Tag Archives: aging

Post Office, East 70th Street, 2PM An elderly woman is taking a very long time at the automated postage computer and a lengthy line has formed behind her. Young Man (very loudly): There should be a muthafuckin’ age limit for these machines!Middle-Aged Man: Sir! That language is uncalled for around ladies! Unacceptable!Elderly Woman: Thank you, but I can fight my …

Oh, joy. Look what came in the mail today. That’ll put a funk on the last few days of one’s forties.

Caroline Leto and Venera Magazzu of Dania Beach, FL, met at a party in 1939. They’re still together. Yes, couples in their 90s still argue occasionally. This is how it went recently for Caroline Leto and Venera Magazzu as they sipped lemonade on their couch in Dania Beach: “We’re not going to have a party,” said Magazzu, 97, insisting they …

Remember The Party, the annual reunion of San Francisco’s legendary Trocadero Transfer disco, takes place October 11th. The Mothership S.S. Trocadero Transfer is ready to transport all earthlings on an interplanetary, most extraordinary trip across the universe and back! In this incarnation of Remember The Party, all passengers will be experiencing Close Encounters Of The Disco Kind! Commencing countdown. Engines …

A report commissioned by a hair-loss supplement company in the UK says that many balding men need therapy to deal with the situation. Many of those with hair loss reported no emotional problems, but a “significant minority” were found to be at risk of serious psychosocial consequences – including depression, anxiety, lower self-esteem and identity change, according to the report’s …

It was, of course, inevitable, but it came sooner than I expected. Sunday night at the Eagle, I met someone born in the ’90s. Security!

Not only does using terms of endearment when speaking to seniors piss them off, studies show it damages their health. Professionals call it elderspeak, the sweetly belittling form of address that has always rankled older people: the doctor who talks to their child rather than to them about their health; the store clerk who assumes that an older person does …

Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill that will protect LGBT seniors in nursing homes. The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, requires licensed health care professionals who have constant interaction with seniors to attend a training program on preventing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. “Some members of the (LGBT) community living in nursing homes have been denied …

Check out Advanced Style, a blog that captures some of the wonderfully attired seniors on the streets of New York City. Sashay, Bubbe.

When this “late night movie” graphic was flashed around 11:30PM last night, I was reminded of how adult I felt as a teenager if I was still awake when the post-Tonight Show programming began. The late show graphics usually included a crescent moon, or an owl, or an empty bed – all designed to say “You should be sleeping, you …

The Philadelphia Inquirer published a sweet story about gay grandparents yesterday. “Lesbian grandmother” or “gay grandpa” used to sound like a contradiction in terms. But now gay grandfolk are a quietly emerging demographic – men and women who married in the 1960s and ’70s, had children, and came out later, sometimes only after their children were grown. There’s still no …

Brits from ages 1-100 beat a drum and announce their age. Strangely compelling.

As more people living with HIV/AIDS move into their senior years, the toll of the medications and unforeseen damage from the virus is beginning to surface. Today the New York Times has published a grim article depicting life for some long-term AIDS survivors. This should be required reading for young gay men who think that seroconverting merely means a lifetime …

[UPDATE: You’ll probably want to view the below video with the sound off. My lil digicam can’t handle nightclub subwoofers. I shot the clip before much of the crowd arrived.] As I made my preparations for the Saint-At-Large’s New Year’s Eve party in Times Square late Monday night, I repeatedly reminded myself of my New Year’s resolution to banish any …

In today’s On Language column, William Safire is taken to task for having referred to Harrison Ford, 64, as “middle-aged.” A reader points out, “If he were literally middle-aged, then he could expect to live to 128.” I’m reminded of my 36th birthday, when my mother called with good wishes and to welcome me to middle-age, because the life expectancy …