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INTERESTING STUFF – 28 December 2013

BADASS GRANDPA TOKYO DRIFT The title is ... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 28 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

New Years Day 2014

PERSONAL NOTE: The "list of annoyances" below was posted here one year ago today. When I reread it about a week ago, most of it seemed as new as if I were seeing it for the first time. It so... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 01 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1942

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 05 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Ennui and a Senior Moment

Yesterday, a friend labeled his email to me “ennui” and I realized that may be the exact word for what's wrong with me this week. Not that I am without physical symptoms of the bodily disturbance sort best left unmentioned... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 09 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady Versus Big Pharma

In a couple of weeks, Crabby Old Lady will undergo her first cataract surgery so on Tuesday she delivered herself to the physician's office for measurement of her eye and to go over admitting procedures. Among those were an explanation... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 16 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

What I Learned This Month About Being Sick While Old

One of the universal effects of getting old is that our bodies and their systems gradually slow down and operate less efficiently so illness hits us harder than when we were younger and lasts longer. I see now, as I... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 20 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elderblog List Update – November 2009

With hundreds of blogs on the Elderbloggers List, I don't often visit all of them so I'm deeply grateful to Deejay, who blogs these days at The Chinese Mirror about Chinese-language film. He took the time to click through every... Read More.....

Published Fri, Nov 13 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Social Media Jabberwocky

There is hardly a moment in Crabby Old Lady's online life when she is not being exhorted to tweet, Digg, Facebook, Yahoo Buzz, etc. everything she reads, hears, eats, believes and thinks. It's not just blogs anymore, it's newspapers big.....

Published Tue, Nov 17 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

Loneliness and Premature Death of Elders

I was shocked last week when these two headlines popped into my inbox: Loneliness in Seniors Increases Chance of Premature Death and Loneliness Twice as Unhealthy as Obesity for Older People, Study Finds It has been well known for a... Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 28 2014 8:47 AM by TIME GOES BY

From Drug Lord to Elder Fitness Guru

Once upon a time, a young drug dealer was riding high. Before he was 25 years old, he had amassed ”...18 properties, including a five-bedroom, five-bathroom retreat in the affluent Long Island community of Dix Hills; 18 luxury cars, including... Read...

Published Tue, Mar 04 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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INTERESTING STUFF – 28 December 2013

New Years Day 2014

ELDER MUSIC: 1942

Ennui and a Senior Moment

Crabby Old Lady Versus Big Pharma

What I Learned This Month About Being Sick While Old

Elderblog List Update – November 2009

Social Media Jabberwocky

Loneliness and Premature Death of Elders

From Drug Lord to Elder Fitness Guru

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The Courage and Bravery of Elders

Depression, Elders and the Internet

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