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In keeping with the topic of aging here, I nose around the internet a good bit. I just stumbled upon a story about the world’s oldest blogger. And, she probably is the world’s oldest blogger, but who knows? For a while, it seems the record shifted among several folks in their 90s until it was discovered that an Australian lady who’s close to turning 108 took the cake. Continue Reading »

More and more, I’m hearing that 70 is the new 50. Since I’m currently 70, I’m just delighted to learn of this. Of course, there always will be detractors when good news comes calling. A friend disagreed, telling me that, in reality, 70 is the new 69. Oh well, I’m going to run with this idea and see where it takes me. Continue Reading »

It just makes sense that there will be a coming real estate boom in cemetery plots for baby boomers. Already blurbs are showing up in the media indicating that space is limited and plans need to be made. That has me thinking that there must be a cemetery plot boom looming in light of the predictable increase in demand. Continue Reading »

OK. I admit to having practiced law for many years. I left the profession about 13 years ago, before too much permanent brain damage set in. I remain, however, an inactive member of the State Bar of California, although I’m no longer living in California.  Thus, I receive the California State Bar Journal each month.  Normally, I just toss it, but this month something caught my eye.

In the July, 2007 edition, the feature article is entitled “Growing, and graying, attorney population hits retirement age“.  It seems that, as of 2006, 35% of California lawyers are over 55, up from 14% in 1991. What struck me, though, was the extent to which lawyers, even senior partners in law firms, are falling victim to age discrimination. Continue Reading »

I’m a grandparent, and continue to have a little difficulty with the names of my grandchildren. It seems these days hardly anyone gets named Bill or John or Mary or Jane. Often baby names are phonetics cobbled together to produce a hoped for unique or memorable identity, frequently with alternate spellings.

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