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  1. I’m just here pondering this stuff now, thinking aloud because I know it’s inevitable.

    Check out my weekday daily #blog & read more in one of my latest posts: Hobby Hope

    #Blog #GettingOlder #AgingInStyle #RetirementCrafts

    8clicks.8r4d.com/2026/08/hobby

  2. Fine whiskeys are aged to make them better, so why not artists, too?

    Check out my weekday daily #blog and read more in my post: Late Ready

    #Blog #GettingOlder #LearningOld

    8clicks.8r4d.com/2026/08/late-

  3. Fine whiskeys are aged to make them better, so why not artists, too?

    Check out my weekday daily #blog and read more in my post: Late Ready

    #Blog #GettingOlder #LearningOld

    8clicks.8r4d.com/2026/08/late-

  4. Musical Interlude: Had some bloodwork done yesterday, in preparation for a physical exam next week. That should be a lot of fun (not); I haven't had one of those in a long time. So here's a nice little song to play in head then...

    "Operation," performed by Homer Clemons

    youtube.com/watch?v=mD6Tc49V7iI

    #MusicalInterlude #HomerClemons #WesternSwing #TurnYourHeadAndCough #PhysicalExam #GettingOlder #Music

  5. MAN DISCOVERS HOUSEWORK 💎

    This morning was cleaning day, and Pete and I cleaned the house.

    We didn't just “give it a bit of a tidy.”

    We actually cleaned it.

    And once again, I discovered something deeply irritating.

    It wasn’t hard.

    For years, the mind has treated housework like a major civil engineering project.

    You notice some dust, and immediately there’s planning, resistance, postponement, perhaps a small committee meeting.

    Then eventually you just pick something up, wipe something down, put something away.

    And twenty minutes later, half the house looks civilized again.

    Being old has apparently taught me that many things are only difficult while I’m thinking about doing them.

    The actual doing is often surprisingly easy.

    Anyway, the house is clean.

    We’re dressed.

    We’re going out for bacon and egg hamburgers at Grill'd.

    Civilization survives another day.

    #OldPeople #Housework #GettingOlder #OrdinaryLife #Humour #Grilld #morning #tidy #mind #engineering #actual #project

  6. TOO MUCH INFORMATION 💎

    This morning I pooped myself.

    Twice.

    Because I had a major #stroke years ago, I don't always get much warning.

    My #mind saw two accidents and immediately launched a full #emergency response.

    "Right... that's it."

    "Time for that special waterproof underwear I keep in the linen chest."

    "You've had a good run."

    "Let's start looking at nursing homes."

    It all sounded surprisingly logical.

    I kept inspecting the #facts.

    What had changed?

    Then I remembered...

    Yesterday I'd taken one magnesium tablet for leg cramps.

    Magnesium.

    Case closed.

    In less than a minute I'd gone from #shopping for continence #products...

    ...to laughing at myself in the #bathroom.

    The #imagination is a wonderful servant.

    It's just a terrible #diagnostician. 😄

    #Humour #GettingOlder #StrokeSurvivor #Disability #Reality #Life #Magnesium #Mindfulness #NoComment #Laughter #PoopHappens #PeopleOfEarth

  7. My Knees Have Opinions

    I have reached the age where I've discovered something I never knew in my younger years. Apparently, my knees have opinions. The problem is, they've become a lot more vocal with age, and they don't often agree with my heart. Getting injured no longer requires doing something stupid. There was a time when I could play football all afternoon, eat questionable food at midnight, sleep four hours, and wake up ready to do it all again. Now I sleep a full night, wake up with a crick in my neck, […]

    xinkblotz.com/2026/07/06/my-kn

  8. I’m having a reverse midlife crisis. I’m 53, and instead of trying to dress 25 again, I’m dressing like I’m 73. The T-shirts and ball caps are getting replaced with button-up shirts and pinch hats. The funny part is I actually like it. I quit giving a damn about looking younger. If this keeps up, I’ll be yelling at kids to stay off my lawn before long. Growing older isn’t the crisis. Pretending you’re not is. #GenX #Aging #Life #Style #GettingOlder

  9. When you decide to go running again (the neurodivergent... again...) and your beginner's guide app stops you at the best possible spot every single time.

    #WHY #gettingolder #physicaldecay

  10. “Still punk as fuck" I whisper as I quietly change the resolution on my screen so I don’t have to squint #gettingolder

  11. People say that, as you get older, it's harder to make friends. You do still make friends. It's just that their names tend to end in PA, RN, or MD. #GettingOlder #Humor

  12. As I write these posts and use this blog as a weekday creativity exercise I am approaching fifty. (Don’t ask...

    Check out my weekday daily #blog and read more in my post: Fifty Walks

    #Blog #CreativeExplorations #ExcusesToCreate #GettingOlder

    8clicks.8r4d.com/2026/04/fifty

  13. Currently rewatching House MD. Thought "what has Jennifer Morrison done since then?"
    Checked imdb. Oh. Right. 100+ episodes of Once Upon A Time, like my wife told me a week ago when I wondered the exact same thing.

    #gettingOlder

  14. April 7.

    It's my birthday.

    I turn 37 today.

    Feeling older than I expected, but also sensing quite sense of growth.

    I haven't figured out everything yet, but I'm still moving forward.

    Let's see what this year has in store.

    #BirthdayReflections #Chapter37 #GettingOlder #CakeDay

  15. After not being able to find my reading glasses since Sunday, I just checked my desk again and found them.

    I swear I've checked my desk at least 6 times per day. It was always the first place I checked when I went looking for them.

    I swear sometimes the universe actively fucks with people. #GettingOlder

  16. Musical Interlude: OK, yesterday was my sixtieth birthday. I'm not sure I feel it, and wonder if I should...you know how that goes. But, anyway....I love this song, and I dedicate this to myself and anyone else kind of amazed that they're still around.

    "I'm Still Here," performed live by Yvonne de Carlo.

    youtube.com/watch?v=79TNvSSv0I4

    #MusicalInterlude #ShowTune #Sondheim #YvonneDeCarlo #Diva #BeltItOutGirl #Follies #Survival #GettingOlder