Happy birthday, Hero!

In honor of the Hero's birthday today, we relate a short tale that reveals his still-young state of mind.

"Oh, no," I heard the Hero say one evening. "Oh, no, no, no."

"What's wrong?" I yelled.

"Early Alzheimer's," he said.

He had been trying to put the electric toothbrush head on the toothbrush and wondered why it wasn't cooperating, when he realized he was trying to fit it on the toothpaste tube instead.

At least he had realized it, I told him reassuringly. If it were really Alzheimer's, he may have found himself attempting to unlock a door with the toothbrush.

"You...haven't tried to unlock a door with it, have you?" I asked.

"No!"

"Just checking."

But if birthdays are a reminder of advancing age, they are also a time to reflect on the past year and one's growth in the pursuit of one's goals. Or failing that, to eat lots of cake.

Which is exactly what we plan to do. We would share it with others, but...we seem to have misplaced the extra forks.

Maybe I'll check to see if they're in the door lock.