The Good Stuff

Seems our bodies only treat us to the “good stuff,” the fun self-produced chemical alterations, while we’re young.  Eventually hormones dry out, taste, hearing, touch, vision – all dull.

Is that nature’s way of saying “It’s time. See? There isn’t even anything good to hang around for!”?

So what, then, is our expiration date? Do we have a longer natural “shelf life” than horses? Crows?

Photo credit: http://www.google.com/profiles/revswain (though really, Bob Swain? You're going to claim rights on a work by a well-known Russian artist from the 19th century?  This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.  This applies to the United States, Australia, Russia, European Union and other countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.  Ivan Kramskoy died in 1887. Suck it, Bob Swain)