Happy Birthday to ...

... my blog! It's been  five years since I first put finger to keyboard and published my random ravings for anyone to see and when I think about it, it seems so very long ago.

Of course in the last 12 months I also hit 40 and am now entering that time of life when things sag, droop and ... errrr ... errr... become more difficult to remember (like my own name and address - that sort of thing).

It's the oldest cliché in the world, but knowing what I know now, I can't help but think that innocence and ignorance were the two best things that ever happened to me. Years ago I never worried about interest rates, employment issues were a twinkle in someone else's eye and I wasn't been constantly angered by other people's actions.

To all intents, being younger held a certain wonderment, there were still things to do, places to see and achievements to best. I think, that as one gets older, those achievements and minor victories tend to get left behind somewhere, replaced by mundane worries and concerns which aren't half as much fun.

Still, when I'm not reflecting on ye goode olde days like an old fart, I do try to retain a healthy sense of the child within. To be honest, if I haven't stopped being childish at this age, it's never going to happen!!

So, I'll still be hankering after tiny laptops and video games systems, laughing at kids cartoons and making plans to build my very own SuperVillain headquarters under the back garden.

Getting older doesn't mean you can't have any fun now, does it?