Archive for June, 2010

De-clawing a caffeine addict

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
It seems of late I have spent more time in a hospital bed waiting for the hours to creep across the face of the clock. For a person as active as I am, the worst part of this ordeal is not the bland hospital menus, not even all the poking around by [...]

Being Frank & Earnest

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
I am a great fan of the cartoon, Frank & Earnest. The antics of Frank & Earnest are more true to life than perhaps we’d like to admit. However, I think I enjoy the word play in the cartoon more than anything else about these two unlikely characters.
Frank & Earnest, if you [...]

Careful how we deal with sextexting

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
If e-mails, letters and personal phone calls are any indication, I am not alone as a dinosaur roaming the jungles of cell phones. To my surprise many others feel as I do that no telephone call is so important it can’t wait.
One of the shocking revelations came from a reader who researched [...]

The telephone: A love/hate relationship

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

By BILL DUNCAN
The Elderstatesman
I have a confession to make. I do not own a cell phone.
There are a few of us dinosaurs roaming the earth including, I discovered Edward Grinnan, editor of Guideposts magazine, who made a similar confession in May to his readers. Like, Grinnan, I am not opposed to technology. In fact, I [...]