Great CNN Article: Sports Stars Struggle With Aging Issues

Lisa found this article on CNN’s website; we both feel it’s an important one to share with our readers.  With the BSC championship game between Notre Dame and Alabama hours away, and the SuperBowl fast approaching, this will make you think: http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/05/living/aging-athletes-retirement/index.html Writer Jill Martin Wrenn sheds light on a familiar phenomenon Lisa has witnessed countless times […]

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Mission Accomplished — Cardinal Messenger Delivers Tickets

Lisa and Bob traveled to downtown Los Angeles today to volunteer at Stanford’s hospitality desk at the J.W. Marriott hotel, where many Stanford fans from out of town are staying during The Rose Bowl festivities.  I asked Lisa to deliver Roland Hemming’s pair of Rose Bowl tickets while she was there. I was pleasantly surprised […]

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Inspirations for Giving

My wishes to all of my readers for a reflective and grateful holiday season.  May we all remember to give generously of ourselves to those who need us. http://ow.ly/g3AH7     Segment honoring volunteers during the 2012 American Giving Awards http://alu.ms/TWmDAe   One of Stanford’s finest

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Watch NBC’s Second Annual “American Giving Awards”

I’m happy to share inspiring news regarding those special people who give freely of themselves to others in need. On Saturday, December 8, 2012, NBC will air a special program, their second annual AMERICAN GIVING AWARDS, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.  Wonderful charities will be honored for their extraordinary work.  In addition, community heroes will […]

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In Honor of Sylvia and All Humankind: DNA & Longevity Studies

Today I had a blood draw.  Four small test tubes now hold about four ounces of my 100 year-old blood.  It wasn’t taken for me.  It was taken by a lab technician resembling Conan O’Brien (with the humor to match.)  I have given these blood samples, that hopefully hold some unique information, to the Archon Genomics X […]

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Time for That Fluzone 2012-2013 Syringe (AKA the Flu Shot)

This blog is not too funny or creative, but it’s important.  It’s important for all seniors.  And at 100 years old, I know a thing to two about taking care of myself as a senior. It didn’t take long.  On Sunday afternoon, October 7th, Lisa brought me to the CVS/pharmacy on Agoura Road in Westlake […]

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Prevent a Fall! Exercise to Build Balance, Strength and Muscle

Jeff Cooper, MPT (www.recooperationPT.com) is my physical therapist (Newbury Park, California) who I met last year after I suffered a moderate stroke which took away my peripheral vision and impaired my sense of balance.  It was at that time I moved in with Bob and Lisa.  Lisa brought me to a medical supply store to purchase a walker, […]

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Today’s Wall Street Journal Article: National Centenarian Day

Today is National Centenarian Day, and I’d like to wish my fellow centenarian and email pen pal, Dennis Morris, 105, a happy one.  Read all about Dennis, me, and the Archon Genomics X Prize in today’s Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10000872396390443890304578010513378135692-lMyQjAxMTAyMDIwMjAyODI3Wj.html

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