Ichabod Crane

I rang in 2009 with the 18-year-old sister of my friend and her youthful counterparts. These kids were mostly in the midst of their freshman year, and thus were quite eager to further experiment with their fun, new hobby of alcohol consumption. Needless to say, they were happy to have some 21's about to furnish them with a laundry list of booze. They wanted to shotgun and play beer pong and go on the porch and scream obscenities. We fogies were aiming to sit on the couch, watch Ryan Seacrest and be in bed by 12:30. Yup. One of the sister's friends had braces.

BRACES.

I'm old.

PS - no puking, Jews, airbeds or pancakes this year. FYI