October 16, 2005
Boitday.
Yes, it’s true. On this date, I made my grand entrance (feet first, I have been told - It figures) onto the planet. I'm pretty sure that it must have been around the same time as the invention of the wheel, because I have vague auditory recollections of people all around me saying, “WTF?? What is that?”
I am pleased to say that I share this boitdate with Zonker of Thunder and Roses, the man who is doing his damdest to make the mullet respectable. Happy Boitday, Zonk!
As a Libran, I am in excellent blogger company. That would include, Eric, the Lovely Rita, Pammy, the Amazin’ Denny (on the cusp, anyway), and Silk. According to the people who read the stars and planets, that makes all of us:
Diplomaitic and urbane
Romantic and charming
Easygoing and sociable
Idealistic and peaceable
That sounds just about right.
Last night TJ and Mr. Surly stopped by with wonderful gifties, which consisted of several bottles of top-shelf bourbon. I also received the Complete DVD Set of Black Adder. (Eric turned me on to this when he was in Jersey.) After that, we went out to a local restaurant that specializes in Northern Italian cuisine to stuff our faces. This was followed a return trip home for coffee and TJ’s homemade apple tart and homemade brownies, loaded with Ghirardelli chocolate chips. As I always have said, calories don’t count at a birthday party.
So, what’s up for today – the actual boitday?
Turns out that it is my turn to tend bar at the Post, so I will be pretty busy. The bad news is that I will be doing a fair amount of hustling around. The good news is that The Usual Suspects will be on the case, and they’re sure as shit great peeps to spend one’s boitday wit.
h/t Just Us Chickens.
Well, a BIG 'Happy Boitday' to ya, Jim!
Posted by: Pammy at October 16, 2005 01:59 PMWe are all that and then some, my friend.
Happy birthday, and many, many more!
Posted by: rita at October 16, 2005 02:00 PMHappy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Jim
Happy birthday to you.
Sorry if we were off key!
Happy birthday, Jim.
Posted by: Sluggo at October 16, 2005 03:17 PMHappy Happy Birthday Handsome!!
; )
(PS Susan is here and says: Happy Birthday, too!)
Posted by: Christina at October 16, 2005 04:07 PMHave one on me. Happy birthday Jim.
Posted by: Sgt Hook at October 16, 2005 04:42 PM.. hot damn, Happy Birthday, Jimbo!... I look forward to hearing what you have to say about those Black Adder DVDs..
Posted by: Eric at October 16, 2005 05:23 PMWhat they said!
Posted by: dogette at October 16, 2005 05:50 PMAnd what a wonderful place the world is because you're in it. (Feet first, huh? *shudder*)
Happy boitday to you, m'dear.
xoxo
Posted by: Margi at October 16, 2005 06:16 PMhappy birthday!!
Posted by: shoe at October 16, 2005 06:36 PMHope your birthday, oops, sorry, boitday is a happy one.
Posted by: aelfheld at October 16, 2005 06:58 PMOh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
Hope it was grand and smashing and all that. Slainte!
Posted by: Shamrock at October 16, 2005 07:59 PMHave a happy one, Jim. I think you deserve to bend an elbow or two in celebration...
Posted by: DMerriman at October 16, 2005 08:03 PMMany happy returns and best wishes for many more birthday celebrations as full and pleasant as this one.
Posted by: Suzette at October 16, 2005 08:07 PMHappy Birthday Jim! {{{hugs}}}
Happy birthday, Jim!
Posted by: marydell at October 16, 2005 10:46 PMhappy birthday sir...may you strum many more guitars!!!
Posted by: mr. helpful at October 17, 2005 12:32 AMHappy birthday, Jim! I almost called you on my drive home but didn't want to interrupt any family time during your big day. Hope you had a good one!
Posted by: zonker at October 17, 2005 12:34 AMHope you had a great farookin' birthday, Jim!
Posted by: That 1 Guy at October 17, 2005 01:24 AMJimbo,
Why do you all of the sudden sound like Curley from the Three Stooges? Is this what happens when you turn 40?
Posted by: Dan at October 17, 2005 01:31 AMA belated Happy Boitday to you Jim. I hope it was a wonderful day!
Posted by: Teresa at October 17, 2005 09:28 AMA much belated, but still heartfelt, happy day to you sir.
Posted by: hoosierboy at October 17, 2005 10:49 AMAs a fellow Libra, I congratulate you on surviving another Trip Around the Sun.
And in case you need cheering up, here's a little poem for you:
Time Marches On
or
It Sure Beats the Alternative
It's hell, they say, when you get old.
Your toenails all are caked with mold,
Or maybe other kinds of fungus.
It's hard to breathe with ancient lungus.
All bloodshot are your rheumy eyes,
All weak and stringy are your thighs.
Your pancreas is stiff and sore,
And buttocks droop towards the floor.
With exercise, your muscles ache,
It feels like all your bones will break.
You day by day get soft and flabby,
Your disposition loutish, crabby.
Digestion, once a simple task,
Becomes a chore (and please, don't ask.)
Shoulder joints all get bursitis.
Your bladder wakes you up at nightis.
Your backbone gives you many pains.
Increasingly sieve-like grow your brains,
Until you cannot keep in mind
that "this is your elbow, that's your behind":
Getting old, it is not kind.
But whene'er these thoughts go thro' my head,
I think: "It sure beats being dead."
Happy Birthday!
... and add RightWingRocker to that list of Libra Bloggers (Oct. 9).
RWR
Posted by: RightWingRocker at October 17, 2005 12:38 PMwell, a most wonderful birthday to you, my fellow Libra. (mine is Wednesday).
Posted by: gregor at October 17, 2005 05:32 PMYou're a Black Adder fan also! Not only do you have great farookin hair but an impeccable intelligence to go under it.
Happy birthday my young Jersey friend.
Posted by: Randy at October 17, 2005 11:50 PMIt is belated but non-the-less well meant.
A very Happy Birthday Jim.
Posted by: silk at October 18, 2005 08:34 AM