First, how are my March Madness bracket picks doing? ESPN Men's:  88.3% I can't find my other results so far. 15 Craigside has been here now for 15 years. I lived next door and saw this building under construction.  Opened in 2011. So late in 2013, on a lark, I decided to visit this place on a Saturday morning.   I wasn't really interested in a seniors' facility, so never checked other options.   During the tour, the agent indicated that there was an apartment just opened that was returned because the purchaser decided to not move in. If I were the first to pick, this is the one I would have selected because it was on the top floor with an open view of the ocean.  The two adjacent towers were each on the sides, so those living there could not see mine.  Gave them a $20,000 check and came in May of 2014. So, anyway, 15 Craigside hosted a 15th Anniversary dinner. Here are the residents who moved in 2011, and are still residing here. My meal. Doing t...

Let's go back just a few months ago, and I did not have enough time to watch/and or/listen to the regular cable  1000 channels .  Some, of course, were not free, but Music Choice alone was, and covered almost 100 channels, including the local radio stations.  I also paid for Netflix and Amazon Prime, around $25/month.  Including two cable boxes, one for the bedroom and the other for the living room, Spectrum is free in 15 Craigside, a seniors community where I live. Then out of nowhere, Spectrum last month announced that permanently, for FREE, they would also add: Hulu   (With Ads) Disney+   (Basic) ESPN+   (Direct-to-Consumer) Max   (formerly HBO Max, with ads) Peacock Premium   (with ads) Paramount+ Essential AMC+   (with ads) FOX One ViX Premium   (with ads) Tennis Channel   (included with TV Select Plus These would have cost $120/month if you paid for them.  They are now all free, although I continue to have a $25/mont...