A candid photo of yours truly...
I think I'm aging fairly well!
I am now 40 years old.
I still feel 39. Ha.
So now I guess I am supposed to put on the Lawrence Welk show, get a Miracle Ear hearing aid, eat prunes at every meal, buy Depends undergarments, complain about my health 24/7, drive as slow as a turd, listen to Air Supply and like it, and swear at teenagers constantly.... ok, I already do that last thing - but the rest of it- forget it. I think I will be perpetually young. I love ear-busting rock music, riding the Harley, horror movies, driving fast, staying up late and sleeping in even later, and drinking shots of Jim Beam.
Wait, I guess there are alot of old gomers out there drinking the Beam.. Scratch that. (scratch saying it, not doing it!)
*Being forty doesn't seem like too big of a deal so far.
Here's what happened the year I was born into the world:
It was a leap year.
I was born on a friday ( during Days of Our Lives or so it would seem - ha ha )
Johnny Cash recorded Live at Folsom Prison.
The Green Bay Packers won the Superbowl (and without Brett Favre, mind you!)
The Winter Olympics were held in February at Grenoble, France.
Teen singing star Frankie Lymon died of a heroin overdose.
The Vietnam War (excuse me, conflict) raged on - I cannot begin to list the various offensives and battles...too many).
'2001:A Space Odyessy' premiered.
Martin Luther King was assassinated 4-4-68.
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was signed.
'In The Heat Of The Night' won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
'The United Methodist Church' was created.
The musical 'Hair' opened on Broadway.
Robert F. Kennedy was shot June 5th and died the next day.
The soap opera 'One Life To Live' started on ABC.
Apollo 7 was launched and was the first space mission to be televised.
The Summer Olympics were held in October (?) in Mexico City, Mexico.
Richard Nixon became the president in November.
The Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) team was formed.
Rachael Ray, Debra Messing, Anthony Michael Hall, Gillian Anderson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah McLachlan, Molly Ringwald, Daniel Craig (007 - yum!), Kenny Chesney, Eric Bana, Naomi Watts, Will Smith, Ziggy Marley, and Owen Wilson are a few of the people born in the great year of 1968!
So, it really was a good year.
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