I’ve got a little more than twenty-four hours, and I’m soon going to hit that historic, milestone-y age many people still seem to dread … F-O-R-T-Y.

I can still remember the time when, as a very young child, I saw Liv Ullman’s “Forty Karats;” supposedly a movie between a forty-year old woman and a much younger man. Back then, I had no idea what the movie was truly about, but I can still remember being fixated on the number … what, forty? Wow, that’s O-L-D!

Then, almost thirty years ago, I remember the day ex-Beatle John Lennon was gunned down … his age at the time of his death? Also forty. Back then, I still thought, wow, that’s O-L-D!

Well, like it or not, I AM going to hit that age this coming week … I still can’t wrap it around my head. Me, forty? Gulp!

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