Raise the Social Security Age

THOUGHTS ON SOCIAL SECURITY
It’s time to raise the Social Security retirement age. Here’s why:
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THOUGHTS ON SOCIAL SECURITY
It’s time to raise the Social Security retirement age. Here’s why:
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WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
A.K.A. CHANGING THE HABITS OF A LIFETIME
Random thoughts for Thursday, 5 April 2023.
“Some things had been a lifetime habit, things I engaged in for 50 years. Enthusiastically so. Now, they’re inconsequential memories of a bygone era.”
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“If someone were to propose (The Book of Revelation) as a real prediction, let alone to actually believe it, they would probably be held for psychological evaluation.”
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I’ve received several messages lately asking why I’m not writing about the Trump indictment. That’s a fair question, especially given that I’ve written and posted extensively over the past seven years on the overflowing toilet that is everything connected to Trump.
Trump was, is, always has been, and always will be–an overflowing toilet. Disgusting and horrible, and yet we couldn’t peel our eyes away, and we certainly couldn’t ignore the horror.
Until now.
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AN UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTION — EDITION 217
Fill in the blank on the following question:
Read MorePeople won’t believe me when I say I’ve never been to __________ .

This is wonderful.
Kudos to Vogue for placing Apo Whang-Od on the magazine’s cover. At age 106, she is the oldest person ever to grace any cover of Vogue.
Perhaps the lesson here is that beauty is beautiful, in all of its forms. Beauty has no expiration date.
I love this.
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THE VOLATILITY OF COLLECTING THINGS
AN UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTION — EDITION 216

“Bill Fayne was the musical maestro of giving. He took every gig he could get, paying or free, just to spread his sweet gospel of sound.”
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“Synchronicity is the sound of a band coming together, while dissolving apart.”
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MY SONY STORY: 37 YEARS….AND STILL KEEPS PERFECT TIME
Many of us complain about inferior products and getting ripped off. Here’s the opposite perspective. I believe in giving praise when it’s due. The story:
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