One thing I never thought I would say as a young man is that being invited back to give a colloquium in a department that once employed you is surprisingly gratifying.
#gettingold
#notatransformativeexperiencebutstillweird
#gettingold
#notatransformativeexperiencebutstillweird
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
One thing I never thought I would say as a young man is that being invited back to give a colloquium in a department that once employed you is surprisingly gratifying.
#gettingold
#notatransformativeexperiencebutstillweird
#gettingold
#notatransformativeexperiencebutstillweird
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tried out new shoes this morning because my toe hasn't wanted to not freeze solid. It worked mostly, but I'm saddened I can't wear five fingers for everything anymore. #running #morningmagic #gettingold
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Tried out new shoes this morning because my toe hasn't wanted to not freeze solid. It worked mostly, but I'm saddened I can't wear five fingers for everything anymore. #running #morningmagic #gettingold
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Aging is beautiful... but I refuse to go down without a fight and apparently, that fight just got harder a lot earlier than expected.
#aginggracefully #neckwrinkles #antiagingtips #gettingold #sorryaboutyourneck
#aginggracefully #neckwrinkles #antiagingtips #gettingold #sorryaboutyourneck
November 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Aging is beautiful... but I refuse to go down without a fight and apparently, that fight just got harder a lot earlier than expected.
#aginggracefully #neckwrinkles #antiagingtips #gettingold #sorryaboutyourneck
#aginggracefully #neckwrinkles #antiagingtips #gettingold #sorryaboutyourneck
Today’s #BlueSkyRelay writing #prompt: #Liminal
#micropoetry #age #childhood #gettingold @telaranrhiod.bsky.social
#micropoetry #age #childhood #gettingold @telaranrhiod.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Today’s #BlueSkyRelay writing #prompt: #Liminal
#micropoetry #age #childhood #gettingold @telaranrhiod.bsky.social
#micropoetry #age #childhood #gettingold @telaranrhiod.bsky.social
I'm making hot chocolate right now as well. Twenty years ago, I'd be half in the bag and ready to start the weekend party.
A six pack used to be the start of a good night and now a six pack is the entire night. Lol
#madlad #gettingold #hotchocolate
A six pack used to be the start of a good night and now a six pack is the entire night. Lol
#madlad #gettingold #hotchocolate
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I'm making hot chocolate right now as well. Twenty years ago, I'd be half in the bag and ready to start the weekend party.
A six pack used to be the start of a good night and now a six pack is the entire night. Lol
#madlad #gettingold #hotchocolate
A six pack used to be the start of a good night and now a six pack is the entire night. Lol
#madlad #gettingold #hotchocolate
Apparently this period of gaming is now considered “retro” and we’re honestly struggling to accept that.
#gettingold
#gettingold
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Apparently this period of gaming is now considered “retro” and we’re honestly struggling to accept that.
#gettingold
#gettingold
Those who invented photography have much to answer for in terms of recording personal history..
These two pictures are 50 years apart!
#gettingold #aging #sixties #nothingtoprove
These two pictures are 50 years apart!
#gettingold #aging #sixties #nothingtoprove
October 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Those who invented photography have much to answer for in terms of recording personal history..
These two pictures are 50 years apart!
#gettingold #aging #sixties #nothingtoprove
These two pictures are 50 years apart!
#gettingold #aging #sixties #nothingtoprove
I used to have 13 of these boxes full of comics and 2 rooms full of books, graphic novels and trade-paperbacks...
Now I have one empty box and a cat.
Sometimes less is more ♥️
#comics #caturday #catlife #castsofbluesky #asymmetricaudrey #fanboy #gettingold #oof #geek #peaceandlove
Now I have one empty box and a cat.
Sometimes less is more ♥️
#comics #caturday #catlife #castsofbluesky #asymmetricaudrey #fanboy #gettingold #oof #geek #peaceandlove
October 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I used to have 13 of these boxes full of comics and 2 rooms full of books, graphic novels and trade-paperbacks...
Now I have one empty box and a cat.
Sometimes less is more ♥️
#comics #caturday #catlife #castsofbluesky #asymmetricaudrey #fanboy #gettingold #oof #geek #peaceandlove
Now I have one empty box and a cat.
Sometimes less is more ♥️
#comics #caturday #catlife #castsofbluesky #asymmetricaudrey #fanboy #gettingold #oof #geek #peaceandlove
February 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I'm old enough to recall when paying by credit card was not a fast way to pay, and not all stores accepted them. #gettingold #credit #donofthedead #bluesky
December 9, 2024 at 11:50 PM
I'm old enough to recall when paying by credit card was not a fast way to pay, and not all stores accepted them. #gettingold #credit #donofthedead #bluesky
Oudjaar vieren? Zot. Ben al blij dak nog wakker ben. Nog efkes wakker blijven tot het vuurwerk is gaan liggen zodat den hond niet in paniek schiet en dan gewoon bedje binnen. Vrouw en kind liggen er al in. 👌🏻… #gettingold
December 31, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Oudjaar vieren? Zot. Ben al blij dak nog wakker ben. Nog efkes wakker blijven tot het vuurwerk is gaan liggen zodat den hond niet in paniek schiet en dan gewoon bedje binnen. Vrouw en kind liggen er al in. 👌🏻… #gettingold
Getting old creeps up on you, just like your parents warned. Knees ache, backs fail, and the gut grows. The mind feels young—until you forget what you were doing. And the stares from pretty women? Gone. Aging’s a bore I could’ve done without.
