PinnedThe White Light FolliesAn obit: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/science/peter-fenwick-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U4.n4Ub.de12RUu0ybkQ&smid=url-share6d ago6d ago
PinnedAll Creatures Great and Small and Old and PlainWe’ve been watching this show All Creatures Great and Small for a few years. Apparently, there was another one a long time ago that I…Feb 22, 2023Feb 22, 2023
PinnedI got my second poke yesterday.Fully vaccinated! And I don’t even feel Bill Gates’ microchip floating around in my body. It’s like it’s not even there! (For some odd…Mar 27, 2021Mar 27, 2021
Those Irrepressible BoomersI just can’t get all hot ’n bothered by all this pro/anti Boomer stuff.Mar 8, 2023Mar 8, 2023
Time OutI’ve been lucky lately, surrounded by children. Consequently, the haunting phrase “Time Out” bounces off walls where I live and in various…Jun 17, 2021Jun 17, 2021
People are always coming up to me and asking, “Chuck, why are Baby Boomers so wonderful?”How rare it is to have an infinite number of correct answers to a single question! One of my standard replies: It has to do with our…Oct 26, 2020Oct 26, 2020
QAnon: A Left-Wing ConspiracyThe followers of QAnon are being duped. I know the true story.Sep 1, 2020Sep 1, 2020
Why I Hate Donald TrumpI hate Donald Trump because he’s made me like people I never liked: George Will, Max Boot, David Brooks, Ross Douthat, Bret Stephens, the…May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
The Chuck is Very Cool and Cutting-Edge and a Very Important Person PostI didn’t know.Mar 2, 2020Mar 2, 2020
I Am a Digital DinosaurFor years, I’ve been hearing about how old I am based on what I remember. Phonographs, rotary phones, white-out, carbon paper, air-raid…Feb 26, 2020Feb 26, 2020
Should older people be allowed to change their age?I just read something dumb. Thanks to Age Sage Ronni Bennett for blogging it (and likewise realizing it was dumb):Nov 4, 2019Nov 4, 2019
Internet Porn: An AppraisalMy first ogling of internet porn came in middle middle age. I’m sixty-eight now, so that would be ten or twelve years ago.Apr 9, 2019Apr 9, 2019
Banished By Amazon.comI’m someone who, up until recently, lived with extreme Amazon guilt.Feb 1, 2019Feb 1, 2019
The Mystery of The Too Much Cinnamon“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.” ― Sir Arthur Conan DoyleJan 24, 2019Jan 24, 2019
Where are old people going to live?It used to be that old people lived wherever they lived — and that was that.Dec 3, 2018Dec 3, 2018
We’re always sick.No matter what the product or service, when Mad Ave tries to ‘reach’ us we’re always sick. Or something’s horribly wrong. Even if they want…Dec 13, 2017Dec 13, 2017
The Dotty ThingOn the way to the store to do Thanksgiving dinner shopping. She’s thumbing through the newspaper inserts and reviewing her list.Nov 24, 2017Nov 24, 2017
Brain Games or Mind Games?On the internet (where I believe everything I read except if I write it) I’m finding news stories about a new Brain Game study. They’re not…Nov 18, 2017Nov 18, 2017
Normal and Healthy is ScaryI just got back from my 2nd Annual Medicare Wellness Visit. You can read about the first one:Oct 15, 2017Oct 15, 2017
Like Little Ricky NelsonThey were sitting at small table in an Italian restaurant owned by Greeks.May 18, 2017May 18, 2017
