Facial lines: None of us actually can see the lines creeping into our faces. Even though you see yourself each morning when you shave or comb your hair. But ever slowly they manage to eek their way onto the face. There is a huge cosmetic industry in Facial-Creams-Moisturizers 1. They all “guarantee” the same result. Spend hundreds of dollars on our product and watch all the lines just disappear from your face. Guess what? None of them can erase the inevitable lines that just find a way to appear. Then there is also cosmetic surgery. A multi-billion dollar industry. But no matter how much you spend, it is exactly like shoveling sand against the tide. An exercise in futility.

Old dates: We all remember wonderful times during our college years. Attending a reunion and seeing many of your old boyfriends or girlfriends is just like playing Russian Roulette. I found in most cases, one’s memory of these old acquaintances for the most part makes you wonder what you ever saw in dating that person. (Of course, my wife quickly jumps in and says: “Who do you think you are, Cary Grant?”).

All the old college hang outs. In my case, there was a great cheap (remember we were college students) diner, open 24 hours. Many was the weekend trip to “sober up” after a long night. They had great coffee, one of those juke boxes with the control panel on each table. I still have Louie Louie U as my cell phone ring tone.

I remember when J. Edgar Hoover had the song investigated as conventional wisdom suggested the song was subversive. I remember the verdict after a number of FBI technicians and agents determined: “We can’t understand the lyrics either”.

Unfortunately, we are now of the age where not all our classmates have survived. I dread each new communication informing us that Another one Bites the Dust: E. (RIP Freddy Mercury).