U.S. Senate Candidate Al Franken Talks Aging and Long-Term Care, written 3 days ago, Al Franken has lived a fascinating life.  Many know him from his Saturday Night Live days.  But he's put comedy aside (hopefully not for good - we all need some humor) to run for the United States Senate in Minnes...

L2/L3 Bilateral Laminectomy & a Right L5/S1 Microdiscectomy is a Go, written 1 day ago, Well, it looks like the surgery is definitely going ahead. My Mom and Dad's anniversary (and my niece's) has taken on new meaning. Video posted on Viddler Trying to make all the arrangements. Dr. Gul will be ...

Tips & strategies to a happier and meaningful retirement.

A lesson on spelling, written 1 day ago, Here's a fun video of Ed Rondthaler explaining the oddities of English spelling. Now at 103 years old, he's the former president of the American Literacy Council (just one of his many achievements.)Sometime ago he was interviewed by CNN. Mr. Rondthaler credit...

Health-and-Age provides health information for baby boomers as they grow older.

Wii Exercise and the Senior Citizen, written 3 weeks ago, Wii Exercise and the Seniors Citizen You are probably getting tired of hearing that you have to get off your duff and exercise more, but isn't it encouraging knowing that games are being designed to make exercising fun? It wasn't...

Friendship, written 3 days ago, By Jim Selman | Bio I am spending a few days with my best friends—11 guys who get together a couple of times a year to share our experience of our lives and support each other through difficult times or to celebrate accomplishments. We usually meet at Vince?s farm a...

Time to Climb the Steps, written 2 weeks ago, I've noticed myself getting a bit strident and judgmental lately, both in conversations and online and I don't like it. Moreover, it is stupid. It doesn't achieve anything except to alienate people.Oops! Time to climb the steps to where I can get a bette...

Mistaken Identity., written 2 days ago, It really doesn't take much to make me happy any more. That's not to say that I have everything I want. But, it is saying that I've lived long enough and done enough different things that I'm more and more...

SO SUE ME!, written 2 days ago, A recent article in the WallStreet Journal highlighted a local hospital's efforts to collect from unpaying hospital customers.This came as no surprise to me as I have had to wait in local general district court rooms for hours, to have my case called behind the hospit...

INDIA: Sixty and still going strong, written 1 day ago, .NEW DELHI (ExpressIndia), September 7, 2008:By Richa BhatiaAn association for the retired provides an alternative social space for senior citizensA former driver with the Sports Ministry, 63-year-old Phool Singh retired in 2005 and suddenly fo...

Sunday: Beautiful, written 1 week ago, Carolina 4x4 harness boots, Carhartt blue jeans, chambray Carhartt shirt, black pocket T, navy briefs, usual Dickies socks.

Those with disabilities should likewise create, written 6 days ago, [30 August 2008 - The Jakarta Post] At the closing session of a recent international conference on "Creative Communities and the Making of Place: Sharing Creative Experiences" at the Institute of Technology Bandung, one of...

Heart bypasses beat drug stents in study, written 5 days ago, MUNICH (Reuters) - Patients with difficult-to-treat clogged arteries are better off getting bypass surgery rather than drug stents, according to results of a major clinical study on Monday.Both procedures proved equally safe but those pat...

Convention Thoughts ' 08, written 2 days ago,

In 9 days I will have the pleasure and privilege..., written 5 days ago, In 9 days I will have the pleasure and privilege of babysitting my two year old grandson for 4 days. His mom and dad are going on a cruise!Now, I know his mother is kind of worried about this. He is a great escape artist. He lo...

Epilogue, written 4 days ago, On the Sunday before last, I read a glowing review of Anne Roiphe's latest book, Epilogue: A Memoir. The book is about Roiphe's struggle to come to terms with the sudden death of her husband after 39 years of marriage....

Learn To Live In The "Now", written 3 weeks ago, "Now" is a bearable burden. What buckles the back          is the added weight of the past's mistakes and          the future's fears.          I had to learn to close the front door to tomorrow       ...

The Importance of Elder Storytelling, written 2 days ago, I've written a great deal both here and in "Write your Life!" about the importance of life stories, both the stories we write about our own lives and those we write about our loved ones. In an article in the September 4 Chicago Sun-...

Boomer Jokes, humor for baby boomers, seniors and wannabe's.