My New Year Celebration!

That's the spirit!

NEW YEAR WISH!

                                                             As you get older, this happens a lot!

THE ANNUAL GRUMPY OLD MEN REUNION!

It's almost the end of the year so, as it always does at this time, the Grumpy Old Men Club held its annual reunion at a park bench to bid farewell to 2025 where, after much discussion and heated arguments, we decided to hold next year's meetings someplace other than a park bench. The reason? We've been bothered too much by all the damned pigeons hanging around looking for crumbs!

TWO SHADES OF GRINCH

Yes! Don't get me wrong.  I enthusiastically love Christmas but there's another side to the Yuletide Season I just simply hate...and that is the crowds at department stores, the long, long lines at cashiers, the prices being hiked up on everything and the fact that it's all over, done with and gone so quickly.  Still, unlike the Grinch, I have never, ever hated Christmas. 

CHRISTMAS 2025 WISH LIST!

I have compiled a very exhaustive and thorough list of great gifts I would like to receive on this Christmas Season. And if past history serves as a guide, I know very well my list will be ignored as it typically has been the case for the last 70 plus years...but who cares! It's always a delightful exercise to think about all those lovely girls I know I'll never meet!

ELF ON THE CLARINET!

Apparently, the Elf on the Shelf has no taste in music!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY 2025!

ACTING! - WHEN YOU LOOK AT CLEAVAGE!

 

            “Looking at cleavage is like looking at the sun. You don't stare at it. It's too risky. You get a sense of it and then you look away.” ― Jerry Seinfeld

WHEN YOU'RE GROUCHY, YOU'RE GROUCHY!

...and of course, I next bumped into the store window glass!

GOOGLING YOU

In the old days, all your first dates were largely based on mutual trust and common interests taken mostly at face value and if you possessed the gift of gab you could easily win your date's confidence.  However, that gave way to a lot of pretending, lying and making up all sorts of deceitful stories.  Google has put an end to those cheap tactics. Now anyone can check up on your bio records and instantly know if you're a fake, an impostor or the real McCoy!

ACTING...ON THE GOLF COURSE

You may stink at golf but remember: no matter how lousy you are at every sport, the main thing is to act like a pro and forge ahead even if you're just a clumsy bum like me!

THE SOUNDS OF OLD AGE

I'm finding out that senior citizens' bodies work in a different way with each passing year.

THE COMMANDMENT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT!

FOCUS ON MYSELF!

Focusing on yourself means prioritizing your own needs, personal growth, and well-being. It involves understanding yourself, practicing self-compassion, setting healthy boundaries, and cultivating self-esteem. It's not selfish, but rather a necessary step in becoming the best version of yourself. 

THROUGH THE LOOKING EYEGLASS!

THE SENIOR SHOWER

IS THAT THE CLOUD?

Okay. I get it. There is the Cloud, the iCloud, the Google Cloud, the Creative Cloud, the Computing Cloud, the Public Cloud, the Private Cloud, the Hybrid Cloud, the Storage Cloud, the Network Cloud, the Music Cloud and the just plain, ordinary, everyday, cloud you see in the sky. So where in blazes is all my stuff when it goes to The Cloud? 

THE WONDERS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE!

Believe it or not, everything in this photo is absolutely real...

except for the tux!

TURNING 74 TODAY!

It's been a long journey but I'm hoping it is far from over!

Portrait of the Cartoonist, as an Old Man on July 3rd, 2025

THINGS I'VE LEARNED SO FAR!