On being cool:

Over the last few mornings I've been catching the train to and from work because the weather has been shitty. I've been listening to so much new music lately that I got a sudden urge to listen to some of my old favourites from 10-12 years ago. This morning it occurred to me that these were the songs that I used to listen to at full-blast on my walkman on the way to and from school, hoping that everyone on the train would hear it and be annoyed by it (because I was so cool). I found myself this morning making sure my volume wasn't too loud for fear of annoying anyone.

Little Timmy's growing up.