My birthday's on the horizon.  Here are a few musings and old coot rants.

If you're over 35:

Goldie Hawn is known as Kurt Russell's sidekick in a bunch of movies

You may have watched Star Trek TNG

Morgan Freeman was aka Easy Reader from The Electric Company

Kirk Douglas was Spartacus and the father of that guy from The Streets of San Francisco

You saw Kurt Russell on Gilligan's Island

You remember Herbie the Love Bug on TV's Disney movie of the week (and were too young too know it sucked)

"Chill" was purely a part of Hip Hop vernacular and scorned by adults (trust me, I WAS THERE)

You're wondering when Sesame Street introduced the Running Man dance into the credits

Phil Hartman was sighted on Pee Wees Playhouse (along with Laurence Fishburne)

The Fantastic Four is a Marvel Comic series created in the 60's

The scariest movie ever made is The Exorcist

You know that half the movies appearing on the big screen today are rip-offs or remakes of 60's - 80's films (ex: Disturbia = Rear Window, The Invisible = Ghost, American Pie = Porkys), and you know that a number of the flicks made in the 60's - 80's are are rip offs/remakes.

Break dancing? Punk? Farah Fawcett 'do? 70's shag 'do? Been there, done that.

You're hearing a lot of lame garage band covers of 70s and 80s songs on TV commercials, like Mary Tyler Moore's theme for Chase Bank.

You remember when Donkey Kong looked like the Gingerbread man

You're wondering how the hell your age is such a high number all of a sudden, esp. when it seems like you're 25.

If you're under 35 (okay, maybe under 30 for some):

Goldie Hawn is known as Kate Hudson's mom

"What's Star Trek?"

Morgan Freeman was never younger than dirt

Kirk Douglas is Michael Douglas' old man

You read about Kurt Russell on Gilligan's Island on Imdb

You just know that Herbie the Love Bug is some crappy flick with Lindsay Lohan

Soccer moms from Winnetka use "Chill" as part of everyday vernacular

You never saw Sesame Street without that annoying-ass Elmo

"What's Pee Wee's Playhouse?"

The Fantastic Four is a rip-off of The Incredibles

The scariest movie ever made is Scream

Dude, movie's today are way better than the old stuff

Breakdancing and Punk have been discovered? Cool, lemme shag my 'do and I'll be right down!

Dude, today's musicians are so much more talented than before.

"What's a Donkey Kong?"

You think that 35 years-worth of knowledge and experience somehow resides in your head and you've got it all figured out. Just wait.