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50 Thoughts at 50

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My life span has reached a half century. This really isn't a great accomplishment. Literally billions of others  reached this plateau ahead of me and billions more lurk behind me waiting their turn to hit the big 5-0. So in the vast array of human history my having been able to avoid dying up to this point oozes with insignificance.  But it feels important to me, therefore, that makes it important. It only makes sense then that I should do something to mark this momentous occasion. They say with age comes wisdom. I don't know if that's true in my case but whatever wisdom I may possess is about to be shared. What follows are 50 thoughts, little nuggets of what I have observed and learned through my 50 year journey through life. Interspersed will be some songs that have aging related themes.   I thought I would be smarter than I am. Walnuts are disgusting and people who put them in perfectly good cookies and brownies should be...