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Sunday Format Strip:

Panel One: Long panel showing Ian holding his hurting back. While opening mailbox.
Ian - I feel lucky that the only thing revealing how old I actually am is this back pain.

Panel Two: Ian opens up a letter and reads it with a smile.
Ian - Nice! My AARP card finally arrived. Time for discounts at Denny’s!

Panel Three: Ian smiling while speaking, wearing a red shirt.
Narration: MORE Signs Ian is OLD
Ian - Oh, that reminds me of a Wilford Brimley oatmeal commercial.

Panel Four: Ian in a gray hoodie, playing a handheld video game system.
Ian - My first video game system was a Colecovision that I’m pretty sure I had to wind up with a hand crank.

Panel Five: Ian sitting at a desk looking at the Wikipedia entry for Jimmy Carter on a computer monitor.
Ian - Huh - I guess I was born during the Carter administration.

Panel Six: Ian happily talking on a cell phone.
Ian - Ohhh…I recently got a two for one deal on foot cream…so I’m doing pretty good!

Panel Seven: Ian in a business suit and tie, listening to music playing overhead.
Ian - Is Taylor Swift some new type of golf club?

Panel Eight: Ian holding his head in despair on a park bench. A man walking his dog is in the background and a single tree sits at the top of a small hill behind Ian’s bench.
Ian - I think I’m ready to move back in with my parents.
 

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Signs You’re Getting Old
Posted on January 31, 2025 by Ian C

Kicking off 2025 by musing about my mortality.

Here's the oatmeal commercial in question: https://youtu.be/pCYql-JwVso?si=SPLpsUdWWTPoPNt-. Which, even just the premise is OLD, but I honestly am bewildered that the commercial existed. I think there's an 80's hair band singing a jingle about oatmeal? And what is Wilford Brimley actually off to do at the end? He's moving with purpose, and that hat means business. I'm concerned at his urgency, but also know he's probably gotten it all taken care of. So...go oatmeal?

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