Last week I spent 4 days in Hudson, Ohio with my 37 year-old brother, his wife and his 3 kids. I hung out each day with a gaggle of folks pushing 40 and playing with a number of kids beneath the age of ten. Below are the most frequently discussed items of conversation across those four days.

vasectomies (as in 'botched'; as in 'my brother' or 'his friends' vasectomies')
knee (as in 'blown out')
knee (as in 'sprained')
arthroscope (as in 'knee')
manager (as in 'middle')
40 (as in 'age/human years')
tummy tuck
whiffle ball
nintendo
beyblades
pete moss
mulch
british open
karaoke
bob seger
molson golden
coors light
coors
miller
advil
my date of departure