6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

As part of the work we're doing with comments to make them more rewarding to EVERYONE in the community, we've rewritten our discussion guidelines.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

You don't have to get snotty.

READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED, unless you are or have been a parent of a toddler.

This may sound a little gross, which is why I have added the warning above, but as a parent I'm hoping you all can relate.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

As soon as we announced the registration, many of our, ahem, fans predicted our quick demise.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

After we announced that we'd be starting to require registration on the site to comment, many in the community immediately accused us of censorship.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

No really, she married a guy with the last name Earl. The NBC show is one of the shows that grace our DVR every Thursday night.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

This is not one of those blogs where you are supposed to take me literally. I could just see large soggy boxes with nothing but a top hat, three pieces of coal, a carrot and a corn cob pipe waiting for me in the lobby at the Register.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

I used to be a smoker. I didn't start until I was 21 and I quit a couple years ago. I have the occasional stress-related craving every once in a while, but nothing too major.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

I took advantage of Friday's warm weather by taking my two boys for a walk around town. We were walking down Central Avenue when I heard a crunch.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

I am going to make this short to give you enough time from what you expected to devote to reading this blog to use that time to register as a commenter in the area just below this blog.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

It is a truism that people overestimate what can happen in two years and underestimate what can happen in five. When you think about the web, it's really remarkable what's happened to it in the last five years. Facebook was a month old in March of 2004.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

There aren't too many television shows that I consider in my "have to watch" list.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

I used to cringe when a black cat would cross my path and think "Oh no, seven more years of bad luck." But after all of those years totaled triple digits (a lot of cats run across the street while I am driving to assignments in a given day) I stopped cringing.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

Serving Our Seniors & the Erie-Huron CAC hosted a public forum on Friday, July 18.  The topic was AFFORDING HOME HEATING:  WHAT'S IN OUR FUTURE?

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

I remember when I was going to night school in 1998 to earn my graduate certificate in gerontology the professors were teaching students that, "Today's senior citizen population is the wealthiest and the healthiest older population our country has ever seen." (The professors were referring to tho

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

Middle-age people and those just entering into retirement are not doing the research to really financially prepare for the costs as they grow older. Nor are they prepared for the length of time they are likely live.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

Are you a retiree and receiving Social Security/Railroad Retirement or Veterans benefits and afraid to apply for the Economic Stimulus Payment?

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

Will someone please explain to me why there is vocal opposition and demonstration opposing the price of gasoline, yet no consumer action against the price of home heating? Is it because people have no problem affording home heating? Do heating bills really give us no cause for concern?

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

You've heard the old saying, "You don't know whatcha got 'til it's gone."

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

There is a term that senior citizens are becoming familiar with. It's called "the donut hole.” In real English it means you have exhausted your Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage and all of your medication costs come out of your own wallet.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

Who would have thought that someone would want to find a way to financially exploit the ballooning demographic of people ages 65 to 85?  Well, they have, and it’s very creepy.

6:28 PM Mar 23, 2010

My previous blog, "My thoughts about angry bloggers and why they exist," seems to have resonated with quite a few people — pro and con.  I enjoyed the largely respectful discourse, but I'd like to experiment with one of the points made by the readers.