Me: “Do you have goals?
He: “Wuh? Sure…”
Me: “Have you outlived Kurt Cobain?”
He: “What do you mean?”
Me: “Are you older than Kurt Cobain when he died?”
He: “No, he was like 27 or something. Why?”
Me: “Last week it was pointed out to me that I’d outlived Jesus, so I figured I needed a new goal.”
He: “Gawd.”
Me: “Exactly. Now I plan to outlive Sonny Bono. It’s important to have goals, but you have to go with what works for you…”
He: “…Kurt Cobain?”
Me: “It’s reasonable. No sense reaching for George Burns right away, that’s asking for trouble.”
He: “I’m going back to my computer and put this down on my monitor — outlive Kurt Cobain.”
Me: “That’s right. Take it in small steps.”
