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I worry about my children.

I am only 37 years old, yet I am already worrying about what kind of adults my kids’ generation will be. My generation, by and large, did not fight any wars, as there were no real conflicts when I was growing up. My first recollection of conflict was that some scraggly looking people took a group of American’s hostage for over a year and we did nothing about it. All I remember beyond that is some footage from a small island in the Caribbean that hosted a medical school. I vaguely remember the Falklands and Panama. Next thing I knew the Berlin wall came down and Saddam committed the Mother of All Mistakes. The Great Cold War we were raised to be ready for ended without a whimper. More »

1.  Your houseplants are alive and you can’t smoke any of them.
2.  Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3.  You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4.  6:00AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5.  You hear your favorite song in an elevator.
6.  You watch the Weather Channel. More »