Author Archives: billybaba
JANUARY 5, THURSDAY
DR. GOOGLE Today I looked up in Wikipedia to see what a prostate does. I’ve had one for 85 years and have no idea what it does. But when I read what it does I have trouble understanding the explanation.
JANUARY 5, THURSDAY
DR. GOOGLE Today I looked up in Wikipedia to see what a prostate does. I’ve had one for 85 years and have no idea what it does. But when I read what it does I have trouble understanding the explanation.
JANUARY 4, WEDNESDAY
REMINDER (PART 2) But I was up and ready at 7:30, drove to the Family Health Center, was warmly received by an assistant who knew and liked Kathe. We had an animated discussion about all the things I was going
JANUARY 4, WEDNESDAY
REMINDER (PART 2) But I was up and ready at 7:30, drove to the Family Health Center, was warmly received by an assistant who knew and liked Kathe. We had an animated discussion about all the things I was going
JANUARY 3, TUESDAY
REMINDER (PART 1) I’ve been waiting for this for years. It has loomed over me as my friends my age suddenly are struck by cancer or Alzheimers or heart problems or Covid. Many, probably most, of the people I have
JANUARY 3, TUESDAY
REMINDER (PART 1) I’ve been waiting for this for years. It has loomed over me as my friends my age suddenly are struck by cancer or Alzheimers or heart problems or Covid. Many, probably most, of the people I have
JANUARY 2, MONDAY
PURE EXTREMISM I confess that I tried to do something else this afternoon and pretty much wasted my afternoon watching out of corner of my eye the interminable vote in the House of Representatives for Speaker of the House. The
JANUARY 2, MONDAY
PURE EXTREMISM I confess that I tried to do something else this afternoon and pretty much wasted my afternoon watching out of corner of my eye the interminable vote in the House of Representatives for Speaker of the House. The
JANUARY 1, SUNDAY
CONNED BY BIG PHARMA I rested awhile yesterday after trying to get my covered medicines for the trip through my Medicare Part D plan. Then I started searching for an alternative. Actually I had the easier alternative in mind from
JANUARY 1, SUNDAY
CONNED BY BIG PHARMA I rested awhile yesterday after trying to get my covered medicines for the trip through my Medicare Part D plan. Then I started searching for an alternative. Actually I had the easier alternative in mind from
DECEMBER 31, SATURDAY
INTERNET BUREAUCRACY I seem to have a fallen into a pattern of one day finding the digital world I live in to be amazing and the next day finding myself all tangled up by it. The same thing happened today.
DECEMBER 31, SATURDAY
INTERNET BUREAUCRACY I seem to have a fallen into a pattern of one day finding the digital world I live in to be amazing and the next day finding myself all tangled up by it. The same thing happened today.
DECEMBER 30, FRIDAY
FINANCIAL PLANNING This week I talk to my financial advisor whose business it is to give me advice on how to have enough money to live on until I die and whose company invests my money (and takes a percentage)
DECEMBER 30, FRIDAY
FINANCIAL PLANNING This week I talk to my financial advisor whose business it is to give me advice on how to have enough money to live on until I die and whose company invests my money (and takes a percentage)
DECEMBER 29, THURSDAY
SARAH AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING I read an article yesterday about a woman named Sarah who lives in Culver City, California. She is about 25, a college graduate, who has a job as an administrative assistant bringing her about $4000 a
DECEMBER 29, THURSDAY
SARAH AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING I read an article yesterday about a woman named Sarah who lives in Culver City, California. She is about 25, a college graduate, who has a job as an administrative assistant bringing her about $4000 a
DECEMBER 28, WEDNESDAY
SCRIMPING What puzzles me is the relationship between my daily and monthly spending, my attempts to live within my monthly income and still travel for a month to some distant place every third month and my so called assets, my
DECEMBER 28, WEDNESDAY
SCRIMPING What puzzles me is the relationship between my daily and monthly spending, my attempts to live within my monthly income and still travel for a month to some distant place every third month and my so called assets, my
DECEMBER 27, TUESDAY
STOCK MARKET I read an article on the stock market today, apparently this was the worst the worst year since 2008. In 2008, shortly after I retired, I followed the advice of my financial advisor and invested all of my
DECEMBER 27, TUESDAY
STOCK MARKET I read an article on the stock market today, apparently this was the worst the worst year since 2008. In 2008, shortly after I retired, I followed the advice of my financial advisor and invested all of my
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 