May 18, 2009
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Here we are, then: another year older. Is that a life grown ever richer or just closer to death? Gotta love those false dichotomies.
The day passed very pleasantly, shepherded by damn fine meals -- in somewhat different modes -- in the company of the lovely Alastair and the lovely Ian. Birthday greetings arrived from around the world via various electronic media -- but particularly Facebook, which seems to have become the way this stuff is done in 2009. O brave new world.
Anyway, thanks all. It is an honour to be able to grow old -- gracefully or otherwise -- in such company. And now I'm into yet another year, and here we go again.
Posted by matt at May 18, 2009 9:35 PM
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I'll go with "Closer To Death" for $500, Alex!
Ah, you're a babe, a mere babe in the woods, compared to some of we grizzled old things. Revel in it already. And many happy returns.
Posted by: robin at May 19, 2009 12:02 PM
Thanks, Robin.
BTW, what is happening to HF at the moment? It's had "I am trying to configure this site" up for weeks.
Posted by: matt at May 20, 2009 12:22 AM
Migrating (slowwwwly) to a new host server; hoping to get it back online soon.
Posted by: robin at May 20, 2009 1:30 AM