According to the latest statistics I have 31.6 years left. Having lived 46 years it is sobering to think that I am on the down hill side of the journey. I really have a fever though to make a difference now some how. Strange, when I was 18 I swore I didn't want to live past 45. I thought that was ancient.
Ones perspective has a way of shifting as the eternal dirt nap starts to come into view!!!

The eternal dirt nap! Ha! what a good way to describe death, or, I'm just popping over the hill for an earth sandwich.

I know frankin, at the age of 20 you think no-one could possibley really want to live past 40, bloody ancient!

i started this art thing late in life, I was at college with 20year olds, kids my sons age, they were great on the whole, but one boy would repeatedly point out I was as old as his mum! great!

When I was 20, I wanted to live to be 200. While I was married, in my 30's, 100 was plenty. Now I'm in my late forties, and although I'm in no rush for the big sleep, I don't want to prolong the show any more than I have to. Those aches and pains catch up to you, FAST!

Haha too true. I was diagnosed with diabetes this year as well! When they stat taking the fun stuff away from you, it makes you less than optimistic about kicking around forever.

When I was married to my ex I took a lot of chances. The relationship made me feel hopeless. Glad that shite is over.

Wow! I didn't mean to come across so pessimistic in the last post. I am quite amazingly happy these days. I have the perfect mate in my life, I am doing art that I like doing, and we are fairly comfortable as far as the crappy economy goes!

Two things you will enjoy as you get older, tho, are the sudden outcroppings of hair, where no hair existed before. And no need for a full nights sleep(probably due to all the time you wasted in your youth, that you are trying to make up for).

Yup, sleepless, and hairy........in Seattle.

guess I'm reading this at the right / wrong time of night...I'm in danger of going all existential and contemplating the meaning of life, the chances of continuing existence after the big event, and whether I will EVER be comfortable with random hair-growth :-)

Oh, it's great. I sit and contemplate the direction I'm taking a new piece in, while wistfully braiding my ear tufts with my fingers. Think of it as zit popping for old people. lol

I know... I have acquired a bold spot that is expanding. It is like the rings of a tree I figure when it expands outwards s that I have no hair, it's time for funeral arrangements.

Although I guess you could argue that the hair is simply migrating downwards as gravity has it's inevitable way with it. I end up with it in my ears and n my back. I guess gravity never stops tugging at us until we are nestled snuggly in mother earths bosom.

As crazy as this is going to sound, I've never met a bald headed man till I moved to Florida. I can't even recall seeing one in person. Louisiana boys usually have a full head of hair till they die. And, of course, everybody from Florida comes from somewhere else. Usually Yankees. Must be stress.

I started going bald at 26. At 34 I could no longer take it and shaved my head. Been bald ever since (2 years).
I have to say it seems so much less to worry about. Only one drawback I can see so far. It is 20 degrees here tonight and that tends to give a bald guy a brain freeze....

Heh... for two years I shaved my head every morning. Kept it shiny as can be, I was often told that it made me look like a serial killer which really appealed to my dark side! When I met my wife, I had a little hair up top. She asked if I'd let it grow long like I used to have it. Now it is below my shoulders and you can only see the bald spot from the back. It kind of reminds me of all those aging rock stars that make their comeback tours to pay for all those years of rehab and fast cars. Hah.

Is anyone else here doing a 635 photoblog? One of those where you have to take and post a picture every day?

I have one set up. it's kind of fun and I guess at the end of the year you have a pictoral diary of your life to look at to remember things. At my age I need all the help I can get remembering things!

If you want to check out mine here is the url:

http://www.photoblog.com/sp iral115/

If anyone has bought a Corel product before, they are running a special for folks that have registered software with them. Most products are over 50% off. I am getting Painter x with a free Jeremy Sutton instruction DVD for $209! That is almost $300 off the retail price of these items. This sale is only for registered customers. Here is the link if you want to check it out.

http://apps.corel.com/lp/other/0028 8/index.html?trkid=TYUPPER0208&RMID =THANKSFEB08&RRID=142308222

You have to sign in so that they know you are a registered owner of a product. This is too good of a deal for me not to spread the news! Cheers and good luck!!

Well I am off to try and take a nap. I got the evil flu that is going around here. Yuck!

Wow! membership here is growing amazingly fast! This is a great community and I hope it keeps it's feel.

Hope you get well soon.

just had a look at your photoblog franklin. a very nice slice of your good life.

thought i'd try it meself (i've got CRS at times too). just hope i'll remember to take a picture. . .

feel better

Thanks gents, feeling better today.

Art, it is difficult as all get out to remember to take a picture every day. That is why you see a lot of last minute looking ones on the site. Sometimes I am feeling rather artistic, others I just want to get one taken so I don't miss a day. It'll still be an interesting photo diary to check out at the end of the year. When I say to myself where did 2008 go? I can refer to it and go... Oh yeah!

franklin - i think the "last minute" stuff is a reassurance to all of us as artists. a slice of life as it were. the people and pets in our lives, the small things we notice. it's how we get to know each other, it's how we become one world. only artists are free enough in the mind to do that. i particularly liked your shot of the bathroom faucet where there's actually a reflection of you taking the picture.

for myself, i'm hoping that doing one a day helps to establish a better rhythm in my relationship with the camera.