Old Man Injuries

I read this Stephen Hayes piece in The Weekly Standard last week, and was waiting for it to appear on the web so I could share it with you. Not only did it hit very, very close to home--what with my 44 year old body falling apart daily--but it is also pretty damn funny.

Among the maladies described here is a three-day couch recovery brought on by the strain of rising from the can after a long reading session there. I'm still giggling over that one.

I seem to suffer from my own version of NFL player related injury (something described in the article). Every time I see or hear of a player complaining of a hamstring pull or a hamstring spasm--sustained in the heat of Sunday battle--I am reminded of my recurring hamstring spasms, generally evidenced in the strain of getting out of bed or worse, when engaged in more delicate romantic activities.

Sucks to get old.