To my nephew Tristan, who is 9 today.
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Happy Birthday
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Happy Birthday
To blogger Trader Mike.
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James Edmund Tranmer
If 1896 weren’t too long ago for him still to be around, this would be the birthday of my rogue of a great-grandfather, an early electrician and computer guy, and sower of multiple families.
At least, Outlook says this is his birthday, and the year sounds right, but i could swear I posted about him less than a year ago, so I hope I don’t have him in there twice, one right and one wrong.
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Happy Birthday
To blogger Director Mitch, who is 40 today.
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Happy Birthday
To blogger John Beck.
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Late Uncle
Today would have been only the 72nd birthday of my uncle Richard, more commonly known as Dickie, had he not died way back on March 19, 1975. It’s strange to realize that he was only 38 at the time, far younger than I am now. He and uncle Billy drowned while lobstering.
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Out the Frying Pan
Sadly, my 12 inch frying pan had to be thrown away yesterday. The coating was so badly damaged that it was unusable. It was a cheap pan and last many years – almost nine, I believe it is – so it owed me nothing, but the timing. Even though it was obviously coming for a while, and that will be true of some of the other pans as well.
We’ll pretty much have to replace it almost immediately, at a time when $15 or $20 for a pan might almost as well be a bar of unobtanium or wonderflonium or something. For that matter, I already could almost have used a larger one in that style. I hate having to use my round flat pan that we use for making and heating tortillas for frying burgers or eggs. Not so bad to use it as a backup pan for pancakes or French toast, which are appropriate and easy on it.
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Happy Birthday
To my brother Michael, youngest of the bunch, who is 37 today.
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Happy Birthday
To former blogger Jim Schwab.
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Teen Practice
Valerie was posing, intentionally looking various degrees of sad, rather than happy as might be more traditional. The first was her saddest version.
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Charisma Boy Brushing Teeth
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Happy Birthday
To Mur Lafferty, who is 35 today.
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Always Been Too Gullible
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Via Tammi
The blackened sky out there right now, driving a welcome wind through the windows, reminded me I didn’t write about yesterday’s tornado warning. Yes, warning. Not even a mere watch. Yes, in Massachusetts. If that surprises you, by all means Google Worcester tornado and look at some of the results not about the ball team. One of the only times I ever heard the emergency broadcast system used beyond a test was driving down from north of Boston and hearing a tornado watch.
But this was a warning. With our location relatively in bullseye territory. Wow.
We ended up getting everyone dressed and hanging out in the cellar for several minutes during the projected window for the area, at the risk of feeling silly. Deb grew up in an area that had been hit with a tornado and where such things were serious enough they used air raid sirens for warnings and tested regularly. I grew up aware of the Worcesteer tornado, and enough of a weather nerd to be aware they could and did happen here, if seldom, and even rarer with strength. Plus hellow, Wizard of Oz was an annual television event.
In the end nothin happened beside relatively severe thunderstorms, some hail and heavy rain, more darkness in the sky than justified. It was different, though.
I was disappointed that after going offline for the emergency, my Blackberry, from which I am posting this, was not available to look at weather, post, see e-mail, etc. It was as if the cell service shut down completely, right when I wanted it most. Thrilling.
Raining good now, so I’d better make sure no windows are letting it in…
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Happy Birthday
To my aunt Bea, youngest of my mother’s family, who is 64 today. She’s the one who awesomely gave us her old car when she bought another, so we’d have something with a bit of life left in it that would fit all five of us.
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Happy Birthday
To my cousin’s son and third generation namesake, Brad, sometimes known as Buddha, who is 16 today.
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Happy Birthday
To attorney Sue Hannigan Duffy.
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Happy Birthday
To blogger Chan Eddy, who is 52 today.