You Know You’re Old When

Posted on January 15, 2026 by Professor Taboo

These last few years of my life have taken a heavy toll on my mental and physical health. I find myself being forced on a daily basis to recognize, embrace, and be semi-proud(?) of my geriatric condition(s) and vast wisdom which supposedly comes with the elderly years. I am not so sure. There are times and situations that are profoundly humbling and a tad-bit, shall I say, messy? Hence, I’ve been reassessing my point in life right now and have come to the conclusion that… well, I am indeed “old.” I am more frail, more forgetful, more slow, more aware (and certainly respectful) of my bodily functions—my ‘organs’ sometimes have an agenda of their own that doesn’t always agree with mine—and more so when out in public realizing that many people around me are much younger than I.

I Know I’m “Old” When…

…You hear your favorite songs on an elevator. Or when you begin heading to bed around 8:00 or 8:30pm and wake about 4:30 to 5:30am. Geezz.

…Almost everything on or in your body hurts, and what doesn’t hurt stopped working years ago, like your libido and what it used to be (in happy harmony with) and engorge.

…The birthday candles cost more than your cake and were delivered by cargo containers on naval freight ships.

…In the morning you mimic an upside down turtle while trying to get out of bed.

…On the toilet you pull four rib muscles just turning or maneuvering to wipe yourself. Then you are unable to pull your britches back up. And speaking of the loo/bathroom…

…You can sneeze, cough, pee, and fart all at the same time! WTH? Which by the way, leads to more frequent wearing of “adult diapers.” Exciting, huh?

And then perhaps the most smacking moment that really hits you in the geriatric gut…

…There is nothing else “to learn the hard way” except how to not be lost when you forget where you were going and why.

Live Well – Love Much – Laugh Often – Learn Always – Then Forget It

‘Allo ‘Allo – Some Classic British Comedy

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Professor Taboo

When I was in high school in southwest Dallas in 1980–1981, one of the PBS Evening comedy shows my Dad watched incessantly and enjoyed for so long was the hilarious weekly show, “‘Allo ‘Allo” with Gorden Kaye (as René Artois, cafe owner during WW2), Carmen Silvera (as Edith Artois, wife of René and jealous of all beautiful women), Vicki Michelle (as Yvette Carte-Blanche, pun intended), Kirsten Cooke (as Michelle Dubois head of the French Resistance), Kenneth Connor (as Monsieur Alfonse, Undertaker; “Swiftly and with Style”), Sam Kelly (as Captain Hans Geering), Ken Morley (as General von Flockenstuffen), Guy Siner (as the gay Lieutenant Hubert Gruber), Arthur Bostrom as Officer Crabtree the bad French-speaking policeman), and several other wonderful actors and actresses. I came to love this show because the writers, Jeremy Lloyd, David Croft and later Paul Adam, created an exceptionally entertaining 30-minute British sitcom. Dad and I always laughed non-stop.

A clip from one of the best episodes in Series 2, “The Gâteau from the Château“:

I have also come to love many other British comedy shows such as “QI – Quite Interesting,” also “Travel Man” with Richard Ayoade, “Gadget Man Stephen Frye,” and “The Graham Norton Show,” and of course “The Benny Hill Show” and even more so “Fawlty Towers” with John Cleese. All of these shows Dad and I thoroughly enjoyed weekly, well, barring Graham Norton that I later discovered and fell in love with. So my followers and readers…

What were or are some of your favorite British comedy shows? Share them below in comments. 😁

Live Well – Love Much – Laugh Often – Learn Always

Angry Jams that Sooth the Soul

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Professor Taboo

I am in a mood this evening and these Korn jams sum up how I feel these past few days. Enjoy and understand where I am at in this effed up state of Texas and this Disunited States of America, it is all appropriate! 😁 They definitely sum up where I’m at with this country and it’s present direction…

Bang and bob that head up and down and dance crazy like a wild-man or wild-woman and let it LOOSE! It is such a good thang to go wild and let your inner beast out! 😁😈

My Joyful Escapes

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Professor Taboo

During these times of great sociopolitical distress, unknown national or global pathways caused by the last several months and since 2016, I have been forced to find some type of solace, some level of pleasure and joy to keep at bay my nagging depression for this nation called the Disunited States of America, and more so my native home state of Texas. What have I found, discovered to temporarily relieve my torment the last decade or more?

My lifelong passions of football/soccer, World War II aviation, and the history of Antiquity, specifically the Roman Empire of the 2nd-century BCE through its decline and fall. Sometimes, more often lately, these “escapes” have kept my sanity in tact; or rather, in tact as is possible these very trying years. Given my age and declining health due to my living situation caring for my Early Alzheimer’s mother, vodka and tequila are no longer viable options or escapes (lots of cussing under my breath for that).

Therefore, I have been forced to find other alternatives to relieve my chronic sadness, my chronic pain, and my chronic frustration from where my once great home country is now headed. As some of you might remember, I am a fanatic for these three areas of interest: footballing/soccer, WW2 history/aviation, and Antiquity and the Roman Empire. I love these areas of interest so very much! And I always look for an opportunity to immerse myself in all three as many times as possible given my time restrictions at home. So…

Are any of you, my followers, my visitors, a kindred spirit in these three areas? I’d love to know. And if so, let’s sometimes chit-chat about them. I get immense pleasure diving into these subjects and how profoundly they changed our current world and all of our lives, particularly in the West. Are any of you gamers? Or are you just well read in these areas? Please let me know. 🙂

Here are some YouTube videos on these three areas I am passionate about:

Football Manager 2024 —

DCS World WW2 —

Rome 2: Total War —

Live Well – Love Much – Laugh Often – Learn Always

A Parody of U.S. Absurdity

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Professor Taboo

It is November 5th, 2024 and American voters are out in droves to vote for the future survival of true democracy. About half of American voters, approximately 167.5-million, are voting for the two Republican candidates. The other half are voting for the other two Democratic candidates. Who are the Republican candidates? Here are their portrait-photos:

*Presidential candidate Bernie Madoff and Vice-Presidential running mate, Ted Bundy*

What are Bernie Madoff’s qualities? First and foremost is Madoff’s financial genius and empire he created through his Fonzi-Ponzi Fund. He promises Americans millions in economic returns. Second, he is an expert in wall constructions. In fact, he will soon be on the cutting edge of small cell-like confinements for any criminals that try and cross his Madoff Wall system! And third, Bernie Madoff promises his mega-wealthy investors Carte Blanche in environmental change opportunities on unprecedented scales, done in less than 20-years that Earth won’t be recognizable to even the most astute observers. I mean, who can’t vote for this fine gentleman and future leader of the world?

Bernie Madoff’s Vice-Presidential running mate is the one and only Ted Bundy of Burlington, Vermont. Bundy is best known for his diplomatic prowess and quirky charm so much so that his foreign and domestic guests would die for more time with him! Another top quality Bundy possesses for role of Vice-President is his family values, especially women’s rights, or rather no rights. Finally, VP candidate Bundy has vast experience in presidential campaigns; he worked for Nelson Rockefeller’s unsuccessful presidential run as well as Arthur Fletcher’s state and federal career and campaigns for, yes, you guessed it, Affirmative Action as the Revised Philadelphia Plan for more equality across genders and social equity, primarily for women since Bundy’s natural gift was diplomacy with women.

These Republican candidates are a very strong ticket for the Party which is exactly why about half of American voters are casting their precious voice with these two fine, upstanding men. If the Madoff-Bundy Republican ticket wins this presidential race, our country will be in very good hands with a fabulous future in store that the rest of the world will envy! No doubt about it.

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