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Blog is the most looked-up word of the year (2004) on the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. See the top ten at http://m-w.com/info/04words.htm.

I was looking at excerpts from a book on how to blog at www.tonypierce.com/blog/bloggy.htm. I’ve already failed to meet many of the recommendations. Oh well, who says there’s only one right way to do this?

I missed most of the interview with Bob Dylan on 60 Minutes Sunday. In the part I did see, he looked very tired and unhappy. I did see the interview with Dustin Hoffman last week. Two things he said keep going through my head:

Hoffman is 67, and he says in one sense, he feels it. “I can see the end of the tunnel. When you’re 20, double that, I’m 40. And I can double that, I’m 80,” says Hoffman. “I can see the end. That’s all right. I would like to be courageous enough o take my audience along with me in an honest fashion.”

I’m 45. Both my parents are nearing 80. I could possibly make it to 90. But we all reach a point where we know we are most likely more than half-way through any reasonable expectation for our lifespan. I’m not sure exactly where that is, but I’m close…. And:

Is there anything that he hasn’t done that he wants to do? “Yes,” says Hoffman, laughing. “Everything I haven’t done.”

Well, if we’re going to do everything we haven’t done, we had best get started!