Just set another personal best!

Cute, record-setting me

I woke up this morning and realized that this is the oldest I have ever been, a personal best!

At the stroke of midnight January 1st, I entered my 10th decade of life. Count 'em... the '30s. '40s. 50's, 60's. 70's, 80's, 90's, '00s, 10's and '20s! Being born late in the decade helps but it is up to me to remember... breathe in, breath out, again and again. So far, so good.

That also puts me on track as I move one step closer to

116-year-old Tane Tanaka

infinity. For the record, today's oldest, Kane Tanaka in Japan, is 116 years, 6 months and still looking good.

To put that into perspective, She was born when the Wright brothers flew for the first time ever. So she has been around for the first and every moon landing, cell phones, indoor plumbing, television, twitter and beyond. Watch out Methuselah! 

The verified oldest lived is a French lady, Jeanne Calment, who exited in 1997 at 122 years, 164 days.

 I don't know how to rank Benjamin Button who died after a long life, at zero.

Then there is Henrietta Lacks whose cells will live forever. Really.

But that's not all... and I promise you, this is truly happening now... Silicon Valley billionaires believe they have, with the help of lots of money, science and "the God molecule," found a way to live into the 150s and more. 

And the reward for living forever... well, in an episode of Rod Serling's popular The Twilight Zone scifi TV series in the late '50s and early 60's, the main character, an average man, found a magic lamp which, when rubbed, gave him one wish. He wished for immortality. The very next day he was arrested and found guilty for a murder he did not commit. He was sentenced to life in prison.

History (and God) has a way of dealing with people who think they can beat the system.

It all kinda puts things into a different take on for ever and ever (Amen.) But is that much different than the bottomless cup of coffee some restaurants offer, or Olive Garden's endless bread sticks? Well, yes silly, it is.

In the end, the greatest satisfaction the oldest person must have is the complete absence of peer pressure.