College player, layoff for 30 years and back. What does a beginner with a few memories of playing start down this path at age 50+? So far I have joined Chess.com and the USCF.
JollyPlayer
United States 
I have been a member of Chess.com since 2009! I was in a near fatal car accident 16 years ago that came within 2 cm of breaking my back. I can walk, but not more than a couple hundred yards or so without being in dire pain.
I also have a rare sudden sleep disorder. I can feel myself just drifting off. If I ignore the early signs, I do stupid things like fall asleep with my face in my dinner plate, or on my keyboard, etc. Therefore, I cannot work and I have lived on disability for many years now.
I am mediocre to a poor chess player. I recently decided to study and bit more and see if I cannot get my rating up to something respectable. I have a doctorate in Educational Psychology, Research, and Evaluation. Basically a combination of Statistics and Psychology. Such programs today are toned down a bit and fit under the heading of School Psychology.
I have worked as a University Professor, a Psychologist, a Technical Trainer and a Pastor (I have a master's degree from Denver Seminary).
I post a blog here or there -- certainly not as often as I used to. Nor do I post with the intensity I once did when I took on the Glicko system as opposed to the Elo system for determining ratings.
My free time is spent playing chess, writing music (one of my degrees is in music), reading, and owning and operating the world's largest legal all Brass Band music internet radio station: www.allbrassradio.com
I do not mind questions or constructive criticism. I freely give out my email address on the radio website and anyone may feel free to drop me a note at any time.
