Embracing my final year of relevancy Press enter or click to view image in full size 49th birthday selfie from January “I’m a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my ideas are!” — Homer Simpson I’ve been thinking about that quote from Season 5, Episode 14 of The Simpsons for years, but probably more than ever this year. I turned 49 in January, which means this is the last year that I’m relevant to corporate/advertising interests.