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Is Bob Lefsetz Suffering From Early Onset Thought Disorder? Methinks Yes.

Bob Lefsetz is the author of The Lefsetz Letter an online record-biz op-ed that mixes analysis, rants, boomer-rock reveries, and the odd bit of futurism. Like most music bloggers, Lefsetz posts...

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5 low cost cell phone plans for boomer/geezers

Here are five low cost, no-contract plans for the social senior living in the U.S.: $20 Unlimited Talk and Text —PTel Mobile, one of America’s original no-contract wireless companies, just launched...

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New to Podcasts? Consider My Favorites to Sample

After ten years, podcasting is finding new and bigger audiences. A podcast is an audio program available on the internet. Often, video broadcast programs also post the audio portion of the program on...

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Ads Gone From Site: Ad Block Apocalypse

  Ads are gone from GoingLikeSixty.com. It was no longer worth the irritation to visitors. And income had fallen so low that the decision was easy. If I was in this for the money, I would have quit a...

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Podcast Milestone Passed: Over 4000 Hours of Listening. Here’s My Playlist.

I listen to podcasts… a lot apparently. The podcatcher I use most often is Stitcher and they track me – duh!  I passed 4,000 hours of Stitcher use recently. 644 days in a row, I’ve logged onto...

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MyMedicare.gov – Chaos on Bullshit Mountain

What a load of bullshit… people who retire outside of the U.S., it’s territories, and Canada can’t sign up for MyMedicare.gov. BECAUSE of SECURITY CONCERNS. What a load of bullshit.   To protect your...

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5 low cost cell phone plans for boomer/geezers

Here are five low cost, no-contract plans for the social senior living in the U.S.: $20 Unlimited Talk and Text —PTel Mobile, one of America’s original no-contract wireless companies, just launched...

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New to Podcasts? Consider My Favorites to Sample

After ten years, podcasting is finding new and bigger audiences. A podcast is an audio program available on the internet. Often, video broadcast programs also post the audio portion of the program on...

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Ads Gone From Site: Ad Block Apocalypse

  Ads are gone from GoingLikeSixty.com. It was no longer worth the irritation to visitors. And income had fallen so low that the decision was easy. If I was in this for the money, I would have quit a...

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Podcast Milestone Passed: Over 4000 Hours of Listening. Here’s My Playlist.

I listen to podcasts… a lot apparently. The podcatcher I use most often is Stitcher and they track me – duh!  I passed 4,000 hours of Stitcher use recently. 644 days in a row, I’ve logged onto...

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MyMedicare.gov – Chaos on Bullshit Mountain

What a load of bullshit… people who retire outside of the U.S., it’s territories, and Canada can’t sign up for MyMedicare.gov. BECAUSE of SECURITY CONCERNS. What a load of bullshit.   To protect your...

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Too many ways to talk

One of the podcasts I listen too features John C. Dvorak, a tech writer for CNET. His intro for the tech segment on the podcast NoAgenda is something like:     Your phone should be a landline and it...

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I’ve become on of *those* boomers: I dislike new tech.

I used to really love new technology and what it could do to make my life easier. We had the fun electronic toys from Atari.  Spent many hours bouncing a square of a rectangle to break other...

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Hiding Reality

If we have learned anything during the last election, we have learned that it’s easy to hide reality. As Abe Lincoln once said “don’t believe everything you read on the internet.” Being around...

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Too many ways to talk

One of the podcasts I listen too features John C. Dvorak, a tech writer for CNET. His intro for the tech segment on the podcast NoAgenda is something like:  Your phone should be a landline and it...

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I’ve become on of *those* boomers: I dislike new tech.

I used to really love new technology and what it could do to make my life easier. We had the fun electronic toys from Atari.  Spent many hours bouncing a square of a rectangle to break other...

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Hiding Reality

If we have learned anything during the last election, we have learned that it’s easy to hide reality.As Abe Lincoln once said “don’t believe everything you read on the internet.” Being around...

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I’ve been AMPed

Back in the golden era of blogging, when Google Page Rank was the status symbol of bloggers, I jumped through a lot of hoops to improve my Page Rank just because it was a “status symbol.”Then Google...

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After S*Town podcast, deathly silence at our house

Our bedtime routine is to settle in and listen to a couple podcasts. I’ll read my Twitter feed and Nancy will read a book or play a game on her iPad.Last night, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me (a favorite...

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Yes, You Can Create A New Career In Your Golden Years

Tony Kornheiser (right) has launched a successful podcast and bought a restaurant after two careers: one as a Washington Post reporter/columnist and another as co-host with Michael Wilbon on the Emmy...

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