Countdown To Fifty

Thursday, February 16, 2034

Holy cow, am I relived!

I now know to the second when I will drop over dead.

This opens up all new worlds of opportunity and planning. And the fact that I will go on a Thursday means that I need not make plans for the weekend of the 17th.

I do take exception to the fact that I will keel over at 74 years old.

But wait. If I set the ‘mode’ to ‘optimistic’ I get an automatic life extension to April 1, 2052. Imagine, just thinking optimistically buys me another 18 years! The ripe old age of 92, all courtesy of the power of positive thinking.

The fact that this projection has me checking out on April Fools Day is absolutely perfect.

Thanks to the good folks at The Death Clock for this clarity.

Over the last 2 months I have had the chance to reconnect with two old friends. One I have known since I was 15 years old and the other I have known since I was 19. The reasons we lost touch were attributed to simply loosing track of contact information.

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Courtesy of reader SEEMORE, a touching look at the holidays through the eyes of our younger generation.

Over my morning coffee and a bowl of cereal I caught a segment of the Today Show about the challenges of men turning 50. Optimistically the subtitle for the piece was ‘planning for the

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Just needed to get this off my chest and onto ‘paper’. As a fan who grew up in the Orange Bowl and watched the 17-0 season from [Read more →]