Dara Torres is My Age, But She Looks Older, Doesn't She?

The family has been camping in the family room every night watching the Olympics. Yes, even me who normally watches no TV, and I mean none, not even the news or weather. I get the news by reading the paper and the weather on the 'net.

We have become Olympicky-with really high standards. We want gold medals and world records from our American teams. We got into it a bit late in the game. We didn't see any of the opening ceremonies. We missed the first day or so of competition as well. So we missed Dara Torres' first gold medal.

So tonight we got our first glimpses of Dara Torres who I have read is 41 years old, just like me. I decided right away that she has an awesome looking body, especially for a 41 year old. But I have to admit. I found myself thinking her face looked old for 41.

As she came on the screen I pointed out to the kids that she was my age. To be exactly precise about it, I actually said "she is my age...but she looks older...doesn't she? Say yes."

So I now imagine what Torres could say to her kids about me: "She's my age, but how many times do you think I could lap her before that lardass touches the wall?"

That kind of puts my shallow (pun intended) question in perspective.