The average life expectancy in Africa reached 55 this year. Ten years ago, it was 50.

Via Andrew Sullivan

Went to the Oakland Zoo today. For the first time ever the ticket person gave us the senior discount (55+) without even an inquiry. Just made the assumption (well, the person was only off by 1 month in my case). I have never gotten a senior discount before.

That's even worse of a feeling than when I started getting AARP stuff in the mail.