Douglas Kinney ⋅
Father, Poppie, Pastor, IT Tech, Composer, Singer, and the guy trying to figure out how I got to be so old and life so complicated.
What would you be if you were attached to another object by an inclined plane, wrapped helically around an axis? Quote from the episode "The Desperation Emanation" (S4 Ep5) of the Big Bang Theory--By Leonard Hofstadter
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Another Useless Fact in Life After 60
The stuff they tried to teach me in high school like Algebra, Biology, History, and such at the time was filed under the category of “useless facts.” I didn’t know what I was going to be when I ...
Things that make you go hmmm in Life After 60
We have all seen them, those wonderful little warning labels on things alerting us to danger. One that perplexes me is the California Proposition 65: “California Proposition 65, WARNING: This pr...
Open Sesame in Life After 60
Door locks are there for a reason. To keep people out. Unless you are a demented serial killer all bets are off. And breaking into some doors has a greater penalty. A couple of Saturdays ...
Musings of a mad man in Life After 60
I am a country music fan from waaaaay back. Today I had this earworm from long ago during a medical test. I was told I have a premature ventricular contraction or an extra heartbeat. Buck Owen...
The Lost Art Of Communication in Life After 60
My formal education required me to take English, Speech, and Communication in order to graduate. I prided myself in the fact that I was an A student in those subjects. However, a new reader sen...
The Internet is down in Life After 60
The four words that bring fear into every IT Professional. Any business that fully relies on the internet without a backup plan is asking for trouble. And let’s face it, almost all businesses r...
False Advertising in Life After 60
About the only thing that is true of some signs, is they are false Advertising. Okay, I am a male and we all know what that means. I want what I want and I want it now, no waiting, and I want i...
Dating in the age of Technology in Life After 60
We had such a great response from our last dating segment, I thought we’d do it again. So back to the phones we go. “Ladies, what’s are looking for in a man?” And for the record, if it is Loya...
Change of Taste in Life After 60
I am amazed by how much my taste in things has changed. My taste in friends, hobbies, food, and dare I say it, music and women. On music, I have gone from a Rascall Flatts fan to Kenny Ches...
Online Dating in Life After 60
Let’s open up the phone lines and see what our listeners have to say on the subject of online dating…We’ll be right back after this break....and we’re clear… Computers and the internet, along wit...
Class Reunions in Life After 60
Since that magical night in May of 1976, I have only attended 4 of my class reunions. Last night was the fourth. One thing I have noticed about people’s memories of events I was involved in, th...
While You See A Chance, Take It in Life After 60
Oh yes, that whimsical Steve Winwood and his lyrical phrases. But what he doesn’t mention is what to do when you have such a fear of rejection or failure that you can’t take the chance. I w...
Gray Matter in Life After 60
Being off work for two months has taken its toll on me. Not just physically but mentally. Not doing things every day has caused me to have brain fog. Either that or the early stages of Alzheim...
Depression? Just Deal With It. in Life After 60
Those who have never dealt with depression are totally clueless about its effects on a person. I have had the misfortune of being one of those people who knew nothing about it and then learned f...
Family Reunion in Life After 60
It’s that time of year. Family reunion tonight and high school reunion next week. I would describe my family as functional/dysfunctional with a touch of sarcastic humor…and I wouldn’t have them...
Hard Habit To Break in Life After 60
Those crazy, carefree 80’s! Okay maybe not for me, I was by most counts considered to be a man. Whoever came up with that idea completely wrong. I was a kid trapped in a man’s body. I have bee...
Can I have that in a size 4 Please? in Life After 60
Okay, let’s rock this thing. I am almost back to normal, (well normal for me) and that may not be a good thing but it is what it is. To my faithful readers, I am going to throw out a topic that...
Oh, Heck No! in Life After 60
You ever get that sick feeling just as you hit the send button on a text message? Like you are talking to more than one person and send the wrong text? Such as, “I Love You” to the wrong person...
The Phrase That Pays in Life After 60
Okay, I will admit I tend to take things too literal sometimes, but it makes for some fun discussions. Some of the things just make me shake my head. Recorded live in front of a live studio...
The Ebony Remote in Life After 60
Okay, in this politically and racially charged environment one has to be careful of how one approaches certain subjects. So with that thought in mind, I am going to rant about my ebony remote. ...
Chose Your Poison in Life After 60
Of all the things I inherited from my parents, allergies to medications and migraine headaches are two I wish I had passed on. Maybe in my next life. I check will Bill Gates first, cause that i...
Here's Your Sign in Life After 60
Bill Engvall is a pure genius in my opinion. I have often said that had my high school principal let me be the class clown I would have been pretty good at stand up comedy. But he knew I would ...
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes. in Life After 60
Be they, physical or emotional, changes are often just what we need. Boredom and the mundane can kill anything. In my younger days, boredom got the best of me too many times. And it cost me so...
You were always on my mind in Life After 60
Many an artist has recorded this wonderful love song or failure of love depending on how you look at it. And I know we all have our favorites. Mine just happens to be a fellow born just up the ...
What is Life? in Life After 60
Life is a board game, a magazine and a vapor which appears but for a short time. Take your pick. Or if you don’t like those, make up your own. It seems to be the way society works today. But ...
