Today I turn 40 years old. The ramifications of this have yet to be determined.
Yesterday when I came into my work my co-workers gave me a little present… they compiled a List Of 50 Things That Are Younger Than Me. It is a list I now share with the rest of you:
1. The end of the gold standard
2. The first scientific hand-held calculator
3. Jane Fonda’s tour of Vietnam
4. The Godfather
5. Pong
6. Star Trek conventions
7. M*A*S*H
8. Roe vs. Wade
9. The CN Tower (Toronto, ON)
10. Lexis Nexis
11. The DC Metro
12. Abba’s “Dancing Queen”
13. Stephen King novels (all)
14. Joaquin Phoenix
15. The Volkswagen Golf
16. Watergate
17. Wheel of Fortune
18. Iron Maiden
19. The Concorde
20. Gambling in Atlantic City
21. Roots
21. Every one of the Spice Girls
22. Apple Computers
23. Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours
24. Manmade insulin
25. The Commodore PET
26. The Panama Canal Treaty
27. Grenada (nation)
28. Qatar (nation)
29. Sri Lanka (nation)
30. Food Stamps
31. Larry Flynt’s Paralysis
32. The Compact Disc
33. Iron Man’s Alcoholism
34. Ra’s Al Ghul
35. Cherry Coke
36. CNN
37. The Ford Escort
38. AIDS
39. Monday Night Football
40. DeLorean Motor Company
41. The Seattle Mariners
42. 5 ¼” Floppy Disks
43. Hacky Sacks
44. Post-It Notes
45. Roller Blades
46. MRIs
47. Rubik’s Cubes
48. Disposable Cameras
49. The Price Is Right
50. The Space Shuttle Program
So there you have it. I am officially older than gambling in Atlantic City.