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Category Archives: Aging
A word of advice to the graduates of 2013
My son graduates from college today. What more is there to say? Related articles Graduating Seniors: Advice on What to do With Your Life (collegian.com) ADVICE TO GRADUATES: It’s Not Okay To Show Up Late, Or Text During A Job … Continue reading
Charlie Brown in middle age
This is not for children. Probably NSFW.
Posted in Aging, Art, Football
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Zero to 100 in Amsterdam
In Dutch, but you can figure it out. (from Vimeo)
Social Security: an explanation
Social Security is going to be in the news a lot in the coming weeks. As one who’s nearly old enough to start collecting benefits, I should start paying attention to its history and who it serves. For example, the … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Back in the USA, Economics, Education, History, Retirement
Tagged Social Security
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Portrait of Lotte
Dutch photographer Frans Hofmeester filmed his daughter every week from birth to 12 years old. This is the result: 12 years in less than three minutes. As a parent, you constantly say your kids are growing so fast. I guess … Continue reading
RIP Davy: Cheer up, sleepy Jean. Oh, what can it mean …
Davy Jones died today. According to reports, he was 66. Aging sucks. It’s like, up until today, he was in his 20s. This is how I remember him Now, the video production is annoying, but that’s how it was always … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Art, Male singers, Music, Obituaries, television, U.K.
Tagged Anthony Newley, Davy Jones, Daydream Believer, Monkee
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Remembering Judy Garland. Or not.
A dilemma. I see this headline on the New York Times Web site: The Boy Who Became Judy Garland … and I think to myself, “well, there’s one story I don’t have to read. Judy Garland impersonators are so ’70s.” … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Art, Back in the USA, Female singers, Journalism, Male singers, Mistaken identity, Movies, Music, Obituaries, Sexuality
Tagged Arts, Judy Garland, New York Times
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Joe Frazier died; mourning the second greatest
It’s hard to believe Joe Frazier is dead. The announcement came this weekend that he had liver cancer. And he died late Monday night at the age of 67. He was a great heavyweight champ. But he came at a … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Obituaries, Race relations, Sports, television
Tagged Fight of the Century, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali
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Instant karma
I was up for some spiritual enlightenment Saturday morning, so I walked over to the Capitol building. The 76-year-old Dalai Lama is in town, doing a 10-day peace conference over at the Verizon Center, but this morning, he was giving … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Health, History, Nature, Religion
Tagged Bobby McFerrin, Dalai Lama, United States Capitol
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