Boomers—do you dress appropriately for your age? Related question; how do you think someone your age should dress? [This is the second of three articles that discuss age-appropriate behaviour (or misbehaviour). This week’s piece looks at dress sense. Part 1 looks at what we do / should do / wish we could do, and culture consumption choices are explored in… Read more »
News item: “Drunk gulls found ‘stinking of alcohol’” A couple of years ago, inspired by gull-related BBC stories, I wrote two pieces about a Mr. and Mrs. Gull. In the first one, I portrayed Mr. Gull as a beer-drinking, curry-loving, amoral, red-necked gull. In the second one, he met his demise while playing chicken with a lawnmower. A kittiwake named… Read more »
Boomers—do you act your age? Related question; how do you think someone your age should act? [This is the first of three articles that discuss age-appropriate behaviour (or misbehaviour). This week’s piece looks at what we do / should do / wish we could do. Part 2 discusses dress sense, and culture consumption choices are explored in part 3. I… Read more »
Do you like to go in front first or back first? Or do you prefer to pull through? In case there’s any confusion, let me clear things up. We’re talking about parking. And the conversation is important, as are my opening questions, because society needs to know why a driver makes the parking choice that he or she does. In… Read more »
I wonder what Messrs. Townshend and Daltrey think of their immortal line “Hope I die before I get old” 53 (or so) years after they wrote it? My guess is that they’ve redefined “old”—that’s what most of us do. “Old Age Pension? What a ridiculous name for it!” you might say as you receive your first payout from the government…. Read more »
Two questions for you, related to compliments. Question One. How good are you at taking compliments? Are you gracious? Do you regard them as your right? Do you get embarrassed? Do you overdo the fake modesty? Me—I get embarrassed, and then I worry that I’m overdoing the modesty and therefore making it seem fake. Okay… question two. Of all the… Read more »
Some people know that I’m trying to re-invent myself as a professional speaker. My topic will be using humour to help Boomers in their “Lifestyle Scriptwriting for Tomorrow’s Seniors”. In the course of my cogitations, I pondered on the possibility of offering lifestyle advice and observations to Boomers using the titles of songs. My mind then wandered randomly. Here are… Read more »
Ever thought that being a princess was a walk in the park? A piece of cake? A cakewalk? (What is it about cakes and walking?) I decided to analyze the attributes of princesses and come up with a job advert. Princessing is no cake in the park, I tell ya! Job Opportunity—Princess Datfoot* Services, a company that specializes in royal… Read more »
Here’s a Monty-Python-inspired parody of a local newspaper. The Pythons’ version can be found in “The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok” (available online still/again via Amazon). I found my version in my files recently and thought it was worth sharing as my contribution to the exabytes of digital detritus dumped on disks in cloud computing facilities around the world this… Read more »
Do these initialisms mean anything to you? S.O.S.; S.M.A.R.T.; R.I.C.E.; S.A.M.P.L.E.; F.A.S.T.; C.A.L.M… I promised myself I wouldn’t rant on this website, yet here I go again! The topic is initialisms masquerading as mnemonics (words that help you remember stuff). Mnemonics work, as long as you remember both the mnemonic and what it’s intended to remind you of. It also… Read more »