Slow It Down

Not only am I approching another birthday, but I just got hit with a double whammy of age reality. Young Master Nordeaster is attending the college fair on Thursday. Dang! in two years I'll be the parent of a college student and probably a serviceman as well. I, like many parents, use milestones in my child's life to mark the passage of time. This year they've flown by like the stars buzzing past the Enterprise's view screen at warp 9 -- driver's license, first car, first formal, first job, his first Keegan's trivia night.

As the saying goes, getting older stinks, but it sure beats the alternative...