Age Related
What a busy few days it has been…Don Knotts, Darren McGavin, Dennis Weaver, Lou Gish, Octavia Butler and Clifton James just to recap the past couple days. Four thespians, one writer and one musician. Anubis had best set the table for some lively conversation, dinner theater and a wee bit of percussion it doth seem from here.
Now sometimes with this blog of a diary and all these guests we do look in the mirror hunting - in vain of course - for that first little bit of grey. Today however we found a way to quantify all this worry and angst as The Independent Online thoughtfully published a bit about a University of Southern Denmark report, “The Influence of Environmental Factors on Facial Ageing”. The Independent also thankfully shortened the whole thing down to the basics: “Do you look your age?” Certainly not natch. But! Guess what two factors were most responsible for those little problem areas on your face? Give up?
Depression and sun exposure were the biggest factors in making you look old before your time.
Oh boy now we are really in trouble. Good thing alcohol wasn’t listed in the above as the ODDones are known to head outside with a case of beer when depression strikes. We thought a bullet dodged had we.
Unfortunately we also continued reading the article. Alcohol it seems only makes us look younger while we are drunk and try as we might here at ODD Galactic HQ we have been completely unable to stay drunk all the time.
We gave up on the article at this point, gathered up three or four bottles of Newton’s finest, and went outside to be most decidedly and seriously depressed, but at a leisurely pace so as not to stress ourselves. After a little while we started looking younger again.
~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com
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February 28th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
Don Knotts: Was never a fan, though he had his moments and it was kind of cool to see him in “Pleasantville.” Darren McGavin: I know he got that “Nightstalker” rap, but to me he’ll always be the cursing, BB-gun bestowing dad in “A Christmas Story.” Dennis Weaver: Chester, McCloud — yeah, yeah. But how about “Duel” and, better yet, the motelkeeper in “A Touch of Evil.” And there I’ll stop, my cultural shallowness exposed.
March 1st, 2006 at 1:18 pm
Now of course we are much too young to even remember Andy and Don and our Moms wouldn’t let us watch the highly suggestive Three’s Company. Darren was cool and we agree with you Dan about that great dad role. Ol’ Dennis we saw but once or twice on a horse in NYC. Thought the whole thing just weird. But never mind all that we’re off to rent “A Touch Of Evil”.
And thanks for the note!!