Old Linkage

Earth2Tech — In Israel, an electric vehicle refueling system is charging up. We need to think ahead; it's where the jobs will be.

Ultimi Barbarorum — Pay no attention to the pretentious name, this blogger's got a fix on who'll make the IPad a success: old people. (Thanks to David Pogue via Twitter)

Wall Street Journal — Thomas Hoving, art impressario, died December 10. [via Arts & Letters Daily, which supplies links to many more of his obits.]

Jib-Jab (video) — Never a year like '09. (Thanks, LA Times, for the link.)

Psychology Today — All-time top ten movies about aging. Some surprises here. What did they leave out?

Baltimore Sun — A school counselor talks about becoming a person of age.

HuffingtonPost.com — Stretch your mind and read about this new theory of the universe, in which death doesn't exist.

9/9/09 Senior Journal — I wouldn't want to stop anybody who needs to from losing weight, but you ought to look into the warnings about the drugs Alli and Xenical. This report is drawn from Consumer Reports data.

True/Slant — Interesting post on a brain study of people with set ideologies. Not encouraging. But read the comments.

AP via Google — A short feature on Kathy Greenlee, assistant HHS secretary for aging. Yes, she's working our future care. O.K., I guess.

Variety — Oh goody, you get to read Variety today! The median age of all three major TV networks' audiences is now over 50, and Fox isn't far behind.

Chico State University "Orion" — A student writer says "Old People Make Us Look Bad" by accomplishing things kids can't do. This is news?

HuffingtonPost.com — If you're an old actor, should you stay in Hollywood and get pastured, or go to New York and win Tonys?

Chicago Sun-Times neighborhood news — A nurse writes about when elder "care" is a choice and when it's a "necessity."

Aberdeen Press & Journal — That's Aberdeen, Scotland. Here's a Scots broth of protest about the way things are toward people of age.

NY Times — They're testing drugs that may slow aging. Read all about it, even if it's too late for you.

Ft. Worth Star-Telegram — Click on down to Texas for this AP story about how young farmer wannabes are getting matched up with aging farmers, in a romantic movement to save American family agriculture.

Wall Street Journal — The Brits are upset because American healthcare reform opponents have been slandering their National Health Service.

L.A. Times — (book plug, but that's OK) Our best-kept secret exposed: old people are happier than young people. It's probably hormonal, but that's OK, too.

OBIT -- Budd Schulberg, writer, at 95. Reported by NYTimes.com.

Cleveland Plain Dealer -- Just for the heck of it, if you're still wondering whether the healthcare reform bill wants to counsel you to die sooner, just read this.

New York Times -- a new study: getting tested for an Alzheimer's gene doesn't depress people, even if they're positive.

BBC -- A renowned British orchestra conductor, 85, and his wife, 74, ended their lives in a Swiss assisted suicide clinic. The wife was terminally ill, the husband was not.

Yuma Sun -- A desert editor looks at the new Pew study (see below) and sees a new generation gap opening.

Wichita Business Journal -- The truth about entrepreneurs -- they're mostly over 50.

Pew Research Center -- A new study from this leading non-profit social dipstick says the older you get, the older you think "old" is.

New York Times -- The French are thinking of raising retirement age. From 60.

Peninsula Daily News -- That's the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state. This hometown newspaper covers a conference on creative aging. We'll follow up on this, too.

Miami Herald -- Will it shock you to know that people over 45 are getting facelifts to help them get a job?

SFGate -- Help is on the way, they say -- here's a contest for startup businesses designed to help aging Baby Boomers.

USA Today -- Another newspaper takes another swing at reporting what's happening with Baby Boomers and retirement. Not a pretty sight.

AP via GoogleNews -- The AMA digs in its heels against anti-aging hormones.

EndocrineToday -- Here's one of those incomprehensible scientific studies we're not supposed to see. Read it if you're a doctor or play one on TV. The bottom line -- interesting news, but don't stop taking your thyroid pills.

FoxNews -- a cancer drug that youngs you up. Another tiny study that some hungry researcher sent out a press release on. Fun to read, but don't hold your breath.

NEWSWEEK -- "Old, Armed, and Dangerous?" Here's a splash of cold water for you. If we're going to insist on our right to be whole persons in our old age, we have to allow for the dark side of human nature, too.

StayingVertical.com -- We have no "aging genes." Author Ashton Applewhite reports on the International Longevity Center's Age Boom Academy.

CALGARY HERALD -- Robert Butler, one of the godfathers of aging social science, says Baby Boomers are "drifting" into old age with unhealthy eating, little exercise and decimated savings. Wake-up call.

FWD -- from a friend, Jim L., this -- Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.

CANADA.COM -- Step outside the country and hear how the Canadians report on this scientist's estimate, that we're closer than ever to anti-aging medicine.

NY TIMES -- A well-meaning, if a bit one-dimensional, article about how lonely seniors connecting on Facebook and other social Websites.

HOUMATODAY -- From a Louisiana hometown paper, a smart piece of "news" for old people. If climbing stairs is getting hard for you, climb more stairs.

New York Times -- Mikhail Baryshnikov at 61 -- adult dancing.

Pew Research Center -- The recession isn't hitting the oldest of us that hard.

Baltimore Sun -- Five aging myths exploded.

New York Times -- Research: if you exercise, don't take these vitamins.

Planet Money -- Even more research: Carry large bills and you'll spend less.

Science Daily -- Yet more science: Old people need more sunshine. Go for a walk.

New York Times -- Research Beat: Sleep deprivation hits the young harder than us. Yawn.

Marketwatch -- More 55-plus people are moving into age-based communities. What do you think?

INC Magazine -- AARP will offer 50-plus entrepreneurs employee benefits plans.

Time.com -- Half of those who've bought Amazon's Kindle digital book reader are over 50. 25% are over 60. Surprised?

HuffingtonPost.com -- Book review: When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win.

Forbes -- How Old is Too Old to Work? Note to myself: blog about this.

AP -- reviews a new Broadway play about the "indignities of aging."

Newsday -- Muscle loss is normal as you age...but exercise helps. I repeat, aging is normal. Get used to it.

Boston Globe -- MIT AgeLab, where they help create products old people can actually use.

UK's Channel 4 - World News Blog -- Get another point of view on what's happening. Journalism is happening elsewhere.

AP via Baltimore Sun -- Cuba raises retirement age.

NYTimes.com -- The Newspaper of Record has discovered that doctors are opting out of Medicare. Yawn.

PressThink -- Rosen's Flying Seminar in the Future of News -- NYU Journalism prof Jay Rosen collected 12 links to what he calls "deep think" on the newspaper crisis. Read up.

Kansas City Star - Want a solid job? Caring for old people is a wide-open field. So they say. What about keeping old people in shape so we don't need taking care of?

Forbes.com - Can anti-aging science solve the Social Security crisis? Maybe, but will it be ready in time for me?

Lonokenews.net - Fogies on Facebook

CBSNews.com - Alcohol hits old people harder than the young? What a useful study. Not.

Amazing what a well-written headline will accomplish. This story is headlined, "Kill Old People Cheap Act." It's Nashville Scene's story about proposed Tennessee legislation to limit money damages in nursing home abuse cases. Read about it. Do something about it.

Paul Harvey dies at 90 - Chicago Sun-Times

Profiles: Phoebe Snow and Tom Selleck - CBS Sunday Morning

Warren Buffett uses "shambles" in a sentence about the economy - Bloomberg