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Embracing 65 and All Its Glory

pdisco23 March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

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One of my earliest Massapequa Observer columns from 2017 broached a very personal subject for me. After writing a few columns about life in Massapequa, my editor liked them so much she

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I’m Still a Man, Right?

pdisco23 February 23, 2022July 5, 2023

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I’m going to tell you something, but you have to promise not to tell anyone, OK? I went for a pedicure. There, I said it. I was telling my wife

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Negotiating the Grandchild Scam

pdisco23 December 28, 2021January 15, 2022

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It’s one of the oldest scams in the book. A predator calls an older adult pretending to be their grandchild. They’ve been arrested and need money immediately or they are

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Downsizing the Christmas Tree

pdisco23 December 22, 2021December 22, 2021

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I have very few requests in life that are truly important to me. But setting up our Christmas tree and having the kids (and their significant others) join us to

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Back to the Movies

pdisco23 December 1, 2021December 8, 2021

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On Saturday night, Jan. 4, 2020, my wife and I took in the new Adam Sandler movie, Uncut Gems, at the Cinema De Lux in Farmingdale. It was a dark and disturbing

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Opting In or Out – That is the Question

pdisco23 November 24, 2021December 8, 2021

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A friend of mine, let’s call him Steve, has illegally gotten pot ever since he was a kid. Now in his sixties, there’s a good possibility that he can walk

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A Lifetime of Confusion Over Time Change

pdisco23 November 18, 2021December 8, 2021

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George and Kathy are celebrating their 35th Anniversary in November. Like most couples, they’ve had their ups and downs. But through it all, their love for each other has persevered

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In a New York Minute

pdisco23 November 11, 2021

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They started arriving in the mail a few weeks ago. At first, just one or two in a week. Then it was a few in a single day. One day,

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Lighting Up the Night for Halloween

pdisco23 October 25, 2021October 25, 2021

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On the way home from an evening doctor’s appointment, the twilight was quickly dissipating. It was barely 7:30, but it seemed more like midnight. The more I looked out the

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Long Island Libraries About to go Fee-Less

pdisco23 September 30, 2021October 30, 2021

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There was a great Seinfeld episode from 1991 called “The Library.” Jerry is pursued by a library investigations officer, Lt. Bookman. Apparently, he never returned the book Tropic of Cancer from his high school

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