BaffledExperts by Adam Norman

Some tips

If she's carrying a backpack, she's too young

Athletic clothes are for athletics.

Shave.

Getting older

Old folks go on and on about sall the things they've learned. They're wise, and all that. They're elders. They're teachers. Kids have no respect. We get it.

It's not nonsense, of course--but it's close to it. There is a great deal that the young can teach the old, and as an aging man, with two young children, crossing from youth into middle age and the horrible 35-44 demographic, I wish to write these reminiscences down so that I can look back on the wisdom of youth from the folly of old age.

• Food
• Women
• Sports
• Appearance
• Work
• Cars
• Death
• Love
• Grandchildren
• Children