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Funny Quotes About Aging "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." - Mark Twain "You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake." - Bob Hope "Children are a great comfort in your old age, and they help you reach it faster, too." - Lionel Kauffman "The cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good spit it out." - Anonymous "Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened." - Jennifer Yane "Nice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere." - George Burns "Old...

Hi you music buffs out there - this time I want your views on one of the very greatest and most singular American guitarists. John Fahey. A self-made man if there ever was one, and superbly intelligent and poetic to boot. In the 1960s he started out with a self-financed private pressing LP about a fictitious blues legend, Blind Joe Death. There were 50 or 100 copies extant, depending on whom you consult. Needless to say it's the proverbial collector's item nowadays. Then a stream of great, contemplative, adventurous albums followed, many of them accompanied by fantastic, albeit spurious personal...

Sunday morning vanity for a buddy. One of his new careproviders is fufilling his interest in reading books out loud to him. He does not care for books on tape as he enjoys the interaction of reading with someone. He is a quadroplegic 27yrs now and very active in all aspects of life, case you are wondering. So our little town started a community reading circle and he can check books out of the Library but would rather buy the book and keep it. So word is getting out. But he needs Titles/Authors as people want to give him books....