This Side of Fifty

  Originally published in the Armenian Weekly on November 6, 2025   On October 26, 2025, the Chicago chapter of the Armenian General Benevo...

   Today was a beautiful fall day.   The sky was blue and painted with wisps of clouds.   The autumn sun shone in a shade...

  Young people always have slang that us older folks don’t understand.   The life span of these slang terms is very short...

  I am watching the Michigan v Washington football game as I write this.   This is the week after Michigan got smoked by S...

  I went to a concert on Monday, October 13, 2025, at the Chop Shop in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood.   If I really enjoy a concert, I ...

The always popular 'Kiddie" Race The end of August and the beginning of September are always busy for me, especially given the sta...

  When I was a youngster, the last day of summer was always Labor Day.   School always began on the Tuesday or Wednesday after Labor Day.   ...

  My last post was about productivity So is this one, though I am adding a change management component. The reason I ...

  This year I have had two full knee replacement surgeries.   The first was on January 8th and the second was on June 9th. The physical re...

  My cousin David Gavoor is a great supporter of this blog.   He will call or text on various things I post and often sug...