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# The Wednesday Eudemon
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/5374/
- Published: 2007-03-14T10:41:27.000Z
- Updated: 2007-03-14T10:41:27.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

It was 2:00 p.m, sunny and 70\. Work was a little slow (one of the only lulls I've had in the past four years). And it was my birthday. So I blew out of the office yesterday and drove home, heading down Walker Avenue with Sammy Hagar's "Heavy Metal" blaring out of my speakers.

I kinda shook my head. I'm 41\. When does a person start feeling middle aged? When does a person feel his age, period? The last time I felt my age, I was probably in the 17-22 range. When I was 23, I didn't feel 23\. I remember seeing attractive 18 year-old girls and my friends and I would joke, "Remember when we heard about a 23-year-old guy dating an 18-year-old and thinking that the guy must be a pervert?" At 23, we didn't feel that much older than an 18-year-old. Twenty-three years later, and I still don't, at least much of the time.

I talked with my parents yesterday, both in the early seventies. They both said they still don't feel their age.

On first blush, it feels like a curse, but I'm going to try to view it as a blessing. I made up my mind yesterday morning that I wouldn't dread birthdays. They're the days that commemorate my coming into existence. They can't be lamented (you all can lament my birthdays, but I can't). Similarly, I'm going to view that inexplicable youthful feeling--even as I battle my weight, lose my hair, and prepare to have my gall bladder removed next week--as a good thing. It might take me awhile to figure out why it's a blessing, but for now, I'm merely going to adjust my general attitude toward it.

Of course, I'll try not to let the attitude adjustment lead me to this 41-year-old's antics: [Police here say a man charged with drug possession had an unusual place to store his stash: his 6-year-old daughter's jacket pocket.](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258608,00.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)

I've been running across a lot of neat lists lately. [The 25 Greatest American Black Pop Culture Characters](http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2007/blackpopculture/index.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Shaft is Number 8, Fred Sanford 6, Buckwheat 3.

Want to learn more about Thermopylae and *300*? [This site](http://www.300spartanwarriors.com/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com) comes recommended by [a reliable source](http://world-history-blog.blogspot.com/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).