post the hundred-sixth, 2013

when you're 12, it's 1 and 1x2.
when you're 24, it's 2 and 2x2.
when you're 36, it's 3 and 3x2.
when you're 48, it's 4 and 4x8.

and, that's it. you can't be 5 and 5x2. i mean, not unless someone puts on their thinking cap really tight and figures out how to keep us alive until way past when we'll currently be dead. so. point is. if you're 48, that's your last chance to be tens-digit-and-tens-digit-times-two. last. chance. and, you don't get many last chances. i mean, you get one last chance for each XYZ-whatever, but one's all you get. they call it a last chance because... dundundunnnn -- it's the last. blam, that's it, no more. you don't get two last chances because if you got two, one is by definition penultimate. take, for instance, tens-digit-and-tens-digit-times-three. by the time you get to the last chance tens-digit-and-tens-digit-times-two, you've already passed the last chance tens-digit-and-tens-digit-times-three. if you weren't watching, you probably missed it. so. point is. it's really simple: life is a series of last chances so you'd better pay attention because this could be your last chance.