I'm old enough that I long ago ran out of fingers and toes to count it up. In fact, the only way to tell for sure would be to cut me down and count the rings. I'm told, however, that there should be 55 rings and counting.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.