Anachronism

Anachronism - an inconsistency in some chronological arrangement, especially a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other.

This is what I felt like this morning. Getting ready to go to work at Melrose Plantation, I stood in front of the mirror after showering and dressing halfway. As I started getting ready to shave, I saw this in the mirror: a mid-30s man wearing a short-sleeved t-shirt and tan slacks, putting shaving cream on his face, while this played on the radio:



I was this close to thinking "I wonder how Ike's meeting with the commies went yesterday." Only a billboard with a Burma Shave ad could make this day complete.

I was reminded of the day I was sitting in the conference room at work with a few friends, and I said something about the movie Mister Roberts (1955). One of them looked at me and said, "Scotty, sometimes you sound a lot older than you look."