tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post113192595686098504..comments2024-01-18T07:59:31.728-08:00Comments on The Second Son: Happy Birthday to Me…G*3http://www.blogger.com/profile/06104739087560005056noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-56267816044981196092011-10-09T21:20:14.521-07:002011-10-09T21:20:14.521-07:00Ksil, DrJ, I know, it’s all relative. To you guys ...Ksil, DrJ, I know, it’s all relative. To you guys I’m a kid. Which was actually kind of the point.<br /><br />My high-school principal called the other night, as he does every year around this time. He asked if there were a lot of young people in the community where I’m living. As I said to him, there are a lot of people my age, but when I was in his school, seventeen was “young,” and now low 30s is “young.”<br /><br />Altie, long time no comment! I check your blog every now and then, but I’m not a big fan of poetry. <br /><br />Yeah, Grover used to be the cute furry monster. Poor guy has been shoved into the background since Elmo came along. My mother used to read “The Monster At the End of the Book” to my brother and me, back when the monster was Grover. A while back they put out a new version, with Elmo instead. Not that I have anything against Elmo, but he’s kind of taken over the show.<br /><br />> Though I sense some cynicism.<br /><br />What, me, cynical?! :-)G*3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-42977581448082466432011-10-09T11:10:26.432-07:002011-10-09T11:10:26.432-07:00Wait till you're 50! I'm now 51, have 2 gr...Wait till you're 50! I'm now 51, have 2 grandchildren, and look at our photo albums of my parents when they were my age playing with my children when they were little babies....oy the cycle of life.DrJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-17220632059292575392011-10-09T10:02:52.586-07:002011-10-09T10:02:52.586-07:00:) I love this post. I have very similar thoughts ...:) I love this post. I have very similar thoughts on growing old. And I'm not even that old. And neither is 30. But I get it. I really do.<br /><br />Sesame street didn't used to have elmo?<br /><br />I remember playing snake on the computer that only had a black screen. I think my older siblings remember this stuff more than I do. By the time I came around we already had walkmans. I remember my father's first cell phone. Yes it is weird to live in a world that is constantly changing, and like my sister-in-law pointed out, movies that she watched as a little kid are now condsidered classics. Like the lion king.<br /><br />But don't forget thta when your kids grow up their kids will say, Iphone? Ha! That is so like ancient. Who knows what they will have then?<br /><br />You just gotta keep up. Don't end up like those old folks refusing to learn new technology. (My mom can now proudly go to a few sites on the internet. She used to not know how to turn on a computer.)<br /><br />Anyway, good post. Though I sense some cynicism.Altiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772248808276734643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337887555862662350.post-45710909706749653002011-10-06T11:44:00.571-07:002011-10-06T11:44:00.571-07:00A youngster.....dont worry...30-40 were awesome......A youngster.....dont worry...30-40 were awesome....<br /><br />Now 40".....thats old!<br /><br />KsilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com