Happy 40th Birthday To Me

Happy Birthday to me. Yikes. 40 fucking years old. I think this is the 2nd worst birthday to have in your lifetime. 50 is the only thing worse because you’re pretty much dead by 50. But 40 is no picnic either. Obviously I don’t feel any older or different than I did yesterday but it still sucks. It’s a weird ass time to be Dave Portnoy if we’re being honest. If you told me 10 or 15 years ago that I’d be where I am now I would said you’re fucking crazy. I was on a crash course for a normal life. White picket fences, 2.3 kids 9/5 job blah blah blah. Instead I’m separated from my wife. I just broke up with my 22 year old girlfriend. I’m kinda rich. I’m F minus list famous. No kids. Head of a fairly major media company on the rise. I’m on my way to Vegas for a week. Business life is awesome. Personal life is a hot mess. I don’t know whether I’m coming or going. And I just turned 40. Yeah it’s a weird ass time to be me.

Through it all Stoolies have been watching my life unfold. We’re talking they’ve watched the twists and turns for last 15 years. Barstool/My Life is the longest running reality show of all time. The Stoolies have seen Newspaper Dave, poor Dave, horse owner Dave, fat Dave, Grudge Dave, Rape Culture Dave, Blackout Dave, Blogger Dave, Married Dave, Club Dave, Nantucket Dave, Rich Dave etc. You name it, they’ve seen it. It’s been a wild fucking ride. I got no idea where the next 10 years will take me or Barstool. I could be uber rich or I could be dead. Who the fuck knows? The only thing I know right now is I’m doing whatever feels right and that changes minute to minute. I’ve gone with my gut since I started this thing and that’s not going to change. To quote Jim Fassel if this is a poker game I’m shoving my chips to the middle of the table.  Yeah I got way more of them but that just makes the stakes higher and more interesting.  Anybody who wants in get in. Anybody who wants out get out.