Well, it is here.

Today is the day.  40.  I am officially in “midlife”.  Strange – I do not feel any different.  I am still balding.  I am still sore.  I am still fat.  Just like I was when I was 39.  I am convinced that 40 is a number, not a feeling.

So, I thought I’d reflect on my life thus far and mention some things that have happened to me at each 10-year increment.  Turn left on Memory Lane with me as we go back in time.

1968 – Born.  Man had not landed on the Moon yet.  My mom and dad lived in Clemson, SC.  Other notable people who were born in 1968:  Cuba Gooding, Jr., LL Cool J (Mama Said Knock You Out), Molly Ringwald, Racheal Ray.  Notable people who died in 1968:  Charlie Chaplin, MLK, RFK, Upton Sinclair.

1978 – 10 years old.  Ted Bundy is captured in Florida.  Love Canal.  Susan B. Anthony dollar coin introduced.  Mass suicide in Jonestown.  I was in 4th grade in Blackwell Elem, Pod C – Ms. Reid.  Births include:  AJ McLean of the Backstreet Boys, Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace, Kurt Busch (#2 Miller Lite Dodge).

1988 – 20 years old.  Iran-Contra Affair.  Bush-Dukakis.  Democratic Convention held in Atlanta.  Rob Lowe and teenage girls.  First night game at Wrigley Field.  Pan Am 103.  I was packing to move to Athens.  I started smoking a year before.  Births include:  Haley Joel Osment, Rumer (Potato Head) Willis.  Deaths include:  Divine, Roy Orbison.

1998 – 30 years old.  Paula Jones.  George Michael and the park bathroom incident.  iMac born.  Monica Lewinsky.  Michael Jordon retires (the first time).  Google is founded.  Exxon-Mobil merger.  Sperm was 2.  I was married to Shrek.  Living in the exurbs.  Births include:  Nobody I know.  Deaths include:  Phil Hartman, Sonny Bono, Frank Sinatra.

2008 – 40 years old.

So there we are.  Some highlights (lowlights?) of events over the last 40 years.  I hope you enjoyed this trip down Memory Lane as much as I did.  We’ll be back to my usual ranks tomorrow!