It was not the first time I'd had a bout like this, but it was probably one of the worst. I was feeling like I was behind the times, an anachronism, a throwback. I was feeling as if time had passed me by. I was feeling...out-of-date. Did the fact that I wore a fedora and a necktie wider than some aprons mean I wasn't hip and happening? Did my choice of a '37 Packard as my current ride signal I wasn't keeping up? Was I living in the past?

I l...