I grow old, I grow old…
Yes, today is my birthday as I mentioned in my JFK post. No, I don't really want to discuss it much except to say that getting old sucks. Golden years, my ass. Witness this fire hazard my wife and neighbor presented to me last Saturday:
Yes. There are fifty-six effing candles on my neighbor's truly amazing 125-proof rum cake, all lit. And, despite my cigarette habit, I blew every goddamned candle out with one breath. Then, there's this classic birthday card I received today from my wife, a fellow conservative, thank the good lord:
Today, I will have my family over for Thanksgiving dinner and of the six of us, not one of us is even remotely liberal. That, my dear friends, is something to be truly thankful for...
Happy Birthday Pitbull!
"not one of us is even remotely liberal"
LOL...
It's a miracle. Six conservatives in one place at the same time. Happy Birthday, pal.
Japi berrsdei tu yu, hermano. Muchos mas. Muchisimos.
"No, I don't really want to discuss it much except to say that getting old sucks. Golden years, my ass. "
Carlos/Honey,
Vintage Pitbull is a year older and bit crankier. Definitively life gets better with age, lol.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
Happy Birthday and San Guivin!
Didn't think the crankymeter could go higher but it does... Thanks to all of you!
Happy birthday, Pitbull. You must be like almost 400 years old in dog years. You don't look a day over 300!
Happy Birthday, George, and many more. Fifty-six is the new 46, they tell me.
Gee, we're peers, but I beat you by four months - and you're right, it sucks. Happy Birthday!
I don't know about that. I am 12 years your senior, and I am having the best time of my life now. Sure Obama won and that depresses, angers, scares me no end. And I wish Cuba were free and Israel was more beloved as it should be. And sure I am full of pain, but that goes with the territory.
But I am dancing tons, enjoying my many hobbies, my grandchildren. There is a lot to be said for the senior years.
Hawpie Berzday George...sh*t man! Just think, you're younger than those geezers Howard Stern, Eddie Van Halen and Tom Petty!
I have this idea for a business. I think I can make money at it.
Long ago, some guy came up with a t-shirt that had a yellow circle, toe dots and a curved line in it. Below it said "shit happens", and the silly grinning circle has since become iconic to generations.
I want to do the same, however that circle won't be grinning any more, it will be pissed off, and the words below it will convey that same generation's current state of mind...
"Old sucks".
I am looking for a venture capitalist to help me roll out the first five million shirts.
Happy birthday old man.
Thanks guys. My problem is that I think 35 in a 56 year old body. 35 is the absolute best age of a man. Alas, as Jack Paar once quipped, 'time wounds all heels.'
Happy Birthday, my brother!
Love the democrat/cake jab! As in dead Chicago voters sans birthdays. HEH!
Sorry, but 56 is still the old 56. Happy birthday anyway, though.
Very best wishes. Yes it's true, the mind races while the body paces....but if you keep them both active, you'll do just fine. No hunk wins the race against time; count your blessings and you will stay young inside.