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The following is a poem by Robert Frost. I've been reading some of Frost's works and skipping over others that seem to drone on. This one, however, made me stop and think. Though it was written in 1928, it seemed so appropriate today for me and I suspect many other seniors. I have no idea why it is titled as it is. What Fifty SaidWhen I was young my teachers were the old.I gave up fire for...

If you are younger, no doubt you have heard the story. If you are older (over 50), I’m sure you have told the story. It is the story of those who are seniors and how tough life was back when they were young. Back then they had to walk three miles to school in 8 ft. snow drifts. We all know it isn’t true. The highest snow drift I ever had to navigate on my two mile walk to school...

Talking to one of my best friends Jumbo today kicked up an old college memory of my Physics professor saying "go ahead and use cell phones and help the endangerment of monkeys in Africa" This was 9 years ago now. As you can imagine the whole class was like WTF. He went on to explain that materials in cell phone batteries are mined from parts of Africa and those miners would feast on the...

I don’t feel 40. Not even close, actually. At least I didn’t until February 22, 2010. That is a date that will live in infamy for me. I did something that day that many would just shrug off. Some might even say, “I think you’re losing it, Mike.” Maybe I am. I did something that day that I once told myself I would never do. I COULD NEVER do. I’ve even mocked those who have done it...

My phone and DSL service went out Saturday afternoon. Our service provider could not give us a date when they would be restored. Wires were down in several locations and the cause of the problem had yet to be diagnosed. Let me clarify my problem. I do have a cell phone and my husband Stewart has a laptop computer with wireless internet access, but the landline and desktop are in my comfort...

As Josh Randolph, leading Defense attorney for Bigelow County, NY awakened at 8:30 am on that Monday morning, he realized that he was handcuffed to the bed in the swanky hotel he had spent the night in. He was also totally nude. Josh was due in court at 11:00 to begin defending a major NY financier who was charged with fraud and fiscal negligence. He called out to his new lover, Amanda Ingram,...

I have been ruminating about life and all her wonders, disappointments, fears, successes, failures, memories, happiness...oh and men. So, I have come up with some life questions for your own rumination (that word sounds like a debilitating disease, doesn’t it?). My answer options will differ from most which don’t give you squat in the way of explanation...here goes:...

You know, I’ve never been one of those people who reacted very much to safety tips. I realize that is not a flattering realization about me but it’s been pretty constant throughout my life. It could be a backlash from the fact that my mother was constantly reading and would often warn me about the potential dangers of so many common things. Seriously, my mom often sounded like the...