HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

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Believe it or not, I’ve made it to 64 (of course, I feel like I’m 12). Thanks to all my doctors my health is good. Diane keeps me on the path to righteous behavior (though I tend to stray from time to time). I have a wonderful wife, great kids, good friends, close family, and a job I enjoy. And a few thousand books I need to read Real Soon. Life is Good.

36 thoughts on “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

  1. Dan

    George, those of us who knew you in your hard-drinking, hard-wenching, two-fisted devil-may-care youth were surprised when you made it to 40 without landing in jail or the grave. 64 is just impossible to believe–are you sure you’re not lying about your age?

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    1. george Post author

      Deb, I hope you appreciate the George Clooney photo. Getting to 64 just happened while I wasn’t looking. And, I try to stay out of bar fights now!

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  2. Jerry House

    Will they still need you? Will they still feed you? When you’re sixty-four?

    My best guess is yes. Congratulations!

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  3. Jeff Meyerson

    Happy 64th Birthday, George! Welcome to the club. You don’t look it.

    Hope you get many books and lots of pizza this year.

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    1. george Post author

      Thanks for the good wishes, Jeff. No surgeries (so far) this year. Big difference! The books keep arriving via UPS and the pizza still tastes great!

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  4. RkR

    Happy Birthday, old man (says the even older one)! and many happy returns. I hope you have family and friends to celebrate with, and that there’s something special in your day.

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  5. Carl V.

    Hey, Happy Birthday George!!! Hope you have as good a day today as your name-sharing celeb above would be were it his special day today. 🙂

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  6. George Kelley

    Carl, thanks for the kind words! Here in Western New York the skies are bright, the sun is shining, and the temps are in the 70s. I couldn’t ask for a nicer Birthday!

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  7. Art Scott

    Based on energy alone you’ve always seemed at least a decade younger than me. A mere three years and change–say it ain’t so! Nevertheless, have a great day! Now isn’t it about time you took up golf ?

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  8. George Kelley

    Art, thanks for your comment on my energy. I was losing my energy with my bad knees. The new titanium knees (and the end of the pain) have given me an energy boost. I leave golfing to my brother. My allergies make outside activities difficult unless the temps are under 32.

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  9. Deb

    Happy Birthday, George! And thank you for the eye-candy picture of that other George, you know, the one who is also known as Deb’s secret boyfriend!

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    1. george Post author

      No, Rick, swanky is a restaurant like Schimschack’s (a German-American restaurant) that sits atop the Lewiston Escarpment. On a clear day, like today, you can see Toronto across Like Ontario! Very scenic! And, the food is excellent! They even have ostrich on the menu!

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  10. The Right Reverend Cap'n Bob Napier

    A pup, a stripling, a callow youth. I assume you’ll have a party at Chucky Cheese. Have a good one.

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    1. george Post author

      Bob, I used up my allotment of fun at Chuck E. Cheese when Patrick and Katie celebrated their Birthday parties there. Plus, the pizza is crappy.

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  11. Jeff Meyerson

    If you’re going to Lewiston, George, will there be custard for dessert? Jackie wants to know.

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  12. Todd Mason

    Happy belated, George! Even if the Isle of Wight is too dear, I hope you got a good look at Toronto last night. (And you confuse one Dan above with Deb on the first go-round…not so bad if Dan also might dig the Clooney photo, but I’ll take a, say, fantasy affair with his colleague Julianna Margulies instead among an array of others, and I’ll let Dan choose for himself.) Don’t forget all the music yet to be heard and heard again…and all the rest of what makes life better than grading papers…

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    1. george Post author

      Todd, I’m far from the Land of Grading Papers this summer. After spending the past two Summers in Rehab and Physical Therapy from my knee replacement surgeries, I decided to take the Summer off and just read (and listen to CDs and go to movies). Downtime is Good!

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  13. Lauren W.

    I just wanted to make sure that you saw that the message was also from my brother. Also, did you check out the video in the link?

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  14. Lauren W.

    I will send him your message. If you would like to see the video we sent you, enter “Dogs Singing Happy Birthday dogbook” into YouTube and click on the first non-sponsored result.

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