Rules For Aging
A Wry and Witty Guide to Life
Published on 1. November 2001
160 pages
978-0-547-54444-1 (ISBN)
Description
Rule #1: It doesn't matter. One of USA Today's Best Self-Help Books of the Year: "Hilarious." -People
Prize-winning essayist Roger Rosenblatt has commented on some of the most important trends and events of our time in insightful columns in Time and discerning commentaries on PBSNewshour with Jim Lehrer. But at the dawn of a new millennium, Roger found himself facing an issue that he couldn't talk his way out of: getting old.
Luckily, aging couldn't dull his wit, and he turned his sharp pen to creating a survival manual for the twilight of life. These fifty-four brilliant, funny, and indispensable rules range from how to handle a bad hair day (or a no hair day) to knowing the difference between humor and comedy to learning that, in the end, none of these little worries really matter. Practical, wise, and funny, Rules for Aging offers not only a new mantra for an older generation but "a guide for those in the younger generation who want to learn from the mistakes of their elders" (Newsday).
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Winner of a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, a Peabody Award, an Emmy, and two George Polk awards, Roger Rosenblatt is University Professor of Writing at Long Island University's Southampton College. He writes essays for Time magazine and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. Rosenblatt lives in Manhattan and Quogue, Long Island.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Introduction
- It doesn't matter
- Nobody is thinking about you
- Let bad enough alone
- Ignore your enemy or kill him
- Boo yourself off the stage
- Yes you did
- After the age of 30, it is unseemly to blame one's parents for one's life
- If something is boring you, it is probably you
- Stay clear of anyone-other than a clergyman-who refers to God more than once in an hour
- Swine rules
- Listen for the word "Great"
- Listen for the question "What are you talking about?"
- Appearance is frequently reality
- Be not witty
- neither shalt thou be clever
- Pursue virtue, but don't sweat it
- Do not go to your left
- Everyone's work is magnificent
- Consult everyone on everything and don't forget to send ingratiating notes
- Strife is better than loneliness
- And loneliness is better than Eggs Benedict
- Male and female compatibility rules
- Run when you hear any of the following in a sentence
- Never miss an opportunity to do nothing
- Do not go for Cyrano's nose
- That couldn't be a book
- Do not keep company with people who speak of careers
- Just because the person who criticizes you is an idiot doesn't make him wrong
- Never go to a cocktail party, and, in any case, do not stay more than 20 minutes
- Envy no one-ever
- Believe everyone-always
- Do not attempt to improve anyone, especially when you know it will help
- If they tell you that it's a long shot-it is
- Never bring news of slander to a friend
- It's not about you
- Never say any of the following
- If you want to keep a man honest, never call him a liar
- The waitress is not waiting for you
- Push the wheel forward
- Dress for duress
- A long and happy life lasts five minutes
- Never work for anyone more insecure than yourself
- The unexamined life lasts longer
- No, they don't-and so what?
- Abjure fame but avoid obscurity
- Fast and steady wins the race
- To thine own self be true-unless you would like to be someone else
- Culture rules
- If it's just a teeny-weeny bit wrong-destroy it
- Never think on vacation
- [As long as I am on the subject] Change no more than one-eighth of your life at a time
- Expect gratitude from everybody for everything
- Live in the past, but don't remember too much
- Never do it for the money
- Remember the Amana
- If you are strange enough, they will come
- Never light the fire from the top
- The game is played away from the ball
- Apologize, reconcile, give help
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Connect with HMH
