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I was talking with someone recently who seemed genuinely distressed by the fact that he was about to turn 26. I gave him my standard response to such nonsense: I rolled my eyes dismissively and said, “Oh please. I have tube socks older than you.” People seem to love that.
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At work I was recently asked, in front of a bunch of people, about my first car. Everybody was younger, of course; I’m almost always the oldest person…
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It feels like most people in my approximate age group (old) believe things were much, much better when they were young. I’ve made that claim too…
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My wife Toney and I have been together for about 30 years now and I recall a conversation she and I had during the earliest days of our relationship. It…
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Have you ever worked out a notice at a job? It’s excruciating. You’re excited about the next chapter of your life and have romantic visions of how much…
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A few years ago, while powering through every episode of The Fugitive, I found myself obsessively checking the IMDB pages of actors from the program who…
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I recently received an email that opened this way: SiriusXM is conducting a survey about your listening habits. The survey will only take 10 minutes or…
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When I was a kid my grandfather Kay would eat a sensible meat and potatoes dinner at exactly 5 pm and go to bed right after Walter Cronkite went off, at…
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