barfday

September 10 was my goddaughter's birthday; September 12 is my buddy Steve doCarmo's birthday. He's my age (born in 1969), so raise your glasses in solemn acknowledgement of the relentless march of time. Steve's got a book coming out sometime in the next year-- a somewhat revised version of his doctoral thesis, if I'm not mistaken. Congrats, man, and Happy Birthday.

39. That's three 13s together. If you can survive this year, Steve, you can survive anything.

(By the way, Dear Reader, Steve wrote a novel but chose to publish it online, so you get to read it for free. Enjoy... The Shaker.)

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