My father was a bright, well-educated college professor with a clever, sophisticated sense of humor. In his seventies, though, I noticed that his wit degraded noticeably. He delighted in what we, his children, called “Old Man Humor.”
I just had my 70th birthday and a friend, a coeval, sent me the following. I thought they were all very funny, but I am pretty sure that my children wouldn’t think so. And I know K wouldn’t. (I just asked her.)
Is this a condition that can be reversed? Or is it nature’s way of making it easier for your children to accept your departure when the time comes?
Click here to read a short essay from Scott Young on dealing with anxieties. These techniques won’t work for severe bouts of anxiety, but I’ve found that they do work for the moderate levels that most people…
A B-52 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945. (And it crashed into the office that my Aunt Katherine normally sat in. Luckily, she was home sick that day.)