The meaning of life as told by a pop star

Many years ago, no longer being a teenager and all, I came to the realization that I know very little about anything. And each and every day that goes by contains further proof that I know even less than nothing about everything.

Sometimes, I learn new stuff from a surprising source. No, not the Bank of No Forks – seriously, I know what a small dessert is. A small dessert is an item that makes me extremely unhappy.

But I digress. I learned something from Justin Timberlake. No need to run for your glasses, you read that right.

J U S T I N T I M B E R L A K E.

The children who live at my house love, love, love him. They think he’s a great singer, actor, and comedian. They have no idea that he used to be a geeky 11-year-old Mouseketeer. Apparently, neither does JayZ.

There was an interview with him in the New York Times. In it he says and I quote “Y’know, life doesn’t happen in

black and white’ The gray area is where you become an adult . . .” How profound is that?

WTF? He couldn’t have come up with that on his own. Who has he been talking to? It can’t be JayZ, that crazy named his baby “Blue Ivy” for crying out loud!

If anyone had ever told me I’d learn a usable quote from Justin Timberlake I would have laughed myself silly. But there you have it; I’ve used it twice already. Now if he could just figure out the instructions for that gray area, we’d be all set.

You work on that Justin Freud. Thanks.