Don't get me wrong, #reddit can be fun, but it absolutely should not be seen as a place where you can learn about the world in any accurate way.

An interesting fact about Beer is that it was used as a form of payment in the ancient world. The workers who erected the Great Pyramids of Giza were paid in beer. The sex workers of Ur who erected.. other things were paid in beer.

Perhaps we should return to a beer based economy.

Of course, like bred and trained dogs, humans could still bite the hands that feed, or simply run away in search of their own pack (however foolhardy that might seem). And some elves had more patience than others as caregivers, and some considered themselves more owners than guardians or family.

The analogy of humans turning wolves into dogs is an apt one for the way Tolkien's elves tamed the men of Middle Earth. Not only is there the basic idea of care and feeding generations leading to a more docile and loyal kind, but the nature of their lifespans is equally important in the comparison.

You can listen to Bela Lugosi Is Dead, but that is as close as you are ever going to get to black fishnets and porcelain skin again.

Nostalgia for those we lusted after at 16 is a weird, off limits kind of nostalgia. And I don't just mean it is socially unacceptable. Even within ourselves, we sense the disconnect from those objects of desire in a way we don't for the car, the music, the job. Are we too old, or are they too young?

The "mile" doesn't lie. What lies are your fear and weakness and desire to get back in your car and drive to someplace where you can get donuts AND beer. And by "you" and "your" I, of course, mean "I" and "my".

But after breaking through, nothing feels as good as a run, even a shitty run.

You sound nice.

As parents of GenZ kids, we watched Phineas and Ferb and LOVED that show. We read Harry Potter to our kids. We watched Clone Wars with them.

Nerds break down Generational barriers. So now that we are sliding toward "boomerism" GenXers need to remember than and embrace the new nerdy of GenAlpha too.

"Only 90s kids will remember" type posts on social media miss the fact that nerds held on to their love of kid-aimed media for much longer. GenXers watched Batman: The Animated series (just by way of example) as religiously as their Millenial younger cousins. Nerdy Genxers ARE 90s kids. Sort of.

I imagine that whoever this is does it because it is a feeling of true freedom, similar to how middle aged men on motorcycles feel. Here, though, helmets and road leathers are probably no help if things go sideways.

Flying on a commercial airliner is stressful enough, and small private planes are even worse. But this is a whole new level of negotiating with gravity -- and gravity does not negotiate. Inexorable and uncaring, gravity is like an old professor with tenure: intentions don't matter, only performance.