The corners around here are clogging up, so I'm taking some time today to sift through the geezer-related stuff for Sunday blog material.

Starting off with a shortage of silver, and I'm not talking hair here, as we have plenty of that, but rather the the anniversary that doesn't make it as often as many would like.

Turns out that more than half of the couples in the US that should have celebrated a 25th wedding anniversary bailed before that could happen. Okay, some died ... not the same ... but the numbers spell out that fewer men and women today will hang together for a quarter of a century than would back in the days that saw a World War putting huge dents in the chances of celebrating with silver.

Even making it 15 years can put a couple in a 'getting rarer' category.

About 80 percent of first marriages that took place in the late 1950s lasted at least 15 years. Among people who married in the late 1980s for the first time, however, only 61 percent of the men and 57 percent of the women were married 15 years later.

Apparently, it's the first wave of Boomers with the highest divorce rates, but across the board more women in the US are living without a husband than with one.

This story from the Washington Post looks at how sex in the older set might have something to do with marital bliss ... or not.

Between dropping hormone levels and rising stress, desire for desire can take a back seat to the need for a nap. Add to that the familiarity of years and parts that may not have all the spring they once had and the frequency of romance can plummet.

Not good.

Sexual satisfaction contributes to overall health, experts say. It may not be on par with, say, eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, but it's right up there. Couples who enjoy sex together fight less often and relax more easily.

So, find the kids a sitter and get a room already!

From sex to the Sex Pistols, I just have to plunk this story in today because I'm not feeling well and need a laugh ...

Good old Johnny Rotten, John Lydon when he's not busy being an obnoxious twit, made a radio appearance in the UK and trashed whoever he could think of to trash. He really went after a Police revival:

"That's really a reformation, isn't it," he deadpanned before continuing, "but, honestly, that's like soggy old dead carcasses. You know listening to Stink try to squeak through 'Roxanne' one more time, that's not fun. It's like letting air out of a balloon."

I agree that Sting is boring, like watching paint dry in person, but it's a bit rich when one geezer trying for a comeback picks on another. (Both bands are touring now. Yep. Go ahead and check the calendar ... this is not a time warp ... it is, indeed, 2007.)

I wouldn't be surprised if stress and plumbing issues have taken their toll on the virility of both of these guys. Wouldn't that make an interesting study? The sex lives of old Rockers: Groupies or Jammies?