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Hi kids.

Just a reminder -- or info that's New to You, possibly -- I'm 33. I'll be 34 next January 12th.

Examining the life expectancy rates for Black men, I've already got more years behind me than I do in front of me.

So, if I often seem short-tempered, that's one reason.

Clearly, I'll be even more short-tempered with those who can expect to live longer. Check the charts, and do the fucking math.

Thank you for your kind attention.

--The Mgt.

Update:  Just to cheer you up some more, if you're waiting for me to hurry up and fucking die already:

Gulf War service linked to Lou Gehrig's disease

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research provides further evidence that military service in the 1991 Gulf War raised the risk of Lou Gehrig's disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

ALS is a degenerative nerve condition that results in paralysis and eventually death. At present, there is no cure for the disease.

In the new study, the rate of ALS in Gulf War veterans younger than 45 years of age was more than twice the rate expected in the general population.

And also:

Army Set To Eject Sick Gulf War Vet And Family
Health of wife and children deteriorating

Dr. William E. Baumzweiger, one of the civilian doctors who has examined the Jones family, defined the Gulf War Syndrome illness as a "multisystem disease, whose symptoms are well characterized now: headaches, diarrhea, insomnia, mood alterations and cognitive problems. What is less well accepted is that it represents a specific disease process, that it is the result of a specific pathological process in the brainstem set up by a combination of immune attacks on the critical pathology in the lymphocytes in the brainstem."

"Gulf War Syndrom illness, Baumzweiger wrote in a February 16, 2000 report, "has complex pathology and symptoms. Its victims invariably demonstrate neurological abnormalities, neurobehavioral/orientation problems, photophobia, periods of disorientation and headaches are invariably seen due to inflammation in the brainstem and associated structures."

Oddly, knowledge of your impending mortality through debilitating illness -- if I don't just get shot by another brotha, or the cops, or a Korean store owner (ok, that last was uncalled for) -- does not improve one's ability to suffer fools gladly.

That's ok. In Zero Four, I will endeavor to not suffer fools gladly.

Won't suffer the motherfuckers at all.