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Answering An Often Asked Question About Happiness
I guess to some people I come off as an older Buster Scruggs, smiling all along the way. Those who know me best know there is another side to me, much more serious. However, for the most part, I am a very happy camper. That comes through to others and I am often asked how…
Read MoreThe Importance of Time
We all have things that make us unique or different than others. One of those for me is my reverence for Time…and I know where it comes from. By Time…I mean, I hate to waste it…you never get it back…and it is the only space while on earth where things can get done. And where…
Read MoreSmells Like Retirement and This Damn Virus
Got to admit, I never saw nor planned for anything like this Corona Virus thing. As I write this, I have been home with my wife for about a month. We go out to get food, to walk or run three miles a day…and that is about it. Never experienced anything like this…bet you haven’t…
Read MoreBe True To Your Teeth or They Will Be False To You
One of my favorite philosophers, Soupy Sales, came up with that quote long ago. And…he was right. If you have not been to see a dentist in a while…please get on the phone and set an appointment. As you get older, you have fewer second chances with your teeth. When I was young, I got…
Read MoreLessons from Water Skiing
There are two rules you absolutely must master if you are going to become a decent water skier. Rule One: Bend at the knees. Rule two: If you fall, let go of the rope. Pretty simple stuff. You need to bend at the knees to stay flexible, because water skiing is bound to take you…
Read MoreCelebrity Endorsements
This may not be about retirement…but it is about being old. Growing up, the celebrities I trusted most endorsed cigarettes. Someone paid them and they then told us it was in our best interests to smoke that particular type of cigarette. Think about that for a moment. Those trusted…often beloved…endorsers helped millions of people to…
Read MoreTwo Sidecars for Mom
My mom has always loved a 1950’s drink called a Sidecar. A simple cocktail…cognac, orange liqueur and lemon…with sugar around the rim of the glass. In all my 71 years of knowing my mom…I have never seen her drunk…but I have seen her with a big smile on her face after a couple of Sidecars.…
Read MoreHaving Fun With Joan Rivers on the Radio
In the late 1990’s, Linda and I lived in NYC at 45 Wall Street. Strange place to live, but we loved it. In fact, I loved just about everything about living in NYC. NYC had the best of everything, including radio. One day, I rented a car and was on my way to apologize to…
Read MoreHow I Horrified One of the Great Columnists of All-Time
Even as a kid, I loved people who could write succinctly and with humor. Loved an old columnist named Walter Winchell. He wrote little, right to the point, sentences about the latest gossip or happenings of the day. Put enough of them together each day to produce the number one newspaper column of his time.…
Read MoreIT IS WHAT IT IS
Now I have to go in hiding from the Grammar Police. Horrible title, but I will try to make it work. I am a reality kind of guy. I try to deal with things as they are, not as I wish them to be. If I do not like the way it is, I may…
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