Source: Clipart Lilbrary.com Let's get down to some brass tacks, whaddya say? You know, lower the polite facades we keep and admit to a few social indiscretions. I know, I know. No one likes to be judged. But I promise that you are in a safe place here today. After disclosure, we'll only snicker about …
Author: snakesinthegrass2014
This is a blog ostensibly about my taking early retirement after a 30+ year career as a law librarian. Since starting the blog in November of 2014, I have expanded the original scope from financial issues (i.e. pension, social security, 401(k), divorce, alimony) to discussions of politics, current events, music, and mostly life's comical ironies.
I always try to return the focus to those serious issues that are germain to seniors, but my strong need for displays of irreverence and imbecility are often more dominant. So do join me as I encounter the highs, lows, pitfalls, and other challenges that will present themselves as we settle early into what I'm still told are the GOLDEN YEARS.
Your comments are not only welcomed but encouraged. Thanks for stopping by!
Language Barriers
A dongle.Source: Unicorn-bi.com "Have you seen my dongle? I can't seem to find it." Gorgeous stared warily back at me, convinced that she was being subjected to yet another sophomoric innuendo from our junior high days, some 50 years prior. If anything, the last year has only increased the lengths to which I will stretch …
Wanted: Endurance and Stamina. Will Pay Handsomely.
Would you buy a used car from this man? "No Diggity" by Blackstreet streamed out of my ear buds, and for two beats I almost felt like my former self. I was back on an elliptical for the first time in over a year. Just like riding a bike (or so they say -- I …
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Addictive Habits
One of these things is not like the other! It is said that turning a blind's eye to a loved one's addiction is the equivalent of enabling the behavior. While I'm sure that's true, I nonetheless have no misgiving in absolving myself for any blame in the tale I'm about to share with you. First, …
SING A SONG OF …?
Source: Debs Despatches In response to an invitation from the always engaging Deb at Debs Dispatches, I am joining her in sharing the songs which perhaps best represents me as a person. Deb's choices are all really good, not to mention the fact that I was delighted to see she chose Dvorak’s “Slavonic Dance," which …
Pure Magnetism
Source: Clipartkey.com I just spent a tidy sum of money for new eyeglasses. Wait, that's only half right. Let me be rephrase: I just spent a tidy sum for new eyeglasses that I don't technically need. There. I always feel better with a full disclosure. It's easier than converting to Catholicism. I'll explain the "technically" …
Restraining My Mansplaining
Source: Getty Image via DailyMail.com Who knew a trip to the local grocery could turn into an exercise in self awareness? My only goal had been to avoid the Hostess aisle and scheme a way to quietly re-enter our home to put away the store brand items without Gorgeous seeing them (for some reason, she …
Eat Your Fried Chicken, ‘Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge’
Source: People.com Are we having fun yet? A few of us are. As I write this, the CDC has just issued a new recommendation that the wearing of two masks will help protect against the more contagious variants of the coronavirus. So if you're keeping score at home, this gives us one more item to …
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Words Matter
New York Times front page, Afternoon of January 6, 2021 I lived and worked in Washington, DC for 20 years. My first job there was in the early 1980's at what was then known as the General Accounting Office (it's now called the Government Accountability Office), a part of the legislative branch. I worked as …
Continued Idle Thoughts: Anyone For a Holly Jolly Christmas?!
Santa, self-isolating somewhere in Florida Who says it isn't a normal Christmas? Why just this morning we watched on the news how airports are again teeming with people, ready to travel back home and infect Mom, Dad, Auntie, and Grandpa. 'Tis better to give than receive after all. Health experts suggest getting a covid test …
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