And do we have to be? I just celebrated my 67th Happy Birthday and I’m feeling pretty good. But I wonder if this is how I’m supposed to feel at this point in my life. If I was asked how 67 feels I would have to answer, “Compared to what?” …

What do you need or want from marathon organizers? — Although this article primarily addresses questions related to marathons, these same questions can be directed to any distance race. Especially if it’s one that attracts a large number of participants. Several years ago, I subscribed to the magazine Marathon & Beyond. …

This may or may not offend you. Let me tell you about the real America as I see it and how a good example can be found at my friend’s Tiki bar in northeast Florida. But we have to take a little ride to get there. …

But some people complain that he sold out. Forbes magazine, the official scorekeeper of these things, says that Jimmy Buffett is a billionaire. Yep, that’s billionaire with a capital B. The Mayor of Margaritaville has entered that rarified air breathed only by those whom Bernie Sanders refers to when he…

The things we do in our youth. You can laugh and be skeptical if you like. You can even say I made the whole thing up or dreamed it while in a drunken stupor. But I have indeed performed in the country music capital of the entire universe. It was…

Do you? As I get knee-deep into the back end of my life, I try very hard not to have regrets. What good are they? Most of them simply make us sad if we dwell on them and sadness can lead to drinking. I prefer drinking for happy reasons. …

But it would be really inconvenient. It is a very brave thing to proclaim an absence of fear concerning death. Especially when you find yourself in a waiting room at the Mayo Clinic and you have the ticking time bomb of cancer lying snug in your body. …

What Would You Give up for a Longer Life? Me? Not much. An older gentleman goes to the doctor for his annual physical. After a lengthy exam and conversation, the doctor says, “Mr. Jones, if you give up whiskey, cigars and chasing younger women you can live ten years longer.”…

Put your politics aside. I was surprised to learn that today is Vietnam War Veterans Day. You may be surprised too since it has only existed since 2017. …