Bent All Out Of Joint

Bent All Out Of Joint

  I’m thirty-nine years old and I still think of myself as twenty-something.  I have a feeling this is what the old saying about being “young at heart” hints toward.  As a result of my still feeling young, I sometimes drag my hulking frame out...
You Can’t Catch Me!

You Can’t Catch Me!

My parents are getting older.  They’re in their sixties now.  While that’s still relatively young by today’s standards, they can’t do things like they used to. Every time I visit home, one or both of them is hobbling in some new way.  Hips,...
What 37 Means To Me

What 37 Means To Me

I had a birthday this past Thursday.  I turned 37.  Getting older means different things to different people.  Thirty-seven isn’t a magic number by any means, to most people, but to me, it promises to be a year to remember. What does 37 mean to me? The year of...

Boy Toy Status Revoked

I turned thirty-six about a month ago and as you can tell from my blog, I consider myself officially getting old. Well, middle aged at least. Thinning hair and aching joints have become priorities, which I think are a decent indication that any "Boy Toy"...

Old Clothing Roulette

I've got an idea for a game show, and only in America, the land of the TV zombies, could this work.  I call it "Old Clothing Roulette."Contestants would bring clothes to the studio from all years of their adult life, along with their  high...