jazzbo Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 Start on the cake whenever you wish! Thanks for all the good wishes mes copains! I'm going to try to get through the work day, looking forward to a great lunch at my favorite place (The Clay Pit), and a nice evening at home with Helen. . . . I'm actually not tripping to be 50. I watched Helen turn 50 in June, and it didn't seem to be too bad. . . Also. . . I really am enjoying this part of my life. . . I wouldn't want to have the problems I did at 25. Plus. . . this marks half my life spent in one place, Austin. After the many residences (cities, towns, states, even countries!) before that to be this "rooted" finally is a good thing! I appreciate all the friendship here and the great thoughts coming my way! Quote
John Tapscott Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 Happy Birthday, Lon! You beat me to 50 by a couple of months. Sounds like you're happily avoiding the mid-life crisis. Hope I will, too. All the best! Quote
Dave James Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 From one old mossback to another, hope you have a good one. Age is just a state of mind. Besides, no matter how old we all get, we still tend to see and think of ourselves as being 25. Have much appreciated your contributions, advice and all around savoir faire stretching back to the earliest days of the BNBB. Up over and out. Quote
jazzbo Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 My last four years of Texas state government service have been my mid-life crisis. I'm still IN IT, but I'm not letting it overwhelm me, I can't afford the stress and anxiety, I've been through enough, I've just shut that aspect of it down. Some of the absurdities are tragically FUNNY now. Just some, but enough to keep me entertained. . . . I'm just hoping that the next, the FINAL FOUR for me, are a little better. I take strength in knowing that I've been through an awful lot and proven I can. . . . Listening to Louis and enjoying myself a little here at work! Quote
Big Al Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 Lon and Louis, both share the last name and the same birthdate. How wonderfully fitting! I would never have guessed you were fifty. I guess the music not only makes you feel so young, but even helps you look it, too! All the more reason to listen to jazz! Happy birthday, Lon! Quote
jazzbo Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 Oh to be 50 again! Happy Birthday. ← I definitely can imagine myself thinking that one day! I also can picture myself saying "Where's that can of Ubik. . . ?" Quote
BeBop Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 Have a great one, Lon! 50, eh? I'm right behind you all the way. Quote
Aggie87 Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 Happy Birthday Lon! I'd buy ya some Amy's if I were up there right now! Quote
Joe G Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 Happy Birthday Lon! Maybe the moderator will let you play with her Maracas today. ← Have a great one, Lon! Quote
ghost of miles Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 May life always return to you all the good will and feeling that you bring to this board and any community of which you're a part. Thanks for all the knowledge, intellectual camaraderie, and jazz-fan esprit de corps that your presence here provides. As my good friend the Red Menace has observed: "A man who always has more Mosaic sets than years may well live forever!!!" It's an experiment that I'm eager to continue, anyway... and quite doable if the company keeps up its present output. Quote
jazzbo Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 More Mosaic sets than years. . . . Yes, that's doable, and I suspect will be so in the future! Thanks for the kind words, all of you! Quote
Ron S Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 So it's true, Lon??? You take an innocent trip to Hawaii, and now you're busted by FIVE-O??? Quote
jazzbo Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 (edited) That's true Ron. My wife engineered the whole trip to Hawaii as a "Hawaii Five-O" trip as she turned "Five-O" in June and I today. . . . And to make matters even more law-enforcement connected, the hotel we stayed in was formerly "Gray's Boarding House" where Biggers conceived of the character Charlie Chan, and plotted the first novel, "House without a Key" (which is now the name of the night club/restaurant at the hotel. (Photos are of the night club/restaurant, but not photos which were taken by my wife or myself) Edited August 4, 2005 by jazzbo Quote
jazzbo Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 Music was great there, a little varied every night, but top notch artists. Spectacular views too. Quote
neveronfriday Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 Hope it'll be a while until you need this gadget (no porn button, sorry). Continue having a great one! Happy birthday! Quote
Free For All Posted August 4, 2005 Report Posted August 4, 2005 I'm out on the road so I'm late to the party as usual. A very happy birthday to you, Lon, and many more to come! Quote
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