Internet bubble, Recession, 9.11, Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, North Korea, and now Columbia.  Is it just me?  Is this part of life on the other side of 40?  I don't know when it happened, but I no longer feel that everyday is just another day and I don't mean that in a shiny and bright way.  I spent a whole month after 9.11 shocked.  Today, I am less shocked, as if I was half expecting it.  After all, everyday is no longer just another day.  What a crappy day this is.  Somebody please turn this burning flapjack over.