Feeling Older
Yup, celebrated a birthday last week. Now I'm just feeling old. I've usually been somewhat apprehensive when it comes to "0" birthdays. It started when I was ten. Being a kid who loved all forms of reading, I read a lot. My folks subscribed to a number of magazines, including Time. And I read each issue cover-to-cover. And the old TV Guide as well. And we tended to watch the evening news in my house, which came on at 5:30 pm for the national news, followed by local news at 6:00 pm. So I was probably fairly well informed when it came to current events. And on my tenth birthday, ya know, double digits and all, I won't forget it as we had some sort of get together. I remember sitting in the living room watching the end of a football game, probably the University of Minnesota against Nebraska, where Tony Dungy, the quarterback, and Rick Upchurch, a wide receiver, were two of my favorite players. But th...