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   Thursday, August 08, 2002

ACQUIRED TASTES

Had a candy bar at work last night (a Mars with almonds) and this long-time favourite of mine suddenly struck me as sugary and cloying. When I'm in the mood for something sweet these days, I find myself eating dark chocolate, which I hated as a kid. At this moment, I'm listening to "Blue" by Joni Mitchell, whose high, plaintive voice I also hated as a kid but now delights me (if there's a more heartbreaking song than "River," I haven't found it yet).

I like this ebb and flow of tastes, even as I look at 80's movies, for instance, that I enjoyed as a teen but now consider stupid. I think the trick is not to fall into the trap of berating your younger self for loving those trifles, while preventing the younger you from picking on what a fogey you're becoming.