This Week in Old
Friday, November 26th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »-Is Mark Twain's autobiography surprisingly "tame, unfrank, and highly embarrassed"? (Slate) -You might have to put that watercolor set back in the closet for a few more years: The pros and cons of raising the retirement age. (AOL News) -Ineffective when house breaking ...
Elderism #91
Sunday, November 21st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"You should have called." -Fran Lebowitz to me four years ago when, meeting her for the first and only time ever, I revealed to her that I had lionized her when I was younger and that she was "why I became a ...
Elderism #90
Sunday, November 21st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"Mike Nichols, who directed [Cher] in Silkwood, said: 'I heard her on the radio once, somebody was interviewing her, and they said, 'How do you feel about the Middle East?' She said: 'Listen, I'm Cher. You don't want to know ...
This Week in Old
Saturday, November 20th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »-Noam Chomsky discusses his Cultural-Zionist upbringing, his ties to Hezbollah, and his favorite frittata recipes with David Samuels. Well, two out of those three at least. (Tablet) -Are older voters blocking whippersnappery...I mean progressive...social policy changes? (AOL News) -Chris Dodd crosses off ...
Stuff to Talk About
Friday, November 19th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Here are some conversation topics for the upcoming weekend, from my Times column. The holidays are soon upon us, bringing with them countless opportunities to try to break the ice with your intransigent uncle and his eerily silent new wife. I ...
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
