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Crabby Old Lady's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day(s)

(With apologies for the headline above to the wonderful Judith Viorst) Crabby Old Lady should have known last week that something awful was brewing. Her desktop PC was becoming more unsteady and rickety by the day with programs not responding,... Read...

Published Wed, Oct 25 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: A Bit of Jazz

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, Aug 27 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

You and Me and Flu Season

EDITORIAL NOTE: Several readers suggested I replace the far right photo in the banner with a screen grab from the video interview I posted on Saturday. I thought that was a pretty good idea, so I did it. See above.... Read More...

Published Mon, Sep 11 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Crabby Old Lady and the Consumer Culture

Undoubtedly you have heard that the real purpose of Thanksgiving – Black Friday and Cyber Monday - were a big success this year racking up billions of dollars in sales for retailers. A lot of pundit know-it-alls would have you... Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 02 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Payroll Tax Cut Ambivalence

It tells you a lot about our corrupt politics that when Congress passed the payroll tax holiday in December 2010 in the same package as the extension of the Bush era tax cuts primarily benefiting the wealthy, the former was... Read More...

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

GRAY MATTERS: The Downside of Medicare

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, Aug 28 2010 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and Washington Politics (This Week)

UPDATE: In the time since I wrote this post on Tuesday, Congress has reached what is being called a "tentative" deal to extend not just the payroll tax holiday but unemployment benefits and make the "doc fix" which prevents a... Read...

Published Wed, Feb 15 2012 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and Voter Suppression

Are you registered to vote? Are you sure? Using a pretext of widespread voter fraud, Republicans in the 50 states have been on tear creating an array of new, restrictive voter ID legislation that makes it difficult, expensive and, in... Read More...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

And the <em>JOB!</em> Book Winners Are...

A reader emailed about Wednesday's story and contest to say, “Please tell me this is a spoof.” Over the many years of this blog, spoofs have not been my modus operandi so I don't know why anyone would think that.... Read More...

Published Fri, Aug 17 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1956 Again

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 20 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Republican Beliefs About Elders

Every time Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wi) and just about any other Republican Congressperson and a large number of media pundits talk about Ryan's proposal to replace Medicare with a voucher program, they point out first and foremost that it will...

Published Wed, Jun 08 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 21 May 2011

Interesting Stuff is a weekly listing of short takes and links to web items that have caught my attention; some related to aging and some not, some useful and others just for fun. You are all encouraged to submit items... Read More...

Published Sat, May 21 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elders and Hurricane Irene

First an earthquake and then a hurricane. I fully expect the east coast to be hit with swarms of locusts next week followed by a plague of frogs. It was impressive in the run-up to Hurricane Irene how hospitals and... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 29 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Elderblog List Needs Your Help

It felt good last week to get the Best Books on Aging page updated so I decided to catch up on some other blog housekeeping I've let slide for too long. This time, I need some help from you. If... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 06 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: 1959 Again

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, Aug 31 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Crabby Old Lady's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day(s)

ELDER MUSIC: A Bit of Jazz

You and Me and Flu Season

Crabby Old Lady and the Consumer Culture

Payroll Tax Cut Ambivalence

GRAY MATTERS: The Downside of Medicare

Elders and Washington Politics (This Week)

Elders and Voter Suppression

And the <em>JOB!</em> Book Winners Are...

ELDER MUSIC: 1956 Again

Republican Beliefs About Elders

INTERESTING STUFF – 21 May 2011

Elders and Hurricane Irene

The Elderblog List Needs Your Help

ELDER MUSIC: 1959 Again