Life Done Right™

There was a time when people stuffed cash under their mattress, fearful that putting the money in the bank was a sure guaranty of losing it all. Some today would call that fear irrational, but after reading about a rogue banker who lost $7 billion and nobody at the bank knew it (supposedly), maybe the [...]

Everyone knows the phrase “wife beater” but who ever heard of a “Santa beater” who preys on elderly women handing out religious pamphlets and then accuses her of stealing his stuff in order to justify the fact that he beat her to death?? The lady was 74-years-old for Christ’s sake. Forget Santa coming down the [...]

If you thought that “stimulus” program from the Bush Administration had something to do with restoring the economic power of the United States, then you may as well pack your bags and flee to Mexico, because “the seniors left out will be those of low income who rely solely or mostly on Social Security benefits, [...]

Telemarketers make a living by convincing a person at the other end of the phone to cough up some bucks, sometimes lots of bucks, for usually absurd reasons. A good portion of the time the solicitation is two words away from a felony. This editorial makes it clear that a phone that rings throughout the [...]

It’s bad enough that nursing homes stink like rotting flesh and a fair portion of the residents are simply waiting for the invisible hand of darkness to snatch them from their misery, but now comes word that while you were feeling good about dumping off your loved one there, relieved that it was no longer [...]

The whole concept of a hospice flirts with the idea that death normally lingers outside your door for a couple of weeks or months before breaking it down with a vengeance. Nobody said anything about it hanging around for years. The reality is that the type of patient who might end up in a hospice [...]

It’s hard to tell if this is a home-made commercial for the Got Milk campaign or the real deal. A couple of older guys, who like to drink milk, prove they’re fit and ready to take on the world by head-butting a couple of thugs who throw a kid out of a diner booth so [...]

A woman’s father suffered several debilitating strokes so she hired a home caregiver to help her out with the daily living tasks required to maintain his health. The caregiver, unfortunately, found it necessary to slap, punch and intimidate the man in order to get her job done. The daughter installed a security camera and [...]

The ability to live far longer than your parents or grandparents has a downside: living requires money. Retiring on a fixed income that fails to keep up with the exploding cost of oil driven by a*hole hedge funds screwing everyone does not make for a warm winter in the backwoods of Maine. When your choices [...]

This is the kind of story that is sure to make your loins weak. A veteran who claims he only had two drinks before a senior citizen prom caught hell for kissing the prom queen on the lips after placing the prom queen crown on her head. She felt “embarrassed” by the rather intimate nature [...]

Science begins with a hypothesis and then proceeds to test it according to rigorous standards. How you frame the question usually determines the outcome of the results. Some researchers asked the question: Are the elderly a burden to society? Nice question, huh. I’ll bet that makes you feel like a million bucks.
Their answer: the [...]

If you decide to work in the creative arts, then you have to be prepared to accept a life of regret and chagrin as you watch those with less originality earn a living by merely accepting the status quo and getting the average person to accept it as well. There is no glorious purse in [...]

There are lots of way to get screwed in the world. Some are self-inflicted out of ignorance, others are the result of greed, and more than likely some are the work of a demented mind that finds it acceptable to take advantage of another human being for their own gain. Add to the list [...]

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report says: “The document says recent research has heightened concern that the poor and the elderly will suffer most from climate change; that hunger and disease will be more common; that droughts, floods and heat waves will afflict the world’s poorest regions; and that more animal and plant species [...]

Newsflash: “Analysts said the alarming write-downs at a handful of Wall Street firms could pale in comparison to the possible damage from shaky paper striking at the heart of assets held by insurance giants, mutual funds and big pension funds.”
If you thought only guys like casino owner Steve Wynn were allowed to gamble away fortunes [...]

Fixed income retirement is about as pleasurable as having your wisdom teeth pulled by a student at a university teaching clinic. The cost of everything keeps rising but the cash flow off Social Security remains pretty much the same. Without any saved income, the thought of living in a city like New York seems absurd. [...]

End of life scenarios involve all kinds of strange situations that require gut-wrenching decisions. Cost-benefit analysis accountants would probably argue that spending gobs of money to keep someone alive for a few extra weeks knowing full well the end is near only makes sense if you are in the business of running a hospital.
But then [...]

Add one more reason to question the values of Catholicism as preached by those who profess to act in selfless servitude to he who goes by the name of God. If you weren’t shocked, yes shocked, by the rampant sexual abuse behavior of priests, then you probably won’t mind a priest here or there preying [...]

This video is outraging the good folks in Singapore. It shows three British dudes who appear drunk taking a 67-year-old bike taxi driver for a joy ride without paying at the end. They mocked and humiliated him for the whole ride and posted the video on YouTube under the title, “The Slowest Taxi in South [...]

What a strange image to picture so close to Halloween. The body of a woman in her 70’s was found in Hougang canal in Singapore. The report says she had “curly hair and was wearing a brown long-sleeved shirt and white long pants.” Police are not sure if she accidentally fell into the river or [...]