Positive, Productive and Profitable Retirement News http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html Edited by a retired guy who soon realized it's essential to have a creative retirement job as a mental energizer - something that is interesting to you, informative to others and therefore, profitable. en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:25:16 -0500 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:25:16 -0500 Easy Blogs by uuba.com Boy Toys - Another Video Must See - The Land that Made Me-Me http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200911.html#e459 http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200911.html#e459 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:25:16 -0500 Even though my aging brain loses traction whenever I involve myself in any kind of techie stuff, like any guy worthy of guy status, I yearn for all the new gizmos and gadgets – show me a new technological whatever and I’m like a half-starved, popped-eyed puppy... The CAA meeting - Amazing Video - The Tyranny of E-Mail http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200911.html#e458 http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200911.html#e458 Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:01:01 -0500 I believe their meetings start something like this."Hi, my name is Boomer and I’m an addict."Audience responds; "Hi Boomer""I wouldn’t admit to being an addict - I thought I had it under control - I could quit anytime - some days I didn’t take my first hit... The Summer of 09 - Tap dancing away From Retirement - Brain Boosters http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200910.html#e457 http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200910.html#e457 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:11:52 -0500 It’s been over six months since my last entry - weird the way it went down - several days after hitting my 81st, while munching a Boston cream and gulping a Tim’s double-double, I decided to take a holiday from all this website stuff and concentrate on learning... Mother Nature Hates Me - Fawlty is Coming to Town - Let Yourself Be Happy http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200904.html#e456 http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200904.html#e456 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:48:28 -0500 It’s early spring - Monday April 6th to be exact, the day following our 57th wedding anniversary and all is right in the world - but without warning, Mother Nature mocked me.I could hear her voice in the shingle-ripping wind that buffeted the family homestead... Snow White Was Right - You Can Do It - Where did all the Money Go? http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200903.html#e455 http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200903.html#e455 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:11:48 -0500 Sweet bird! thy bow'r is ever green,Thy sky is ever clear;thou has't no sorrow in thy song,No winter in thy year. - John Logan OK, - first I would like to emphasize - I love the sound of tweetering birds and secondly as noted in the Positive Thinking chapter... Count Your Blessings - Back to School in Your Pyjamas - a Few More Videos http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200903.html#e454 http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200903.html#e454 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:17:07 -0500 Someone once said - "Instead of dwelling on problems, count your blessings" - good advise, but not always easy to zone in on especially during these difficult economic times that have generated massive job layoffs and bushwhacked many retirees by carving out... Common Sense - Florida ain’t Like Mexico, but - One Click Music Video - Fun Videos http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200903.html#e453 http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200903.html#e453 Sun, 1 Mar 2009 14:20:24 -0500 Allow me to open with a follow-up to the last entry concerning those who obviously have some sort of death wish as they continue to use a hand held cell phone while driving their car.I received an Email from long time buddy Steve Murphy, the anchor of the most... Big Ben and Me - I Once Had the Moves, But No More - Interesting Links http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200902.html#e452 http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200902.html#e452 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:28:10 -0500 A number of entries ago I promised not to continue my rant against the brain-dead who drive their vehicles while using cell phones - sorry, I have to renege because I believe I now know what will cause me to walk into the bright light - I will be whacked, while... A Real Deal, If You’re On Time - Web Wanderings - Great Video - Great Lecture http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200901.html#e451 http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200901.html#e451 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:28:54 -0500 Do I have a deal for you - at least until 1.49 PM, Sunday Feb first.It all started several week ago - the C&C and I were out on another expedition shooting video for a project I was working on and we stopped for lunch - while paying our bill, I asked the cashier... Joe and Frankie - a One in a Million Shot - Retirement Jobs - Ramblings From a Retired Mind http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200901.html#e450 http://www.pppretirementplans.com/retirement-news-blog.html/200901.html#e450 Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:08:29 -0500 It’s strange how things change when you play in the final quarter of the game. Back in my working years, I was always on top of things that interested me - now as I enter my eighth decade, I’m always playing catch-up - and here I go again, jumping on a bandwagon...