I don't look much like my avatar either because, hmm, well maybe because my avatar is from 20 years ago.
As I recall, though, that 29 year old kid was not a very happy person; this 49 year old(50 in two weeks tomorrow) is somehow a lot happier.
Part of me wishes that 29 year old kid could have been armed with the ability to know that he was going to be a relatively happy 50 year old. (But then who knows how things would have turned out had I been happy at 29, maybe I'd have taken more for granted along the way.)
bk will be upset - that could have been four separate posts, easy.