1. You acci­den­tally enter your PIN on the microwave.

2. You haven’t played soli­taire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone num­bers to reach your fam­ily of three.

4. You e-​​​​mail the per­son who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your…

Do you know where the geo­graph­i­cal cen­ter of Rhode Island is? Or what the real name of the “Super­man Build­ing” in Prov­i­dence is? These and 18 other ques­tions make up the fun Rhode Island Trivia Chal­lenge, found online at RhodeIslandTrivia.com.

Try it, and see how many cor­rect answers you’ll get. (You can even let us know in the com­ments, if you dare.)

New Zealan­der (Kiwi) Jane Seabrook is a fan­tas­tic illus­tra­tor, with some astute obser­va­tions and her own brand of logic, Furry Logic. She has made a won­der­ful col­lec­tion of images called Grow­ing Old, which she has gra­ciously allowed us to publish here.

If you like what you see, you should also have a look at Jane Seabrook’s own web­site, furrylogic.com, and at the…

Here’s a fun clip of a cou­ple of young twins talk­ing. The baby stuff may have run its course (given the two recent clips of Beethoven and gig­gles), but this might have merit as some­thing of a pre­cur­sor to the kind of con­vers­ing we engage in in our golden years.

To spread a lit­tle cheer­ful­ness, we have recruited a baby with the most con­ta­geous laugh­ter … Click the title or the image to have a look.

A group of 40-​​​​year-​​​​old bud­dies dis­cuss where they should have din­ner. Finally it is agreed that they should meet at the Gasthof zum Lowen restau­rant because the wait­resses there have low-​​​​cut blouses and nice curves.

Ten years later,…