths About Ageing

Stirring Up Daily Life

Two Elder Fashion Failures

Elders Worry About Today and Tomorrow

INTERESTING STUFF: 2 March 2013