So I'm 30

Unfortunately, I have no deep thoughts for you. Age has always meant zilch to me, except that I like the ego boost from presents.

The only age I can remember being excited about was age 10, which was thrilling to me because I had been playing Trivial Pursuit and learned that 10 years old was the age when a human is least likely to die.

This year - as a mature, grown-up man beginning his fourth decade - I received Stars Wars original-trilogy scripts, a Calvin and Hobbes collection, and five Simpsons figurines.

The only thing I that I can note as I age is that my favourite films have gone from being about kids' stuff to being about nerd stuff to being about nihilism to (now) being about men struggling to be moral. The Insider, L.A. Confidential, Groundhog Day, it's the common thread. And I just finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird, which fits that bill and is now my favourite work of fiction. If you haven't read it, please do.

Cheers,
John