This article I posted yesterday started out with bad news. At my age, I’m just done. I have an obligation to fade into the sunset.

So, I had some fun with that, even knowing the article had good news in the main piece.

Here is the good news for us “geezers.”

A recent study he wrote with Igor Grossmannon aging and wisdom concluded: “Older people make more use of higher-order reasoning schemes that emphasize the need for multiple perspectives, allow for compromise, and recognize the limits of knowledge.”

There are also key things to do that help with staying mentally active longer. Education is one, but that is not all.

Still, when Dr. Lachman and Dr. Tun reviewed the results, they were surprised to discover that into middle age and beyond, people could make up for educational disadvantages encountered earlier in life. Everyone in the study who regularly did more to challenge their brains — reading, writing, attending lectures or completing word puzzles — did better on fluid intelligence tests than their counterparts who did less.

So I can put away those nursing home brochures and go whack a couple of young guys over the head with my cane!