The Older I Get, the Less I Am Interested In. . .

• junk food

 

• show-offs

 

• movies with depressing endings

 

• mediocre books

 

• whether people who don't know me think I'm a good parent

 

• trying to turn my hair into something it's not

 

• cats

 

• people who just want to talk about themselves

 

• nagging my kids to clean their rooms

 

• the whole self-help genre

 

• darning socks

 

• liars

 

• big cities with bad architecture

 

• popular music

 

• chain e-mails

 

• "fat free" anything

 

• reality show stars