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

New Clues for the Internet and You

In 1999, four middle-ish-aged guys who were stars in the development of the still-emergent internet wrote a book about how the internet, an amazing global “conversation” platform whereby individuals could share information at blinding speeds that gave...

Published Tue, Jan 27 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 31 January 2015

RONNI HERE: In producing this Saturday list, I aim for a balance with a little something for everyone – sort of an update of an old-timey variety show from our generation's youth. At first, this week, I thought there was... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 31 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

More Old Mean Girls

A couple of weeks ago I told you about some old mean girls in a retirement community freezing out a 97-year-old new resident. Now comes a report of not only more old mean girls but of retirement community officials supporting... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 04 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Alzheimer's on Television

As Ann Shaw (who blogs here) remarked on one of my flu fogged posts earlier this week: “There's nothing like enforced rest in bed to get you thinking.” She is right, you know. All sorts of odd and (occasionally) interesting... Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 23 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Two Books for Your Heart

You may have noticed that I don't do book reviews. The main reason is that there are so many bad ones related to aging and I don't see the point of writing about a book I threw across the room... Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 27 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Mr. Rogers For Grownups

My brother and I were too old for Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. We were adults already when the children's program began in 1968, and since neither of us had kids, we had no reason to see it. That doesn't mean I... Read More...

Published Thu, Feb 21 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The President Puts Chained CPI in Writing

Last week, the incessant blame game between Republicans and Democrats was in full force over whose fault sequestration is and whether the president offered any deficit reduction items to Copngress. That's all just noise - blah, blah, blah - but.....

Published Mon, Feb 25 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Wise and Wily Old People

One of the good things the ageing of the huge baby boomer generation has spawned is an upsurge in research about old people, particularly brain and cognition research, and I follow it closely. Well, as much as possible. Most study... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 19 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Jerusalem

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, Mar 22 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 28 March 2015

MORE DATING FOLLOWUP You will recall we discussed elder dating in three posts over the past week or so. Darlene Costner send one more update for us. Enjoy: Daughter: Daddy, I am coming home to get married. Take out your... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 28 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

John Oliver's April Fool's Day (Or, Technology Troubles – Day 3)

John Oliver and his Last Week Tonight crew took off last Sunday but they prepared this timely short video that well expresses my feeling about this so-called holiday. Heh. He's such a teenage boy, sometimes. A brilliantly funny teenage boy.... Read...

Published Wed, Apr 01 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Book Day Among the TGB Elders

When, yesterday, I read Jan Adams' review of Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic 1789 - 1815 by historian Gordon S. Wood, I immediately bookmarked it to buy for my Kindle. This grabbed me: “The title phrase... Read More...

Published Thu, Oct 27 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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