Woo Hoo Adulthood!
February 24th is an important day. In 1803, Marbury v Madison was decided on February 24th, establishing judicial review. The first New Orleans Mardi Gras parade was held in 1868 on Feb 24. NPR was founded in 1970 and Ayatollah Khomeini offered a bounty for Salman Rushdie in 1989. But even more important than all that, I was born on February 24th, 1990. And today, February 24th, 2008, I’m officially an adult. So I’m free to do all sorts of awesome things like buy cigarettes, lottery tickets and porn, register for the draft, not be able to legally drink for three years and sign my own absence slips.
But as far as the blog is concerned, nothing is changing. While my fellow Februarian, Dylan Matthews, changed his nomme de blog on his 18th birthday, I’m sticking with “impetuous young whippersnapper.” Because even at 18, my young age and appearance of preciousness is really all I have going for me in the blogosphere. I think I can ride out this entire whippersnapper thing until I’m at least 21, at which point I’ll reevaluate.
this is really cool. i like your attitude on turning 18. and i learned you can sign your own absentee slips.
Alexandra Steinberg
February 24, 2008 at 10:45 am
Happy birthday. Now you are legally on the hook. And in honor of your birthday, a cartoon.
paxamericana
February 24, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Keep the title indefinitely — when you become the old man of the blogosphere it’ll be regarded as a amusing incongruity.
And congratulations.
Quixote
February 24, 2008 at 1:15 pm