Yesterday it was my birthday. I hung one more year on the line.I should be depressed, my life’s a mess, but I’m having a good time.”Paul SimonI tend to think of that song by Paul Simon, “Have a Good Time,” around birthdays and around year’s end. So we’re all about to hang one more on the line. But what does that mean?I’m not a big one for New Year’s resolutions, but I do believe in going back over the year just passed, not for nostalgia but for the same reason it would pay to go immediately back over notes from






