Email Sent to Senator Marco Rubio, November 7, 2017: Dear Senator Rubio, I will make this brief. You are already on record as being a supporter for gun rights, and I have no illusions about changing your mind. However, as one of your constituents, I do ask for your consideration about one facet of gun … Continue reading A Deficit of Reason
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 2014, I have expanded the original scope from financial issues (i.e. pension, retirement savings, social security, divorce, alimony) to discussions of current events, culture, and primarily 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!
Autumn Changes
Ah, yes, fall. Sweaters at the ready, school busses on the roads, pigs flying¹, and an early frost is on the pumpkin. Okay, the pumpkin part is merely poetic license. It's 75 degrees outside right now as I sit here typing. Still, it's fall here in Florida. The leaves on some of the trees have … Continue reading Autumn Changes
Becoming The Frozen Man
So what keeps you up at night? A horrible boss? A snarky neighbor? Realizing someone other than yourself might eat that last Boston cream? For me by and large it's familial relationships. Specifically the undercurrents which percolate at any given time amongst my siblings, or those lower down the food chain. Who said what to whom, … Continue reading Becoming The Frozen Man
Long Term Care Insurance: Channeling the Rumsfeldian ‘Known Unknowns’
With another healthcare open season just around the corner, Gorgeous and I are in the middle of some Big Discussions. Our talk is about the future, specifically a desire to predict the status of what our health will be in later years. It's admittedly a bit of a rhetorical exercise that harks somewhat "nostalgically¹" back to Donald Rumsfeld's … Continue reading Long Term Care Insurance: Channeling the Rumsfeldian ‘Known Unknowns’
Steely Admiration
I just trashed a post on which I'd been working for the last two days. It was ostensibly about the late Walter Becker, but really more about Steely Dan and how much I've enjoyed their music over the years. It didn't take long, however, for me to discover that my knowledge of Steely Dan is … Continue reading Steely Admiration
Post Irma: Grateful
In the end we were very, very lucky. While many people in the state of Florida are facing tremendous challenges from Hurricane Irma's destructive winds, we got through it with completely unscathed. The only thing I lost was sleep. The storm began hitting in the late afternoon with powerful rain squalls. This continued on and … Continue reading Post Irma: Grateful
Sheltering in Place for Irma: The Zen of Bodily Functions
After a day of decision, with periods of indecision tossed in for variety sake, we have decided to "shelter in place" for Hurricane Irma. As expected, the city of St. Augustine declared a mandatory evacuation late Thursday to be effective today, but our decision today is based on the current, projected path of the storm. … Continue reading Sheltering in Place for Irma: The Zen of Bodily Functions
Avoiding the Cockroach Motel: Preparing for Hurricane Irma
I pulled into a gas station yesterday with my tank just above the 3/4 mark. In spite of reports of gas shortages around the state of Florida, I drove right up to empty pumps and unceremoniously topped off my tank to the tune of a cool $12.00. I drove off feeling smug and full of gas. … Continue reading Avoiding the Cockroach Motel: Preparing for Hurricane Irma
What I Did on My Summer Vacation
Well. So much for a couple months of quiet solitude. I really was hopeful that all of humanity would join me for a long, uneventful sleepy summer. You know, a few August doldrum moments of trashy novels, PBS fundraisers with botox-charged R&B legends, and marathon binge-watching of Doc Martin DVD's. Because there's nothing else to do … Continue reading What I Did on My Summer Vacation
Greasy Confessions
These are days of upheaval and transition. Yes, yes, the country is suffering from a buffoon in the White House. But I'm literally speaking about matters much closer to home-- namely my own. We're moving to our "forever home" in about two weeks, and the conditions in our current one are a mite lax. Specifically I'm … Continue reading Greasy Confessions
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