I Feel Old Today and Some Other Things to Complain About

I really feel old today--especially on the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Assassination.  That I remember this event so well, and that it made such an impact upon me (see my discussion of this with Ken Samples in the link below) means that I am quickly nearing the status of "old man."  Nevertheless, I am very thankful to be approaching sixty, and that I can actually remember things quite well which happened fifty years ago!

I can't help but wonder why celebrity psychic Ms. Browne did not know that she was going to die . . .  She could have told her husband and children while they still had time a get huge life insurance policy on her! And no, she's not having a party on the other side.  Hollywood psychic

I don't know about you, but if I found a black widow spider in a bunch of grapes, I don't think I'd follow the advice mentioned in this news story.  Take it outside and let it go?  You gotta be kidding me!  How about smashing it with a brick?  A black widow in your grapes

Comments

[HB]

Bricks, shoes, rocks... We have to get our property sprayed for them.

[R. Scott Clark]

We commit arachnicide regularly—every opportunity we get. Black widows are a constant reminder of the effects of the fall in Southern California.

[pb]

Youngster! I just hit 65 yesterday and am officially elderly even though I don't feel it one bit, God be praised. Your turn will come KR

[George]

How about traveling to mountains around the Bay Area of NoCal where tarantulas are wandering about in search of a mate?