Stop Making Sense at 40, Overstreet at 53

How David Byrne and Company helped me re-focus for a new year.

Last night, a small circle of friends gathered at a local burger-and-brews joint so that I could remember what it’s like to have friends, to have a social life, to celebrate a birthday.

The whole endeavor felt rebellious, perhaps even hard-hearted — for as we ate and drank and laughed, the world seemed to be falling apart around us.

We find ourselves in…