Times Change, Grumpy Old People Don't

Before I was persuaded to move down south, I received my first glimpse of Winston-Salem, North Carolina via a visit to a friends' college recital. Since then, I hadn't quite thought about that time until I began cleaning out some old files and came across an old page from the Opinion section of the Winston-Salem Journal.  

 Only took a quick glimpse to remind me what made me spare this page from the trash:

Yes, despite drugs, lack of sex education and domestic dysfunction plaguing the youth in her city as much as binge drinking, Ms. Eleanor wants to reinstate Prohibition of all things. While I'm sure she isn't the only one who agrees on this stance, I doubt the WSJ delivers papers to hermit caves.

If she's still alive, I wonder what she think about gay marriage?

Redefining American Adulthood

How can one be an adult in their parents' home? Here's a few ideas:

• Adults don't have to be reminded to clean their room.
• Adults can naturally help out with the dishes.
• An adult cleans the garage because it has to be done
• An adult doesn't wake their parents at 3am.
• An adult never returns home without bringing something home for mom and/or dad.
• An adult always considers their parents in financial decisions.
• An adult does not make decisions that would effect their parents or their home.
• An adult knows how to keep home life and social life separate.
• An adult takes care of their parents as much as the parents take care of them.
• An adult understands and accepts the changing times.
• An adult stops acknowledging cohorts who live alone but refuse to grow up.

Who says you have to have your own place to be grown up?