James Martin: On becoming the type of man I rebelled against
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It has been said that getting old beats the alternative, but looking into the social mirror makes me wonder. The world has changed over the last thirty years and I have evolved with it. I am now much wiser, and my world view is correct; just ask me. Back then I was young, idealistic, bursting at the seams to change the world to conform to my naiveté.
Now I have a chair, referred to as dad's chair. This is disheartening because my dad had a chair and that is when I thought he was old. Back then he watched 60 Minutes and Murder She Wrote. Sunday night I watched 60 Minutes and later, Downton Abbey, on Masterpiece Theater....on PBS....in my chair.....with a blanket on my lap. I am wondering about that alternative right about now. At least my DVR doesn't flash 12:00 like the monstrous