tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21063730.post115764050411778638..comments2023-10-21T12:32:28.771+00:00Comments on Borrowed Philosophy: What If We Give It Away?Tom Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10100040273081301943noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21063730.post-1158034170214621032006-09-12T04:09:00.000+00:002006-09-12T04:09:00.000+00:00Tom, I'm just about a year older than you (April 5...Tom, I'm just about a year older than you (April 5, 1970).<BR/><BR/>My mother has an enormous, gold-gilded, framed college portrait of me on her wall. The photo was taken 15 years ago -- and as you might imagine, I look quite different now than I did then. For one, I've shed the huge permed hair (thank Pod). But the funny thing is, I look at that picture every time I visit and recognize it as myself <I> at the moment I'm viewing it. </I> For some suspended amount of time, I see myself as that 21-year-old girl.<BR/><BR/>It's kind of fun. If you'd never changed your profile photo here, the old one would still capture the essence of you. In some sense, I think we're always a younger version of ourselves. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21063730.post-1157908122662275852006-09-10T17:08:00.000+00:002006-09-10T17:08:00.000+00:00It was taken long enough ago to be in black-and-wh...It was taken long enough ago to be in black-and-white. <BR/><BR/>In the meantime I've stopped smoking, cut my hair, got married, misplaced a couple of parents and discovered a daughter. My research into the elixir of youth has stalled somewhat.Tom Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100040273081301943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21063730.post-1157904576542642652006-09-10T16:09:00.000+00:002006-09-10T16:09:00.000+00:00How old were you when the other picture was taken?...How old were you when the other picture was taken? Not to say that you look bad in this one but it is totally different! =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com