30: 1979
- I was was about to turn 16, and about to lose my virginity.
- I was in my Junior year of high school.
- We lived in Vauxhall, New Jersey, on May Terrace
- I lived with my mom and my brother, as my sister had recently left for college..
- My father and stepmother lived in Baltimore, Maryland.
- I hated my life and wanted to be out of that town.
- I rode my bicycle everywhere.
- I was in the Air Force Junior ROTC.
- I was in the Chorus... Mr C. was our teacher.
- I collected comic books.
20: 1989
- I was nearly 25.
- I was married.
- I drove a Hyundai Excel.
- I was in the last year of my enlistment in the Marine Corps.
- I was stationed at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina.
- I drove to Forestville, Md every weekend
- We had a pet rabbit (I know. I know)
- I drank WAY too much
- I used to go to watch live jazz at The Saloon, in Georgetwon.
- I was nearly 36.
- Ihad been remarried for 5 years.
- Soccer Girl was nearing her first birthday, Fast Pitch was almost 10.
- We lived in Woodbridge, Virginia.
- We took Soccer Girl to Disney world for the first time.
- We had a retired racing Greyhound named Duncan.
- I had been working with my previous agency for two years.
- My mother went to rehab.
- I am 45.
- Soccer Girl will be eleven next week. Fast Pitch is tewnty, and in her third year of college.
- Mrs Gunfighter and I have been married for nearly sixteen years.
- I'm getting a new dog this week
- My hair is turning gray
- All of my irritating aches hurt like bloody hell now.
- I teach Sunday School
- My Mother, Grandmother, and brother have all survived cancer.
- I spend an inordinate amount of time wondering when cancer will strike me.
- I'm middle aged. Where did the time go?.