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CHRISTMAS DINNER 2024 IN REVERSE

December 25, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Christmas dinner at the end looks like more work for someone. It’s not a mystery. Besides I like the whole process of getting things cleaned up for the next mess. Maybe it’s about getting older, but it’s fun setting things up.

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HOME COOKING THE OLD FASHIONED WAY: BRINED TURKEY

December 24, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Home cooking sounds like a memory. Who doesn’t have dreams of past food? Ma’s mashed potatoes; Grandma’s gravy. Maybe it’s time to move those memories up a notch with a brined turkey?

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SUN SCREEN? “BUT IT’S SO MESSY.” SO IS SKIN CANCER

December 23, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Do you think sun screen is messy? Too runny, too pasty, too this, too that. Besides, you life in a rain shadow under cloudy skies. What do you need sun screen for?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: aging, Baby Boomers, biopsy, boomers, cancer treatment, dermatologist, doctor, geezers, health, insurance, medical, medicine, mohs surgery, pretty boy, skin cancer, skin exams, sun screen

FINE WHINE FROM CHEKHOV’S DOG

December 22, 2024 by David Gillaspie

“Why are we worn out? “Why do we, who start out so passionate, brave, noble, believing, become totally bankrupt by the age of thirty or thirty-five? “Why is it that one is extinguished by consumption, another puts a bullet in his head, a third seeks oblivion in vodka, cards, a fourth, in order to stifle […]

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THE LONG ROAD OF FAMILY LIFE

December 21, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The long road of family life in the good old days started with moms and dads in the lead. Whether they loved each other like soul mates, or hated each other like oceans do shorelines, they stayed married. I’m not looking at statistical data when I say they stayed married, it’s just that I don’t […]

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TRAUMA TELEVISION: NFL vs SVU

December 20, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Trauma television: scenes where you look away. The NFL is a hard watch at the beginning of the season because we forget how violent it is. Then we get up to spreed. When injuries happen it’s, “Well that’s football.”

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TWITTER RESPECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA

December 19, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Twitter respect is what you get with certain posts. I ought to say ‘X Respect’ but I’ve been there since 2009, so twitter. And I get no respect. Why?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: authentic life, coach, kids, life, married, private message, read, readers, respect, Social media, sports writer, talking smack, trash talk, twitter, twitter respect, twitter success, well informed, X, x respect

CULTURE CHANGE FOR AGING BOOMERS

December 18, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Culture change happens when things aren’t going exactly the way you want them to go. You hear more about it in sports with losing teams. Troy: They need a culture change in Chicago. Joe: You can say that again. Troy: They need . . . Joe: We’ll be back after a break.

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TWO STORIES AND ONLY TWO?

December 17, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Two stories in 5000 years are not a lot of stories. Is that for slow readers too? Or do speed readers change the numbers? I have the feeling Mr. Eco is repeating the writer’s mantra: Buy More Books. Sounds good to me, but why not check in with other writers.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: books, companionship, connections, feelings, feels, felt, gathering, happy birthday, harmed, learning, lifted, literary, party, reading, slow readers, stories, story, writers, writing

DOG TIME IN DOG YEARS

December 16, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Dog time started right on schedule. Sixteen years with precious Daisy the Wonder Dog, followed by four years of mourning, then this. Three years ago we signed up for another round of Dog World. I think she might be a keeper.

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CHRISTMAS DINNER 2024 IN REVERSE

HOME COOKING THE OLD FASHIONED WAY: BRINED TURKEY

SUN SCREEN? “BUT IT’S SO MESSY.” SO IS SKIN CANCER

FINE WHINE FROM CHEKHOV’S DOG

THE LONG ROAD OF FAMILY LIFE

TRAUMA TELEVISION: NFL vs SVU

CULTURE CHANGE FOR AGING BOOMERS

TWO STORIES AND ONLY TWO?

DOG TIME IN DOG YEARS

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