Aren't We Still 20?

The last few days, there's been a media frenzy about the spreading panic about an antibiotic resistant staph bacterium going around. A few kids have some infections that have been treated, and parents are up in arms about the Dade School Board's "failure to inform." Throughout it all, my dear friend Vince, now the Assistant Director of Public Health, has been calmly discussing this, and acting as the voice of reason here. He's been on TV and in the news more than OJ's lawyers.

Isn't Vince 20, buying a huge jug of "Big Wine," and trying to romance a pretty LAtin girl at UM?

For years now, Barry's been a big macher at UM Medical School. Not only is he often in charge of the ICU for children --he's in charge of TRAINING future doctors. Hundreds of people really think he knows stuff.

Eric is one of the top cardiologists in Florida, and could very well have been head of a major hospital. As it is, he's a doctor's doctor --many older and more experienced physicians call Eric when they're scratching their heads.

Worse --Eric's best Med School friend was named freakin' DEAN of a major branch of UM MEdical School. He's large and in charge!

My friend Mike was recently profiled in our local legal journal as a lawyer's lawyer --at the top of his game. Just yesterday he was living at home and hosting pizza nights for his high school friends.

George -- Circuit judge --literally with the power to sentence felons to death. He's leaving the bench to make some more money, but I have no doubt that he'll return some day --probably on the Federal level.

I'm still not quite sure how my 20 year old friends, living in dormitories like pigs, barely out of high school, are somehow now "The Man."

Good thing I haven't aged.