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Senior Moment

Why You Shouldn't Be Afraid Of Your 'Senior Moments'

Susan Krauss Whitbourne | Posted 02.20.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Aging, Mental Health, Activity, Alzheimer's Association, Memory Loss, Senior Moment, Mindlessness, Attitudes Toward Aging, Stereotypes, Prevention, Exercise, Health, Am I Having a Senior Moment?, Memory Slips, Stereotype Threat, Health Care, Alzheimer' Disease, Fifty News
Susan Krauss Whitbourne

Everyone, at any age, forgets. Your senior moment may be no different than the junior moments you've had your whole life.

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12 Hilarious Tales Of Forgetfulness

The Huffington Post | Ann Brenoff | Posted 10.20.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Senior Moment, Reddit, Losing Things, Aging, Forgetfulness, Post50 News, Memory, Bad Memory, Senior Moments, Absent-Mindedness, Fifty News

The pipe underneath the sink was leaking so I had placed a bucket to catch all the water. When the bucket was getting full, I emptied it out on the same sink.

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I've Known You Forever... But Your Name Escapes Me

Judy Silk | Posted 11.17.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Baby Boomer, Aging, Forgetfulness, Accepting Old Age, Menopause, Memory, Over 50, Graceful Aging, Senior Moment, Memory Loss, Brain Freeze, Fifty News
Judy Silk

I was standing in front of the yogurt shop the other day with my Mom and my sister when a friend approached. We exchanged hugs and I attempted to make introductions. "This is my Mom Naomi and my sister Joan." When it came time to identify my friend, I drew a blank.

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McCain, Obama, and Some Painful Truths About Aging

Dr. Robert Epstein | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: John McCain, Brain, John Mccain Age, Senior Moment, Elderly, Aging, Growing Old, Healthy Living News
Dr. Robert Epstein

72-year-old McCain is the oldest person in U.S. history to run for the presidency. The age issue is one of many that will help decide the upcoming election. What's the truth about it?

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Friday Talking Points [48] -- Throwing Out The Rulebook

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Gaffe, Bugliosi, Markets, Don Siegleman, Bail Out, Feinstein, Mark Pryor, Steve Bradbury, Fisa, Mccain, Campaign, Mary Landrieu, Difi, Sarah Palin, Offshore Drilling, Nation of Whiners, Bailout, 2008, National Security, Constitutional Rights, Midotw, Paris Hilton Energy Plan, Drilling, Gang of 10, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Kent Conrad, Torture Memo, Rove, Energy, Gang of Ten, Executive, Democrat, Basketball, Feingold, Joe Biden, 08, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Blue Ribbon Commission, Mddotw, Wiretapping, Charles Manson, Crisis, Financial, Dnc, Spain, Warrantless, Russ Feingold, Gramm, Ben Nelson, Gang of 20, Vincent Bugliosi, Economy, Meltdown, John Yoo, Middle Class, Vermont, Regulation, Democratic, Obama, Dianne Feinstein, Media, Fourth Amendment, Republican, Bush, Savings and Loan, Siegelman, Office of Legal Counsel, Playbook, Phil Gramm, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Progressive Party, Yoo, Ken Salazar, Fat Cats, Gang of Twenty, Mental Recession, Keating Five, John McCain, Karl Rove, Rules, Msm, Attorney General, Count the Lies, 2008 Elections, Contempt, 2008 Election, Tom Carper, Oil Companies, Senior Moment, Murder, Charlotte Dennett, Blanche Lincoln, Tim Johnson, Progressive, 08 Campaign, Wall Street, Rulebook, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Oil, Deregulation, Torture, Prosecute, Manson, Dennett, Olc, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Back in Volume 36 of this Friday Talking Points column, I pointed out what seemed to me to be an obvious observation -- that the media was going a lot...

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John McCain's Señor Moment

David Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Senior Moment, Spain, John McCain, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Mccain Zapatero, Politics News
David Goldstein

McCain surely knows that Zapatero is the president of Spain, and that Spain is part of Europe... that is, when he's lucid.

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Friday Talking Points [40] -- Obama Shines, McCain Whines

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...

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