I've Been 16 for 34 Years

Today’s 50-year-old is the “new” 30-year-old. Do the math. It means…when we turned 16 we were really minus-4-years-old. This explains a lot. The corpuscles from our teen years still bob along through the arteries of our hearts, detouring around the clogs of middle age, searching for a place to fit in. We can laugh, we can cry, but 16 became a part of us. It’s still lurking in murky corners. These essays and exaggerations will comfort you like a C+ on a calculus quiz. Hmmm...is it too late for extra credit? This modest epic has enabled thousands of humans to enjoy the imperfect wrinkles of life—without need for popularity, prestige, prosperity or plastic surgery. It could be in your hands. What are you waiting for? You’re not getting any younger.