Born day

Today 9/11 Is My Birthday

Today I turn 69. Gosh that's old.

My wife JoAn, her Bestest my sister n law Collene who introduced me to

her was her BFF friend. She was 16. Daughter Kylee Birthday dinner this past weekend 21 July. She'd be 21.

Here's the thing, when you're younger you never think you'll ever be this old.  Jackson Browne sings in The Pretender, "They say in the end it's the wink of an eye."

Ameen!  I mean Awomen,  to that.

What's funny is how things have changed over the years .or. rather re-arranged. 

Like when snacks said spicy hot when I was a kid, they were kinda bland. Now when they say spicy hot your mouth just about falls off,  they're so hot. There's a 3 - 5 alarmer and your tongue comes out an pulls the fire alarm. That's how I like it but my daughter,  no - "too spicy." She tells or complains to her mom. 

Kids nowadays like candies like Sour Patch Kids,  Skeetles and Starbursts, you know, things that are tart like Now 'n Later. We didn't then. We liked chocolate. Don't get me wrong,  people still do but that's not the go to like it used to be. Go to the movies and see what they have for sale. And while we're talking,  I remember great buttered popcorn for 15 cents. Now it's the kind of popcorn you pack boxes with and it's like a $100 bucks. Ouch! AND on Wednesdays bring your own bucket,  they're free. 

I can remember the days before hip hop 'n rap and cell phones, in fact I can recall when rap began. The 'Sugar Hill Gang, ' NWA anyone? There were different kinds of rap then. Funny rap. Introspective rap. Uplifting rap. Dance rap. White boy rap better than black boys. Black man better at golf than white boy. 

I also recall when you didn't curse in songs. Sounds quaint doesn't it? 

Nowadays you can hear all kinds of things in songs you didn't hear when I was young. Words that got my mouth washed out with soap are in hit records. Hey, listen to what you want to, I'm just saying.

Me in elay. Elona Gay! 

I was 21.

I was 11.

Nowadays you say 8-tracks,  pay phones and land lines to blank faces. It seems everyone is walking around looking down at their phones. It used to be people called and left a message. People couldn't find you. Now it's, "I called you 15 times...  I texted you...  where were you?"... where were you?" Kindda thing! High pitched voice,  shorts in a twist! 

I remember when Pac man was brand new and everyone ran to play it. We couldn't believe how cool it was. Man, you would go to a certain bar or arcade just because they had it. Now? Go find one. I'll wait.

I remember before computers and the internet. Say what? That's right, I know Mr Osborn,  before Macs and laptops,  smartphones,  phablets and iPads and all that. Computer have ben around since the dawn of time,  Eve had an Apple and Adam had a Wang. 

Computers used to be a block long and those were the good ones and 159 techs changing vaccum tubes all day long. Now it seems everyone has one somewhere some have on with same power on their wrist,  and I don't know if that's a good thing. But what do I know?

Me and my brother

The Kirkster,  the Prankster

Do you know why we have reality shows everywhere? Computerized protagonists and movies.  Back in the day, the writers of sit coms and tv shows etc.  went on strike. Networks and studios, instead of renegotiating with them, thought it was cheaper to film people who had their own dialogue and that's where Real Housewives and Honey Boo Boo and Bridezilla etc. and all the rest came from.

My wife and step son...  my wife and daughter watch The Bachelor and The Bachelorette and yours truly has been banned from the TV room when they're on. Why? For saying things like, "It's easy to fall for someone in Tahiti it's when you get back to a studio apartment in Pittsburgh and all the cameras are gone..."

Banned I tell ya.

Remember when our parents first heard rock 'n roll, when they first saw color teevees, when they first had seat belts? My dad tied me down and cut my fro. I remember the time before afros the time when only Mr. Clean had a shaved head and an earring?

Geffin, Miles, Jen, Denise, & Miss Mya.

A long time ago...

That's how I feel.

Today is my birthday.

A wink of an eye.

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