I ran across this blog today entitled "Tomorrow is Another Day" by a woman in Japan who goes by "Middle-Angel." She commented about her birthday, 'Yesterday I turned 54. Just unbelievable. I'm not wise enough for my age. I'm not deep enough for my age. I'm not generous enough for my age. In conclusion therefore, I should go much further to make myself accomplished.' I think Middle-Angel's thoughts are pretty common. Especially when we move closer to landmark birthdays (the ones with the 0's in the ones place), we start freaking out about our lives and what we've done with the time we've been …
Birthday
A Happy Birthday
My family assembled this past weekend at my brother's new apartment here in Madison for my Dad's 52nd birthday party. We all chipped in for a brand new DVD player. His old one was out of commission because "someone" inadvertently put two DVDs in at once. DVD players don't like that. When the disgruntled DVD player refused to eject the discs, my Dad decided to take matters into his own hands and disassemble the thing. And as life will teach you, taking something apart is much easier than putting it back together. Thus, the need for the new DVD player. But I digress. …