by Jeff Namian | Apr 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
Do they? They’re mostly pests that feed on older people’s vulnerability. Their flash cards include words like copay, tier one or two drugs, supplemental plans, advantage plans and medigap. I got something in the mail the other day that showed promise in...
by Jeff Namian | Apr 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
Who the hell is he? His name only comes up around this time of year. Every Spring somebody ascends and sitteth next to Pontius Pilate. And why is he a Pilate and not just a Pilot? Is Jesus sitting on a Pilates ball? Pontius does have a decent sense of fashion....
by Jeff Namian | Mar 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
The older I get the less I have of it and the tiniest things rev my engine. Like just this morning. I was hungry and weighed all the morning eating options that don’t have sugar in them. A) Good luck and B) Thanks to my faltering eye sight, I can’t...
by Jeff Namian | Mar 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Penned by Edward Albee circa 1965. Premiered in 1966. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1967. The first of three Pulitzer Prizes for Edward Albee. So today I went to a matinee performance of A Delicate Balance. I saw it a thousand years ago with Lauren Bacall...
by Jeff Namian | Mar 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
The elevator opens on the seventeenth floor and somebody enters. First I calculate the amount of time it’ll take to hit the lobby level. Do I initiate a conversation or not? Do I say hello and risk opening a can of worms? Do I ask a stranger how they are?...
by Jeff Namian | Mar 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
I’m sure everyone struggles with organizing all the cables and wires it takes to navigate this modern world. There’s the cable box wire, the wifi wire and the power wire. I have remote screens in my living room. Well it seems the battery inside each...
by Jeff Namian | Mar 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
So we moved into Philadelphia one year ago today. After closing on our new house, we took a getting to know you trip around the city. Well the Liberty Bell is pint sized compared to what you see in a U.S. History textbook. The cobblestone sidewalks are quaint until...
by Jeff Namian | Mar 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
Back in the 70s, Tower of Power cut a song called What Is Hip? and it so was. Some fifty years later, I ask myself that same question. What is hip? Down in these here parts, all three nights leading into Saint Patrick’s Day qualify as party friendly. So I...
by Jeff Namian | Mar 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
All good things do have to come to an end, which implies all bad things (King Donald) do not. Just had to get that one in. My lunch lady career crossed the finish line one Friday afternoon. I was caught taking pictures and videos of the kids on the playground. It...
by Jeff Namian | Mar 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
I’m trying to find a little part-time job to fill a little of the lot of idol time I have. It’s a lot yet I love being retired as it represents forty years of working like a dog to enjoy life before I croak. My first part-time job in retirement was...
