http://istherelifeafter50.today.com Managing to Have a Life Upon Hitting Half A Century Old! Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:13:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't sleep anymore, at least not without the aid of sleeping aids like Celestial Sleepytime tea or a mild sleeping tablet. Once you get over fifty your body reminds you of the frailties of life, most of which you keep to yourself lest others find you less than perfect. My ... http://istherelifeafter50.today.com/2008/09/22/the-frailties-of-the-human-body/ Can’t say I’ve discovered the benefits of turning fifty yet. Bosses still got on your shit.  The wife still expects the dishes washed if she cooked (and she expects me to cook occasionally too). Your family expects you to pay for the meal when you take every out since you the man ... http://istherelifeafter50.today.com/2008/07/15/benefits-to-getting-older/ I must do more driving on a Saturday than I realized. Last week I wrote about the ‘70’s music and again as I tuned into 94.9 MIX-FM on my drive back from Arivaca I found myself pleasantly singing along to the old hi songs. As I did I realized the ... http://istherelifeafter50.today.com/2008/07/12/rooted-in-the-seventies/ We’ve all seen in happen. Give a child a toy and there is a huge amount of interest immediately that slowly peters out during the succeeding days. The same can be said for video games. I can recall playing games that I have since discarded. I have a Sims game ... http://istherelifeafter50.today.com/2008/07/08/lucifers-league-madden-09/ They say it's too late to teach an old dog new tricks but I wonder, does that apply to humans too. Occasionally the fate of the modern world as we know it lies heavily upon my shoulders. I mean should I care about the condition that we leave the world ... http://istherelifeafter50.today.com/2008/07/05/too-old-to-learn-new-tricks/ "With sweat still stinging my eyes I write. I sweat from walking hard. I just took a three mile turn around the neighborhood in an effort to shed those pounds that doggedly attached themselves to me quietly over the last couple of years. The instant I walked in the door ... http://istherelifeafter50.today.com/2008/07/04/9/ The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but ... http://istherelifeafter50.today.com/2008/07/02/guest-commentary-george-carlin/ Little kids are not afraid of anything. Climbing walls, jumping into swimming pools, roller coasters. They just laugh and scream and have a great time. As we get older that feeling of invincibility goes away. No longer do we derive pleasure from standing on the side of a step cliff and ... http://istherelifeafter50.today.com/2008/06/30/not-afraid-of-heights/ Some of us are lucky. We get a second or third chance at love. I have peaked at my fifth attempt. It seems so impossible now to ever contemplate being with any one else. So much time and effort to get to this point I don’t think I could ever ... http://istherelifeafter50.today.com/2008/06/29/second-chances/ As I was driving the boring ninety minute slog back from Phoenix airport to Tucson, having dropped my son off to catch his flight back to Oklahoma, I tuned in to some oldies radio station. It was then that I realized that thanks to my mother, I knew all the ... http://istherelifeafter50.today.com/2008/06/28/diversity/