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Hot Java - June 14, 2019 Long Beach, CA  Ruminations On Turning 60 Rumination #1:  Meh Rumination #2:  Don't do it, it's a TRAP. Rumination #3:  I'm not particularly fond of any of the platitudes associated with aging as they only seem suited for ad copy in a Senior Living Condominium Community brochure or a  TV commercial for Cialis: 60 is the new 40! Age is just a number! You'll always be young at heart! They seem not only trite but also bear a sense of resignation to the fact that our days are numbered, but then again, aren't all our days numbered from the day we are born, albeit with a few additional commas in the early going.  My soul for a few extra commas! As I was driving up La Cienega Blvd at 3am this morning, long before the daily traffic becomes a bubbling miasma of frustration, tedium and rage, I feel a keener sense of ownership and enjoyment of the area I've called home for 38 years.  Even if I haven't lived in Los Angeles p...