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I Believe... [Do I Get Paid to Be Old Now?]

...that pain and comfort are inevitable; suffering and happiness are choices.

…that the RobinHood app is only like the actual Robin Hood if he had stopped with the giving the gold to the poor and declared “Whoa! Sorry Sheriff. These poor people have had enough of your gold!” I think I’m going to go buy some stock in Radio Shack and Spencer’s Gifts.

...that when definitions are routinely adapted, expanded, or eliminated the notion occurs that we all aren’t really arguing about the same things anymore.

...that “pre-existing conditions” is newspeak for “fat and out of shape.”

…that turning fifty-five years old this week has officially made me an old curmudgeon in the professional sense. I hope I get my badge and sash soon.