goodbye, old friend — it was great but now it’s over

Apr 25, 2026

I’ve had a tanning bed for 25+ years. There’s nothing better for an aching back on the planet — and I love how it seems to not only warm you up, but also boost your mood.

When you get to be my age; however, being tan is no longer important, and I can think of a whole lot more things I like better than having cancer spots removed.

Goodbye… it’s been fun…

goodbye tanning bed

This was one of the first items loaded into the dumpster… right after 2 toilets we replaced.

It’s a fact that as you get older, things just change.

Except for my Mom… who doesn’t seem to ever age. The only thing that changes is that she adds more clothes the older she gets. It can be 90° in the shade and she’ll be wearing a jacket. 🙂

Mom never ages


Now you know: Casey Kasem was the original voice actor of Scooby Doo’s Shaggy. He was a vegan and outspoken critic of factory farming. He quit the show in 1995 after being asked to voice Shaggy for a Burger King commercial, and came back after negotiating that Shaggy would become a vegetarian.