Category Archives: Getting older

Observations on the old aging process.

Just lop it off.

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Kirk M

Two weeks ago I noticed that the left side of my left bug toe was getting rather large. A week ago this swelling was turning dark red and hurting…a lot. What is it about passing 50 and getting my first … Continue reading →

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Those protruding bones

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Kirk M

I was lying in bed last night, which is usually what I do at night, trying my best to get to sleep but my face absolutely refused to relax. Has this ever happened to you? Laying there in bed wondering … Continue reading →

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Blogging With a Hole in my Face

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Kirk M

Oooowwww-I went to the dentist this morning for the last in a series of VA approved procedures that consisted of removing 3 broken teeth (all molars) and one filling, the last removal and filling I had today. My dentist, who … Continue reading →

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An Icon of an Age Passes On

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Kirk M

George Carlin, the originator of the original Seven Dirty Words (upped to eleven as time went on if I remember correctly), the one comedian that’s followed me throughout the my entire life–is gone. This is the end of an age … Continue reading →

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So Now I’m a Disaboomer?

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Kirk M

I banged into Sixty’s site today to see what His Foolishness was up to and low and behold I found out through one of his latest posts that there’s a site for Disabled Boomers called Disaboom kicking around. Well what … Continue reading →

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Bifocals Baby!

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Kirk M

I’ve been handed my “old age” hat. The VA is sending me bifocals from my last eye exam. Sheesh! Continue reading →

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I’m chewing as fast as my tooth will let me.

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Kirk M

Once upon a dinner dreary, as I tried to chew my food and nearly, lost the only tooth that I had left.   I sat in front of tasty beef stew, wondering  where my teeth had gone to, feeling so … Continue reading →

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Oh Those Bones!

Posted on September 23, 2007 by Kirk M

Ooof! Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to get up in the morning even on a beautiful day such as this. How do I know this? It’s the bones! The bones tell all. When every bone in my skeleton is identifying … Continue reading →

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