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  1. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    Should be “leveled against him,” not “levied against him.” Get it straight, Tony, you effin’ idiot.
  2. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I typically have three or four double espresso shots over ice to start my day, but I’ve taken to iced tea after 12 noon or so — straight black tea, no sugar, no lemon, no nuttin’. It’s still caffeine, but in a lesser dose. You know those seriously addicted alcoholics, the people who can’t go...
  3. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Ah c’mon, cut our German friend a little slack. English is not his first language and at times things get a little lost and confused. And besides, even lifelong caffeine heads like me (an espresso machine is an indispensable appliance in this house) acknowledges that some instant coffee is...
  4. tonyb

    Things You can't Do Anymore

    The only flooring on the main floor of this house that was here when we moved in going on eight years ago is this stuff called “luxury vinyl plank” in the kitchen. I guess what makes it “luxury” is, besides marketing, the cork layer on the underside. It’s a dark-colored faux wood grain which I...
  5. tonyb

    Things You can't Do Anymore

    I read somewhere that a sign of maturity was picking up an ice cube dropped on the floor rather than kicking it under the refrigerator. I guess I got some growing up to do.
  7. tonyb

    My Vintage Radio Collection

    No posts in this thread for more than two months? What’s up, decojoe67?
  8. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    In recent years I, like many of us, presumably, have seen longtime friends and relatives fall into marked mental decline — Alzheimer’s, vascular dementia, strokes, etc. Others perhaps have no formal diagnoses, but we who have known them all these years know they’re slipping. I hesitate to...
  9. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^ I hope it makes you and the missus happy.
  10. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    But hey! It’s a lovely spring day here! I’ve popped open windows for the first time in too long a time. It’s amazing how little it takes to keep an old man entertained.
  11. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    ^^^^^ You tell more than you know. It’s obvious you’re itching. There’s a distinction between skepticism and cynicism. You’ve crossed that line.
  13. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    Any person who would profess not to bring biases to virtually everything s/he does is either lying or breathtakingly lacking in self awareness. However, accepting that truth about human nature does not absolve a person of a duty to treat others fairly. It’s one thing to acknowledge one’s...
  14. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    But … I’ve been listening to a Bulwark podcast featuring a discussion with the novelist Junot Diaz, who found himself caught up in #MeToo accusations a few years back. It put his name in the papers, for sure. Pretty well destroyed his reputation. Turns out that investigations cleared his...
  15. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    We have a local online news source of recent vintage that touts itself as being virtually bias-free. It’s very well financed (a billionaire who puts his name on as many things around here as he can is the money behind it), so I’d bet on its survival for at least a few years, which I wouldn’t do...
  16. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    As to using our Lord and Savior’s name in vain … I’m reminded of a Bill Cosby routine from many years ago wherein he says that thanks to his father, he was 15 before he realized his first name wasn’t actually Jesus Christ. And his brother Russell? His name was Goddamnit.
  17. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    As our Ms. Maine alluded to in the post immediately preceding yours, reading certain words and phrases in print, or hearing them in broadcasts, can take a person aback, provided that person is of sufficient seniority to remember when that word or phrase had a specific meaning and wasn’t tossed...
  19. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I will never forget a late-night repast many years ago with my then-girlfriend and another couple at Tai Tung, a storied Cantonese restaurant in Seattle’s Chinatown. The party seated in the booth across from ours was another pair of couples, considerably more dressed up than us, and apparently...
  20. tonyb

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    My stepdad peppered his proclamations with every cuss word EXCEPT the “F” word. Other than genuine apology, it was about the only thing he wouldn’t utter. Most of us here remember a time when “hell” and “damn” were taboo in most contexts. Not so anymore. The “S” word still is, or at least it is...
  21. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    A seasonal observation … In other words, thanks to the Internet, every day is April Fools’ Day.
  22. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    Of course there’s no such thing as pure journalistic objectivity. But there is such a thing as false equivalency. Certain news outlets strive to present factual information and run corrections when it turns out that they have circulated inaccuracies. And others don’t.
  23. tonyb

    You know you are getting old when:

    The “mainstream media” has become the favorite punching bag of the extremes, left and right. After all, a true believer might there be exposed to news and information that challenges his or her most cherished doctrines.

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