MetaFilter posts tagged with age and aging

The girl who doesn't age

mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:49:29 -0800

Caring for the Old

mygothlaundry — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:34:45 -0800

The NYT has a new blog on aging and eldercare. Thanks to the marvels of medical science, our parents are living longer than ever before.The Gray Lady has started a blog catering to the sandwich generation, with topics, so far, ranging from when to take the car keys to personal accounts of eldercare crises. The 290 comments on this post in particular are eye opening and heartbreaking.

Here is the best part. You have a head start. If you are among the very young at heart.

mrducts — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:21:46 -0800

Young@Heart. What started as a 2006 British television documentary and became an audience favorite at the Los Angeles and Sundance film festivals in 2007 and 2008 opens across the United States this weekand will soon open in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Japan and Australia. The opening sequence showing Eileen Hall , then 92 , singing the 1982 hit from punk-rock group The Clash provided the inspiration for director Stephen Walker when he first saw the group on stage in London in 2005. Besides giving new meaning to lyrics from popular hits, the film is comedic and poignant as it explores friendship, old age and death.

Human time capsules

madamjujujive — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:43:42 -0800

There are about 250,000 centenarians alive today, including several hundred "supercentarians" aged 110+ years. Jerry Friedman, founder of Earth's Elders Foundation, has spent the past four years on a landmark project to introduce the world to the oldest people on earth. And in a similar endeavor, photographer Mark Story has been capturing portraits and stories of people from around the globe who are Living in Three Centuries.

How old are you?

PrinceValium — Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:26:52 -0800

How old are you? The Ageless Project lists 1,800 blogs, sorted by the blogger's birthdate.