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    Midlife Musings

    I Like to Walk Because I Can

    June 12, 2026 /No Comments

    I like to walk because I can. I see people who can't and I will not take these fully functioning legs for granted. For as long as they continue to carry me.

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  • Midlife Musings

    Say Ma’am One More Time

    July 1, 2020 /No Comments

    Got yes ma'am'd twice in one day and had a small crisis.

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    Midlife Musings

    Birthday Fail • A Historical Review of Why I Hate Birthdays

    April 30, 2019 /No Comments

    My birthday peaked at age six. Everything since has been a documented disaster. 10 reasons I stopped caring about my birthday entirely.

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    Midlife Musings

    Conformity Destroys – the YOYO effect

    January 11, 2019 /No Comments

    Forget yolo. It should be yoyo: you're only young once. A short, dread-tinged musing on conformity, adulting, and the decrepitude of the mentally boring.

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  • My So Called Life

    Having a Senior Moment

    December 3, 2011 /No Comments

    Birthday anxiety at 35: four years until I'm officially old. At least the books saved me from drowning in pumpkin pie ice cream.

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