55 .... 54 days (give or take a handful of hours) till my birthday,

... And then, I shall have lived 4 decades.

... The hardest part about that is 40 is the year the Medical Establishment sets about to officially remind you of your mortality, and recommends all sorts of cancer and blood tests, and such.

But the second best part about all that, is that I have lived 4 decades longer than that same Medical Establishment thought I would when I first showed up, so :-P!

And the best best part, at least for the last few years, is that I "actually have something to show for it!"

( It all started... )

( In 2000 )

( In 2001 )

( In 2002 )

( This year )

So -- what shall I do next year?