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Too Old To Run for Congress?

On Saturday, I received a query from Huffington Post Live about appearing today on a panel discussion titled Too Old to Run? Circumstances prevented my participation but not my consideration of the question. [NOTE: You can see the live discussion... Read...

Published Mon, Jan 28 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 23 February 2013

1969 INTERNET PREDICTION The video doesn't mention the word “internet” but that's what it is predicting. Note how the wife's role is consigned to childcare and shopping still in 1969, and the assumption that the husband pays the bills. But...

Published Sat, Feb 23 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Elder Meetup?

As noted yesterday, I'm on hiatus until Saturday to get some blog housekeeping done. As filler today, I'm repeating a story from 2010 about a blog meetup here at my home. It was loads of fun to spend the day... Read More...

Published Wed, Feb 27 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 21 March 3015

LARRY WILMORE ON AGE As you know, Larry Wilmore has taken over the Comedy Central spot at 11:30PM formerly held by Stephen Colbert who is preparing to step into David Letterman's position at CBS-TV in the fall. Recently, Steve Garfield... Read More...

Published Sat, Mar 21 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Can You Trust Online Health Information?

Or, for that matter, any other kind of information? There are some general rules of thumb that anyone with even minimal critical thinking skills probably uses: • Who is doing the writing? What are his/her credentials? (If there is no... Read More...

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

Technology Troubles

There are days in life, it is said, that will become so troublesome there is no point in getting out of bed. I say nay. I say there are entire weekends in that category and now I know they can... Read More...

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

An Old Woman Plans, God Laughs

You may recall that I began this week telling you that “there are days in life that will become so troublesome there is no point in getting out of bed” but that yesterday I said my technology troubles are resolved.... Read More...

Published Fri, Apr 03 2015 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

GAY AND GRAY: Gay and Blessed with Holidays

Gay and Gray is a monthly column at Time Goes By written by Jan Adams (bio) in which she thinks out loud for us on issues of aging lesbians and gay men. Jan also writes on many topics at her... Read More...

Published Tue, Dec 29 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

GRAY MATTERS: Learning

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, Jan 02 2010 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Too Old To Run for Congress?

INTERESTING STUFF – 23 February 2013

Elder Meetup?

INTERESTING STUFF – 21 March 3015

Can You Trust Online Health Information?

Technology Troubles

An Old Woman Plans, God Laughs

GAY AND GRAY: Gay and Blessed with Holidays

GRAY MATTERS: Learning

Recession Practicalities

ELDER MUSIC: St Louis Blues

One Elder's Weight Loss Plan

ELDER MUSIC: In the Rain

ELDER GEEK: The Secrets of Blog Commenting

ELDER MUSIC: 1950s – Pre-Heartbreak Hotel, Part 1