-- "Now you're not hiding behind anything."
Or from anything either. The physical changes have been accompanied by subtle psychological changes, a greater willingness to try new things.
The point of this exercise in vanity, I suppose, is that numerical age doesn't matter nearly as much as attitude does. That's nothing new, I know. I just needed to acknowledge it publicly for myself. Just don't tell me to act my age, because I don't know what that means.
I am 73. I have a phone that is at least 10 times smarter than I am. I wrote this column on a laptop. I love WiFI. I have a Kindle and have actually read one book on it so far. (Confession: I still prefer the real thing.) I Google and text constantly. I eat yogurt and falafel and sushi and lots of fruits and vegetables. No red meat. I do not go hungry. I exercise with a growing degree of regularity. All my annual checkup numbers are in the positive range. My doctor says I'm the textbook example of what can happen when you actually follow your doctor's advice. I kinda liked hearing that, too.
Now, if someone would just explain to me how 3-D printing works...
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