#AgingTruths #GettingOld #LifeChanges
#AgingTruths #GettingOld #LifeChanges
November 25, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Getting old creeps up on you, just like your parents warned. Knees ache, backs fail, and the gut grows. The mind feels young—until you forget what you were doing. And the stares from pretty women? Gone. Aging’s a bore I could’ve done without.
#AgingTruths #GettingOld #LifeChanges
#AgingTruths #GettingOld #LifeChanges
November 22, 2024 at 4:54 AM
You want me to put a mask on this? 😘
#sorrynotsorry #lookingrumpy #facesofinstagram #pnw #freckles #gray #justformengel #gettingold #thefaceofforties #sorrymom
#sorrynotsorry #lookingrumpy #facesofinstagram #pnw #freckles #gray #justformengel #gettingold #thefaceofforties #sorrymom
January 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
You want me to put a mask on this? 😘
#sorrynotsorry #lookingrumpy #facesofinstagram #pnw #freckles #gray #justformengel #gettingold #thefaceofforties #sorrymom
#sorrynotsorry #lookingrumpy #facesofinstagram #pnw #freckles #gray #justformengel #gettingold #thefaceofforties #sorrymom
Celebrating ten years and ten steaks with @ajhan #steakiversary #gettingold @ Baltaire https://www.instagram.com/p/BzUduVNpHwA/?igshid=1dh6zaptp6ogo
Greg Shackles on Instagram: "Celebrating ten years and ten steaks with @ajhan06 #steakiversary #gettingold"
31 likes, 2 comments - gshackles on June 29, 2019: "Celebrating ten years and ten steaks with @ajhan06 #steakiversary #gettingold".
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November 16, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Celebrating ten years and ten steaks with @ajhan #steakiversary #gettingold @ Baltaire https://www.instagram.com/p/BzUduVNpHwA/?igshid=1dh6zaptp6ogo
Ever jammed a finger?
When I was young, I used to do this all the time. Playing basketball and other ball sports carried this potential hazard as a part of the deal.
Who jams a thumb getting into bed?
This guy.
Not fun. 😂
#gettingold
#ouch
#toughtoplayguitarwithanouchie
When I was young, I used to do this all the time. Playing basketball and other ball sports carried this potential hazard as a part of the deal.
Who jams a thumb getting into bed?
This guy.
Not fun. 😂
#gettingold
#ouch
#toughtoplayguitarwithanouchie
July 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Ever jammed a finger?
When I was young, I used to do this all the time. Playing basketball and other ball sports carried this potential hazard as a part of the deal.
Who jams a thumb getting into bed?
This guy.
Not fun. 😂
#gettingold
#ouch
#toughtoplayguitarwithanouchie
When I was young, I used to do this all the time. Playing basketball and other ball sports carried this potential hazard as a part of the deal.
Who jams a thumb getting into bed?
This guy.
Not fun. 😂
#gettingold
#ouch
#toughtoplayguitarwithanouchie
Some kind of nursemaid elbow disaster has occurred to my coffee drinking arm at the elbow. I can not raise the cup to my mouth. Any other arm function is secondary to that ☕️
#gettingold & things randomly go to shit.
#gettingold & things randomly go to shit.
May 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some kind of nursemaid elbow disaster has occurred to my coffee drinking arm at the elbow. I can not raise the cup to my mouth. Any other arm function is secondary to that ☕️
#gettingold & things randomly go to shit.
#gettingold & things randomly go to shit.
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August 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
New #design NEEDS YOUR #VOTES to get published!
Visit this link & hit "I'd Want One" to vote: shirt.woot.com/derby/entry/...
It's fast & #FREE!
#Millennial #GenX #GenerationX #Xennials #Xennial #GenY #Aging #Older #GettingOld @woot #Amazon #Prime #funny #shirts #tshirts
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#Millennial #GenX #GenerationX #Xennials #Xennial #GenY #Aging #Older #GettingOld @woot #Amazon #Prime #funny #shirts #tshirts
#View from the top of a *very* small #hill that still managed to make my knees ache 😂
#gettingold
#exercise
#run
#gettingold
#exercise
#run
October 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#View from the top of a *very* small #hill that still managed to make my knees ache 😂
#gettingold
#exercise
#run
#gettingold
#exercise
#run
I mean, I think this is an enormous waste of one’s time, but we did used to have phone books with everyone’s name and number in them. Unless you paid extra to have an unlisted number, which few did, anyone could just let their fingers do the walking…. #gettingold
New from me: in an LA Times profile, Tiffany Haddish said she sometimes looks up her trolls and calls them. It’s…a choice, one that highlights how easy it is for someone with a little cash to buy all kinds of data about us
Opinion | Tiffany Haddish's strange new crusade is also an important PSA
Third-party data brokers are offering up all kinds of personal information to whoever is willing to shell out the cash to obtain it.
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May 6, 2024 at 10:33 PM
I mean, I think this is an enormous waste of one’s time, but we did used to have phone books with everyone’s name and number in them. Unless you paid extra to have an unlisted number, which few did, anyone could just let their fingers do the walking…. #gettingold
Today marks the start of the spring ‘22 semester, also known as my 22nd semester of teaching. 33rd if you count summer sessions. #GettingOld
December 6, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Today marks the start of the spring ‘22 semester, also known as my 22nd semester of teaching. 33rd if you count summer sessions. #GettingOld
Nice run, but tweaked a muscle in my neck after avoiding stepping on a moving rat. Fun. #gettingold
January 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Nice run, but tweaked a muscle in my neck after avoiding stepping on a moving rat. Fun. #gettingold
This year I confirmed that if I drink alcohol, I cannot write well the next day. #GettingOld
November 17, 2024 at 2:18 AM
This year I confirmed that if I drink alcohol, I cannot write well the next day. #GettingOld