And boy, are my legs tired...

Well I'm 48 today. (28th) In light of recent neurological distruptions I have forgone alcohol this night, and started right in on the glue and heroin. Maybe if I get wild I'll break out the ketamine and PCP though I might just stay low key.

So I have one age left before I'm officially a junior old man. Heck, a lot of folks haven't made it this far.

My future plans include learning the new telescopes I got (127mm Celestron the guys over in gear talked smack about, and an eight inch dobsonian used only on Sundays by a little old man at NASA) as well as photograghy because somebody gave me a nice 5 megapixel camera as well.

I've never had a telescope that didn't come in a thin cardboard box before. The Celestron came with a thick cardboard box. The Dobsonian seems to be in a garage. Thicker yet. This tells me something. That better telescopes seem to be surrounded by sturdier containers.

Beyond that and I have one more task I have to do.

Take up prospecting.

The way I see it I have had at least as many jobs as Jack London. And ol' Jack didn't settle down and become a writer until after he went prospecting gold in Alaska. Well, I don't have to go that far as I live in California. I know some people and I know some places. The people being the more important ingrediate in that equation. Some gold panners don't like strangers unannounced on thier property. Especially a property that's turning up color. While at the same time the right guy introducing you makes all the difference in the world.

Then when I've had enough of being wet, cold, hungry, bug bit, bear chased, lonely, and just plain tired of the suck, I'll realize just what a wonderful thing the keyboard and literacy is, and you can actually make money while sitting warm and comfortable in a chair in your bedroom. Well some people can.

Isn't that how it works? Or is this going to be like that radioactive spider thing again? Aww dammit, it is, isn't it?

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Gimme a minute to read through Jay's latest observations...

happy birthday Bigdon.

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Lay off the drugs. I've watched too many people in your age group because dependant on them. Why spend $40 a day to get high?

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In the Year 2525.

"One small step for (a) man. One giant leap for mankind".

If an astronaut doesn't need good grammar, niether does you.

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'Cause getting laid costs $100.

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Well you get what you pay for...

Besides, dont you want to live long enough to get laid some more. Afterall, Viagra does exist (take no offense, not saying you need it now, only when you get old which is much less likely if you abuse drugs).

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Alright guys,

Don't make me have to come out and actually tell you I was kidding.

Maybe I'm telling jokes badly nowadays.

I went to a nice diner that usually has a lot of good specials. My friend said, "Hey! They have lamb shoulders!" and I replied, "Well, if they wear pads, no-one will notice."

And he didn't get it. Made me have to explain it. I was very disappointed in him.

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Seeing that you've already shown a talent for the entertaining anecdote, you could go pilot riverboats instead or prospecting for gold as your last job before turning to storytelling.
Your writing so far has reminded me more of Mark Twain than Jack London, though I'll be the first to admit I've read very little London.

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Firstly Happy birthday.
Secondly, when I read your first entry I understood that you were joking, I mean glue, thats so last year, the in thing now is gridded Stocrin (ARV) smoked with Dagga/Weeeed/Marijuana.http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx...ticleid=308271
Thirdly, read the BA's entry on his blog about leap years. It turns out you might have not done exactly 48 trips around the sun after all.http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2...ave-leap-days/
Lastly I get all your jokes (maybe not all the Airforce/navy ones).
For some reasons I assumed you were in your late 50s or early 60s (please do not take offense, after all I am sure you have some assumptions about me, that are probably wrong.)

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Congratulations!

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You're old enough. Do all the drugs you want!

but DON'T inject heron; they don't like it, and tend to fly off and you'll never see it again.

HBD-BD

There is a Heywood Banks song that really seems to apply here. Just sing it to yourself til you feel better, or they take you away.

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An evil person would do the things I think up.

Happy birthday, you youngster!

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And don't inject huron

H'py b'day Don, and happy twelve little BA

No, it's 48, things got twisted there

"So after four years the calendar is behind by a day."

If the calendar reads March 2 and you add a day in so that the calendar then reads March 1, wouldn't that mean the calendar was ahead? Without leapyears, the calendar would be like a clock that was going around too fast--it'd be ahead, and you'd have to set it behind.

Just a nit

Happy birthday Big Don. Here's hoping you have many years to enjoy those telescopes.

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Today is my oldest brother's 15th birthday.

Ya say it's yer birthday.

Kind of a short bucket list, ain't it? Prospecting and writing. I'd review the list, even for those that haved lived the life of adventure, there is always more to do.

48 trips around the Sun is 48 trips around the Sun, regardless of the measurement protocols Those Darn Humans have invented to keep track of them.

Want to wake up and shake up your life? Scare yourself every day. Take risks; ones you can manage. For some, just taking a different route to work is all it takes, or not watching that must-see TV (funny how most survive the experience - must not be as big a MUST as they claim), or whatever.

Variety IS the spice, and everybody gets to do their own cooking.

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"Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

I'm a little late to the party, but happy birthday, Don.

Hey, we share the same birthday. Happy birthday+1, BigDon!

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yep, Happy Birthday. Enjoy your day.



Prospecting is good, but just do some traveling. It wasn't the job that made Jack London famous, it's what he took from it and wrote down. Good luck

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