Archive for November, 2010

Elderism #89

Monday, November 15th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

"It's like a striptease. There's a queue of the doctors to do an injection." -Bombshell actress Gina Lollobrigida, now 83, telling the New York Times about the unprofessional enthusiasm she elicits whenever she goes to a doctor's office in Italy.

How/Not How

Sunday, November 14th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

"Henry," I hear you whispering in my ear, "are you aware that another person besides you has just published a book called 'How to Live," and that it, being a life of the French philosopher Montaigne by someone named Sarah Bakewell, ...

This Week in Old

Saturday, November 13th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

-President George W. Bush confuses his memoir for one of his Yale term papers. (The Huffington Post) -No shuffleboard, but not a raw deal: Stranded Carnival cruise ship tries to make up for feces-soaked floors and mayo-sandwiches with all the booze you ...

Elderism #88

Friday, November 12th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

"I'd just as soon not." -Joan Didion, when a reporter asked her how aging has treated her. Intriguingly, Didion's next book, "Blue Nights," a memoir due next year, is about the very topic.

Elderism #87

Monday, November 1st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

"It would be a real bitch if I ever lost my hearing. I know I couldn't be no Helen Keller. That would be worse than death." -Ray Charles, who'd been blind for 67 years, in 2003