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Americans Can't Afford Health Care (except for me)

Blogging has resulted in my drawing people to me with interesting proposals. Most of these involve an attempt to place various body parts into...

Farewell to a President: Old-time radio listening, 14-15 April

A nation, indeed a world choked with grief, says final farewells and offers tributes to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.14 APRIL 1945Arthur Godfrey...

The Hunger Games Trilogy

Back in the Dark Ages, when people read books made of paper and discussed them face-to-face with other humans, I read The Lord of the Rings trilogy...

Boomers rule. But you already knew that.

Experts from the April 1 Aging in America Conference have announced that Baby Boomers will transform aging in America over the next decade....

HEBBS:You Know Who You Are

Be warned that there’s a new acronym on the street: HEBBS. This is not to be confused with Donald Hebbs (a Canadian psychologist), Bobby...

Elise Testone!

Elise Testone is a young woman with remarkable singing talent. She is also my daughter-in-law’s best friend. I wrote about Elise when she was...

What is Hollywood thinking - 'Project X?'

The following is going to make me sound like an old man, but I think the questions I have are still valid. Why did Warner Bros., the same studio...

Middle Age vs The Middle Ages

Many people nowadays confuse being middle aged with being in the Middle Ages. They can be forgiven for a certain amount of confusion, since neither...