While the previous post went back twenty years, this one skirts a little closer and looks back to where this blog was at ten years ago. A lot can happen in a decade, but seeing where November began then puts it closer to where we are now than might be apparent. Still, we have profoundly changed, even if it doesn’t look like it.
Back then, it sounded like I was losing my mind. Same today. Check.
Back then I needed bifocals. Same today. Check.
Back then I enjoyed an avocado. Same today. Check.
Back then I was already looking back ten years. Same today. Check.
Back then Ben Cohen was an ally. Same today. Check.
Back then I was enamored of ‘Evita’. Same today. Check.
Back then Cafe Madeleine had just opened. Not the same today – it closed a while ago.
Back then ‘Like A Virgin’ was thirty years old. Not the same today – it’s forty.
Back then I was in love with words. Same today. Check.
Back then I didn’t have a clue about keeping score for a basketball game. Same today. Check.
Back then I had a party in my pants. Same today. Check.
Back then I simply didn’t give a fuck. Same today. Check.
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