This Week in Old
Friday, December 10th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »-Prehistoric humans may have been hunted by giant storks. It turns out your crippling fear of Big Bird is instinctual. (LiveScience) -Pair of Queen Elizabeth II's underwear up for auction expected to go anywhere between one "Oh my!" to two "Why I ...
Elderism #96
Sunday, December 5th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"As you know, no one over 30 is afraid of tittle-tattle. I find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him." -Queen Christina of Sweden
Elderism #95
Sunday, December 5th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"He knows that's not going to happen. Plus, he has a lot of girlfriends. He calls them 'the coalition of the willing.'" -Jane Fonda, asked last week about rumors that her ex, Ted Turner, wants her back.
This Week in Old
Saturday, December 4th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »-This year's "80 Over 80" list was unfortunately based on influence and achievement, not talent or swimsuit. (Slate) -Latest batch of documents from Wikileaks include US Embassy cables that call Kim Jong-Il a "flabby old chap." Wikileaks: Two parts Pentagon Papers, ...
Elderism #94
Friday, December 3rd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"I'm sitting in the house that Wu-Tang built with their money." -74 year-old soul singer Syl Johnson, in an article by Ben Sisario in today's New York Times. Mr. Johnson's song "Different Strokes" has been sampled more than 50 times, by, among ...
Elderism #93
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"My relationship with cats has saved me from a deadly and pervasive influence" -William Burroughs, at age 86. The "Naked Lunch" author became devoted to cats late in his life, even writing a book about them. The Lawrence, Kansas house in which ...
How They Molt
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The Daily Beast recently compiled a list of which common household pets live the longest. Typically, a child's first animal companion is meant to be a lesson in responsibility and, failing that, mortality. While the creatures on The Daily Beast's ...
“To” Two
Sunday, November 28th, 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, ...
Peaches, It’s Not All About You
Saturday, November 27th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I have a story about the Landmark Forum in tomorrow's New York Times. A successor to Est, the self-help seminar famous in the 70's for not allowing its participants to use the bathroom during class, the Forum (during which participants ...
Elderism #92
Saturday, November 27th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"Cecil DeMille loved the Bible for its stories and its habitual association of naughtiness and high-mindedness. So long as you condemned a sin and allowed for redemption, the orgy was yours, and audiences were sly enough to catch on to ...
