The first election I got to vote in was 1992. That was the one Bush Sr. lost to Clinton. I remember how excited I was. I felt like I was really making a difference and like I was really making a contribution to society. I was young and my political ideology was still being formed. In honesty, I voted for the wrong candidate then, at least I did based on who I am now. I’ve been a political fiend my […]
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Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #24
It’s incredibly easy to lose the joy and wonder and newness of seeing the world and all the magical things inside of it for the first time. Each passing hour, day and year it becomes simpler and simpler to be sarcastic and weathered and calloused and just plain cynical. Let’s face it, our modern society makes it simple to be this way—there’s always a corporation polluting the water, always a politician covering up the corporation that polluted the water and […]
Aging Hip Replacement #23
I’m pretty sure my wife thinks I’m having a midlife crisis. I don’t see it that way. I get it though from the outside she sees a guy reaching back into his youth and pulling out cultural and artistic touchstones and finding comfort in those markers. She sees a man who seems a little wishful for what could have or might have been, a guy who isn’t necessarily happy with where he is in some parts of his life and […]
Aging Hip Replacement #22
Almost anyone that writes anything this time of year spends their column inches telling the world that for which they’re most thankful. I have no problem with these columns, in fact I spend a lot of my time telling you why I’m thankful, what I’m thankful for, etc. so instead of going with the flow I’ve decided to spend a little bit of time commenting on some of the worlds ills. In some cases you’re just going to get my […]
Aging Hip Replacement #21: I Hope You Dance
I don’t dance with my wife often. There are many reasons for that, the least of which is that I hate to dance. There’s also the fact that as you get older you tend to go to a lot fewer places where dancing is acceptable. Oh, there’s the occasional wedding, maybe a banquet or two but that’s it really. It was easier to dance in years gone past. My grandparents danced together. They took ballroom dancing and won a bunch […]
Aging Hip Replacement #20: Bad Puppy
Something weird happened when Dave listened to the latest CD by one of his favorite bands. Check out what it was in the latest Aging Hip Replacement column.
Aging Hip Replacement #19: 12 Memories
I went to my dad’s grave this weekend. It was his 60th birthday. While there I realized that life is nothing more than a series of memories. Some are good and some are bad, connect them all and you have a life. Each memory has had some impact on the ones following it, changing and altering the path your life has taken. In honor of this, here are some of the favorite moments of my life. Each has been responsible […]
Aging Hip Replacement #18: The Evolution of Man
No doubt about it, mine is the generation of the sensitive pony-tailed man. That phrase was coined by Cameron Crowe in his movie Singles to describe a particular type of man—you know who he is—the granola loving, sandal wearing fellow with wire rim glasses and a pony tail trailing the back of his neck. This is the guy that wrote poetry in college that really tugged the heart strings and went to Lilith Fair. I’m pretty sure you have a […]
Aging Hip Replacement #17: Chasing Your Bliss
As I’m sure you’ve heard, Steve Jobs passed away last Wednesday, October 5 of cancer. He’s left behind a legacy that will be hard to equal. iPads are handed out at the hospital now with diapers and formula with each new birth; smart phones the world over all use technology that was either created by Mr. Jobs’ Apple or because of it; the animated movie landscape is completely changed since he bought Pixar from George Lucas and started churning out […]
Aging Hip Replacement #16-I Feel I’m Falling For Fall
I know most people who read this are looking for some kernel of wisdom to be gleaned or some specific situation they can relate to and feel like we’re all in this aging process together. This isn’t going to be one of those columns! I just wanted to spend a few column inches this week and discuss Fall, that’s Autumn to you and me and my favorite season. I know that most people detest the end of summer and the […]
Aging Hip Replacement #15: Time Keeps On Slippin’ (Slippin’…Slippin’…)
There’s been a lot of talk lately about things turning 20 this year. Hey, I’m as guilty as the next guy. This week it was all about Nirvana’s Nevermind turning 20. An important milestone for sure, but not nearly as important as the anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death. In fact, if you were to ask most people I can guarantee they recall nothing about the release of Nevermind, but can tell you exactly where they were when they heard about […]
Aging Hip Replacement #14
“We’ll inherit the earth but we don’t want it It’s been ours since birth, what’cha doin’ on it? We’ll inherit the earth but we don’t want it Layin’ claim at birth, what’cha doin’ on it?” Paul Westerberg nailed it when writing those lyrics what amounts to decades ago now. We’ve inherited the earth—we didn’t want it then and I’m not sure we want it now. We certainly haven’t made any claim or hard push to get to the top. And […]