061110 The Fountain of Youth

"He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news"
~ Bertolt Brecht

"We turn not older with years, but newer every day"
~ Emily Dickinson

"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most"
~ Mark Twain

"I still have another five years before I'm ninety"
~ The one guy in a dance class with thirty, 20-year old women

"It takes that long to wise up"
~ Sheldon Brook on the guy above

Article: The Fountain of Youth

Juliana Azoubel invited me to teach her Performance Dance Class at
the University of Florida today. Her class is made up of thirty,
20-year old women dance majors. They are enthusiastic about dancing,
pay close attention to everything you say, pick up quickly and wear
clothes like in the movie Fame. I hated every minute, but anything
to support Israeli dancing.

There was one guy in the class. He was wearing all black. The top
was sleeveless. I tried not to look, but the bottom might have been
tights. After class he came up to me and said, "I still have another
five years before I'm ninety." He looked twenty-five years younger.
This guy discovered the Fountain of Youth (see paragraph #1).

by Andrew Weitzen, November 10, 2006