10/01/2026
I recently made the news again. Through my adventures and choices in life, I have been in the news multiple times before. I am most certainly sure nobody gives a rats anymore than they do of a man on broken down in his car on the side of the highway by himself. The news I've been in has never made blockbuster television. This time was different I suppose. The opening line stated Michael DeLong (52).... I read the entire article. However, I continued to come back to Michael DeLong (52). I never cared much about age. I never cared because I live. I don't live in regret of days past because I fill them. I care more because my name matters more to me, and attaching age directly after subsequently removes everything else. Michael DeLong (U.S. Army, Veteran). Nope. Michael DeLong (Restaurateur), (Master Carpenter), (Civil Engineer), (Father), ( Entrepreneur). I would even appreciate (Friend to a system that abandoned him in children's homes, a ward of the state that left a black child in residences that were overwhelmed by the sheer mass of absentee fathers, mothers, and entire arms of family members that chose to never show up to recover him), (An Iraq warrior that assisted and saved the lives of hundreds of soldiers. Saving soldiers lives both abroad and domestic). Nope. (52) is all that followed my name. As if to say I should know better by this age, with the remaining article that followed. Did anyone ask me the reasoning behind the mistake, not at all. I made a clerical error. Mind you, the error was already being rectified before the news came. I just can't make things go faster, I did however make the correction when discovered, because that's who I am. Fifty two years I have walked this earth. Through all of its trials and tribulations of ever changes from eight tracks to Spotify. Fifty two years of glorious living, and I wouldn't change anything outside of maybe getting divorced. Side bar note for the men. Divorce isn't just losing your wife, you're losing your family, and with my background that sucked. I digress. In closing. Fifty two is a time marker, and I guess shotty news departments with basic knowledge of someone that chose not to do their job and research, write basic frivolous articles to fill their basic existences. If you gathered nothing else from this rant, here's this Continue to live your life to its fullest. The number that follows your name should be a badge of honor and a story that should be tied to a page turner. Always strive to be Channel #1 in your world, being Channel 2 is the first loser. Michael De Long (A liver of life for Fifty Two years...so far). Keep up. Keep rising.
