Happy 2009 To One and All and you can be too old

I am back. Happy New Year to one and all, not really all, but you get the gist of it. I neglected to pass on the sad news that oldest man in the US died before the year end. Now, I see the oldest person on earth, a woman in Portugal, died. It is sad.

Then again, I think that once you wear that crown, you know you are "on deck" to use a baseball term. I think the connection is pretty clear...become the oldest person in the world (or any combination of location and gender, but the oldest) and your days "on top" are numbered ("on top" as opposed to pushing up the daisies or six feet under).

I mean it is great, I think, to have that kind of longevity. It is just that once you reach the "top", the King as it were, you have to know your "reign" will be short lived (probably not a great choice of words there).

There it is, 2009 type wisdom from the Madman, if you make to over 100 years of age (and I do you wish you luck with that) realize that should you make it to "oldest" anything, then YOU ARE NEXT!

Pleasant thoughts to begin the year! Ciao!