Today was my birthday, one of the integer-multiple-of-ten ones that’s supposed to be a milestone. And, really, to the extent that it does prompt self-reflection, it’s nice to be reminded that the last several decades have been pretty good to me: I’ve got a really good job, a great family, and the whole nice-house-in-the-suburbs life that a middle-class American of my generation is supposed to be going for.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, while we did go to a birthday party today, it wasn’t mine– one of SteelyKid’s friends from day care turns three in a couple of days, so we went to a party for her at a local indoor playground place. So, a good chunk of my birthday was spent following SteelyKid around while she bounced on a trampoline, and went down a surprisingly fast slide. To the extent that this birthday provoked any inflation of my self-importance, that could be seen as a nice ironic commentary to bring my ego back down. And I’m OK with that, because she’s pretty awesome. <\/p>\n
And that’s really about all I have to say about that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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