Saturday, October 17, 2009
Free Central Park walking tours
In the spirit of finding and sharing free activities, I just wanted to share a link to free walking tours of Central Park. I stumbled upon it in researching my NYC trip. I'm a big fan of free walking tours, and they offer a number of different ones (something for everyone!) focusing on different aspects and parts of Central Park. So if you're planning a trip to NYC, consider taking advantage!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The Referendum
Another rather interesting article shared with me by another friend who is semi-retired. Not going to comment much on it - will leave it instead for you all to read and comment on it yourselves, but I think it encompasses a number of peripheral issues that YRPAs might deal with!
"Recently an editor asked me for an essay about arrested adolescence, joking: “Of course, I thought of you.”
It is worth mentioning that this editor is an old college friend; we’ve driven across the country, been pantsless in several nonsexual contexts, and accidentally hospitalized each other in good fun. He is now a respectable homeowner and family man; I am not. So I couldn’t help but wonder: is there something condescending about this assignment? Does he consider me some sort of amusing and feckless manchild instead of a respected cartoonist whose work is beloved by hundreds and has made me a thousandaire, who’s been in a committed relationship for 15 years with the same cat?
My weird touchiness on this issue — taking offense at someone offering to pay me money for my work — is symptomatic of a more widespread syndrome I call “The Referendum.” "
More from "The Referendum": http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/the-referendum/
"Recently an editor asked me for an essay about arrested adolescence, joking: “Of course, I thought of you.”
It is worth mentioning that this editor is an old college friend; we’ve driven across the country, been pantsless in several nonsexual contexts, and accidentally hospitalized each other in good fun. He is now a respectable homeowner and family man; I am not. So I couldn’t help but wonder: is there something condescending about this assignment? Does he consider me some sort of amusing and feckless manchild instead of a respected cartoonist whose work is beloved by hundreds and has made me a thousandaire, who’s been in a committed relationship for 15 years with the same cat?
My weird touchiness on this issue — taking offense at someone offering to pay me money for my work — is symptomatic of a more widespread syndrome I call “The Referendum.” "
More from "The Referendum": http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/the-referendum/
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Free theater!
As a young retired person, we all tend to have more time on our hands - often more time than we know what to do with. In addition to discovering or rekindling old passions and hobbies, you can utilize your new-found time (and more importantly, flexibility) to try out things that you otherwise might not have a chance to - AND, not break the bank while doing so.
Because you have more time than you used to, you also don't have to make the often painful trade-off between cost and convenience. Feel free and hold your head up high as you go watch an early morning movie for half the price or make an adventure of going to a store's grand opening to get free stuff and blog about it later!
As part of this, I'm going to be sharing random things I find online that are both cheap and rewarding. The first one is this link to getting into watching free theater shows!
http://www.freenightoftheater.net/index.cfm
I've not tried it yet, but it looks to be a great opportunity. Plus, with less set-time-commitments, you have greater flexibility to taking in shows that you otherwise wouldn't be able to! Awesome!
Because you have more time than you used to, you also don't have to make the often painful trade-off between cost and convenience. Feel free and hold your head up high as you go watch an early morning movie for half the price or make an adventure of going to a store's grand opening to get free stuff and blog about it later!
As part of this, I'm going to be sharing random things I find online that are both cheap and rewarding. The first one is this link to getting into watching free theater shows!
http://www.freenightoftheater.net/index.cfm
I've not tried it yet, but it looks to be a great opportunity. Plus, with less set-time-commitments, you have greater flexibility to taking in shows that you otherwise wouldn't be able to! Awesome!
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