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The Life of a Lazy Bum
Here’s a topic to which many scriveners can relate. Is it still a no-no to end a sentence with a preposition? According to Merriam-Webster, no, it’s not. So, perhaps the thesis sentence for this essay should read, “Here’s a topic … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th of July, AARP, Baby boomer, Bristol Basin, bum, canada, cooper, drivel, father, french, hashtag, idiosyncrasy, laissez-faire, lazin, lazy, Let it Be, Merriam-Webster, mother, old-fashioned, passport, pop, preposition, procrastinaltion, procrastinator, relate, run-flat tires, scriveners, vehicle inspection, writers
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Searching for the Fountain of Youth
The quest for finding the Fountain of Youth has been around for millennia. Documentation of such date backs to the 5th century BCE with the writings made by the ancient Greek historian, Herodotus, who claimed dwellers in the land of … Continue reading
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Tagged AARP, Africa, alchemist, Beniny, Christoph Hugeland, chronic ills, Cleopatra, Cover Your Ears, dementia, dirty old man, fountain of youth, Ge Hong, Greek historian, green tea, Hemayet fruit, Herodotus, John Prine, Juan Ponce de León, junk mail, Macrobians, Marsilio Ficino, orgasm, panaceas, Please Don't Bury Me, Pliny the Elder, Pope Innocent VII, remedies, roman, sex, Sparticus, Taoists, Time Magazine, vegetables
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Brain Exercises and Mental Health
To maintain satisfactory brain health and memory, psychologists suggest that the intellect needs to be exercised regularly, as it is necessary for the body to remain functional throughout one’s whole life. This is what’s professed in most every issue of … Continue reading
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Tagged AARP, Aleutian Island, bikinis, bologna, bra straps, brain, Cover Your Ears, deforestation, election, election year, exercise, fund raising, global warming, grammar school, Health, horse, intellect, Like a Rolling Stone, mass-mailing, Memory, notoriety, nuns, old farts, postage, savings, Sister Mary Elephant, teachers, tirade, U.S. Navy Seals, Uncle Leon, united states, vote
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Paranoia, Main Destroyer
For the constant worrier, needless paranoia compounds a problem even further; all a useless expenditure of precious time and unwarranted energy, which serves no purpose in changing the outcome of any situation. Thinking things through in a constructive manner may … Continue reading
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Tagged AARP, agita, deer tick, fever, google, Inter-webs, internet, Lyme's Disease, paranoia, procrastination, rash, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Web, wood tick, yahoo
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Grim Reaper
Not a fun subject, this dastardly topic is surely an attention-getter and not one about which young folks want to read. Death becomes more prevalent a subject as soon as a generation reaches the age of being hounded by AARP … Continue reading
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Tagged AARP, Florida, hemorrhoids, hospital, Preparation H, psyche, Reaper, St. Petersburg, suppositories, Youth
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