Eliot Daley
- 5 days ago
Seeking "Humane Execution" (Huh???)
We seem to be having some trouble figuring out how to kill the 2,755 prisoners currently on death row. Turns out all the usual...
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Eliot Daley
- Aug 24
Have I Come of Age Yet?
I just got word that Anita died today. It felt like a gut punch. But I haven’t seen her for fifty years. So why do I feel kind of...
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Eliot Daley
- Aug 4
How Barbie's Mother Launched Our Daughter
When she was seven years old, our daughter Shannon questioned Ruth Handler—then CEO of Mattel and creator of “Barbie”—on the untapped...
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Eliot Daley
- Jul 27
Seriously? I Am Too Old???
I just got rejected for enrollment at a school. Maybe it was ageism, maybe not. But it felt pretty sketchy. For many decades, I’ve had...
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Eliot Daley
- Jul 1
He Asked, "Am I Still Married?"
Whatever happened to easy questions? Whatever happened to easy answers? A beloved friend living many states away called and asked me if...
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Eliot Daley
- Jun 15
No Penis? No Pastorate for You.
How can I not write about this? Of the three ordained Presbyterian pastors in my immediate family, I’m the only one with a penis. Most...
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Eliot Daley
- Jun 8
Sure Wish Mister Rogers Could Help
I am feeling like a three-year-old these days. So are you. And not in a good way. I shall explain. I first observed the feeling we are...
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Eliot Daley
- May 24
Hand Over My Car Keys???
I’m a car guy. Have been since I started working as a mechanic in a garage in Fresno, California, when I was twelve years old. Learned...
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Eliot Daley
- May 15
How and When Will I Die, Doctor?
That’s what I asked my new primary care doctor—a gerontologist. “What do you think I’m likely to die from, and how long from now?” He...
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Eliot Daley
- May 8
Choose Very Carefully, Please
Have you ever seen a geode? Kinda ugly on the outside. Rough. Dull. Like a coarse granite softball. Or the forbidding stone wall of a...
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