My 40th birthday is coming up and I’m kind of freaked out about it. I’m no cult-of-youth guy and have a healthy fatalistic sense of the course of human life. There’s just no denying that 40 is a pretty big turning point, particularly physically. Happily I’ll be spending my actual birthday in France at a fabulously decadent restaurant, so at least I’ll be getting a good start on my gout. |