Posts Tagged ‘retirement’
A sad, retired, perhaps unstable man
My friend, Rob, retired last year. Like my previously retired friends, Rob has attempted to rub it in with photographs of his endless vacation. But unlike my previously retired friends, who send me photos of picturesque golf courses and idyllic swimming holes, Rob is not nearly as good at hurting me as the rest. Look…
Read MoreAt last I have a plan for old age
When I was young, I played a lot of video games. I started on an Atari 2600 and eventually moved onto an Atari 5200, a Nintendo, PC gaming, online gaming, and a great many coin-operated arcade games. I stopped playing video games about ten years ago, opting instead to use my time to write, read,…
Read MoreStop the retirement madness. Please.
Could someone please tell Derek Jeter that he can still play and that his retirement is making me feel less like a boy and too much like an adult. While we’re at it, take the guitar away from Bernie Williams and put him back in centerfield. Get Paul O’Neill out of the broadcasting booth and…
Read MoreWhat is Peter Segal thinking? You don’t replace an 80 year-old man with a 74 year-old man.
Fans of NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me! will know that official judge and scorekeeper Carl Kasell has retired from the show after sixteen years. Kasell is 80 years-old. While I understand Kasell’s desire to relax in his golden years, it’s hard to replace a seemingly permanent fixture in my weekly entertainment schedule. As a…
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