Boomer Randomness

There is no other way to put it ... I am in a BAD mood today.  I'm on hold with the IRS as I write this, listening to that stupid music loop, waiting for a live representative so I can correct a mistake, their mistake.  My next call will be to the place where I am renting a tuxedo for a black tie event this week.  They sent it to the wrong store, a location 45 minutes away from me.  The first time I've used this place and probably the last.  I'm on top of three deadlines at work and still waiting for input and details from other people before I can complete those tasks. Too early to drink.  Ugh.  I'll get through all this but meanwhile today sucks.

 Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood I’ve worked in Country radio for more than twenty years yet I hadn’t been to Nashville since 1996.   So I was quite excited when I got word that I’d be going there to help two of our DJs record interviews with country music singers and groups during Country Music Association Awards Week.   Sadly, I didn’t get to stay for the awards show, but I had an incredible time anyway.   Here are a few random thoughts and observations: - Country singers make some of the airport terminal announcements.   “Hi this is Tim McGraw.   Welcome to Nashville.”   “Hi, we’re Crook and Chase,” (they are popular hosts of a country music countdown show) “If you see an unattended bag, please report it using one of the courtesy phones.” - Broadway Street is ground zero for live music and country music history.   Bars line the street, each featuring live music performed by aspiring future stars.   Tootsies is a famous o...

I spent a couple of days in Nashville earlier this week, ahead of the Country Music Awards.  I have plenty to share but I am soooo busy this week.  So it'll have to wait.  Coming soon.  Probably this weekend.

Aging is not for wimps.   Boomers are living longer than previous generations and often without the benefit of role models; our parents, in general, die or died at a younger age than we will.   Fiftieth birthdays used to be the entry point for final chapters of life.   Now they are the turning points for beginnings. No matter how healthy we are at 50, however, we will begin to experience losses, some little, some large.   If we are not careful, fear of those losses can get in the way of living more than the actual losses. My biggest fear is not cancer; there are cures and support.   It is not loss of mobility; physical therapy and wheelchairs can help with that.   Lack of libido?   Not a problem.   Losing a job because I can’t keep up with younger workers?   Not me.   Diseases related to family history, in my case diabetes and Parkinson’s Disease?   Plenty of ways to manage both.   My biggest fear as I get older ...

I love technology.   Let me update that … I used to love technology until today.   I got an odd text message with a code verifying my request for a name change on my account.   It said if I didn’t make this request I should call customer service.   Hell no, I did NOT make that request and I did call.     During the hour-long conversation with two different customer services reps and their fraud department I learned that someone tried to change the name on my account and upgrade the service.   They used the automated system and had the proper verification information.   They might have succeeded if I hadn’t called customer service when I did.   Customer service changed the information back to the original info and put an alert on my account. How the hell did someone get my verification information?   Nothing is missing, that I know of.   I checked my bank twice and nothing has happened there … yet.   I carry very ...