I can't talk to my mom about any of my physical ailments because I know it will begin with, "As you get older..."

YES, MOM, I KNOW I'M OLD!

Still, every minute is more information I didn't previously have. Wishing to be young is like wanting ignorance and cluelessness. Which isn't to say that age guarantees wisdom (i.e., Mel Gibson, Martin Sheen), or that I haven't met people barely out of college who have their shit so tightly put together you could build an ecological house with it [Note: I once heard that some African tribes actually made houses out of manure shaped like bricks] [Note On Note: I don't know where I got that last piece of information...I just remember hearing that "shitting bricks" wasn't just an expression].

In my years walking the planet, I like to think I have come up with a few equations to understand life.

1) Youth = Shit Happens

2) Age = Shit Still Happens

3) Age + Self Reflection = Shit Still Happens + Less Dumbass

4) Age + Self Reflection + Adjustments = Less Self-Generated Shit Happening

5) Age - Self Reflection = Self-Generated Shit Is The Norm

6) Beer + French Fries + Ice Cream = Love Handles

7) Life - $ = Stress

And, yet...

8) $ ≠ No Stress

9) $ ≠ Security

10) Boyfriend ≠ Feelings of Self Worth

11) $ + Boyfriend + Self-Reflection = Perspective - Complaints

I should probably have some bigger equation, but I wasn't good at math.

Just for today, I might have some wisdom.