The birthday card
March 12th 2009 19:26
It was my birthday yesterday and despite being ordered by CherylJ to post about it on the day — and I always try to do what CherylJ tells me to do — I failed because I was working all day and celebrating all night.
Such hard work followed by such hard play are not recommended for someone my age. I refuse to tell you what that age is, by the why, although I will give you a hint: I have had 55 previous birthdays.
The main point of my belated post is to muse about the ways one receives birthday greetings these days.
I got one card, two e-cards, three text messages, four phone calls, and a whole stack of Facebook birthday greetings.
Of course, my Facebook friends — and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them sincerely for the many rude, ageist messages they sent me yesterday — all get Facebook-generated reminders of birthdays, but I suppose it goes some way to explaining the lack of cards.
The one card I did get was from my wife. It was perfect. Like her.
Such hard work followed by such hard play are not recommended for someone my age. I refuse to tell you what that age is, by the why, although I will give you a hint: I have had 55 previous birthdays.
The main point of my belated post is to muse about the ways one receives birthday greetings these days.
I got one card, two e-cards, three text messages, four phone calls, and a whole stack of Facebook birthday greetings.
Of course, my Facebook friends — and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them sincerely for the many rude, ageist messages they sent me yesterday — all get Facebook-generated reminders of birthdays, but I suppose it goes some way to explaining the lack of cards.
The one card I did get was from my wife. It was perfect. Like her.
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Comment by Janet Collins
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My very best belated birthday wishes to you. I hope you had a really good one.
Janet
Comment by Chris Champion
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We went to a much-touted restaurant which lived up to the tout. A jolly evening indeed.