A very Happy 64th birthday to you sir. Keep on keeping on! Love what the PS newspaper is becoming. Best thing to come out of tribune going to shit was you doing this and Mary continuing to share things like her annual rhyming assessment on fb ❤️ Raise a glass to 64 being younger and hipper than your nine year old self imagined, but also fuller and wiser and happier than we ever hoped at 9🥂
Happy Birthday! I will toast to your good health and fortune on this date, now and going forward. I was looking for something positive about today. So Cheers to you! I was wondering when stores changed their policies about not accepting returns for sale items. My sister's b-day is in January and I recall being unable to find clothes that were returnable back when we were teens.
If you want to see insurrection, look at the riots in Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, etc. where some of the perpetrators and the organizations they were affiliated with actually expressed goals of overthrowing the government. Where insurrectionists actually laid siege to and destroyed a federal courthouse. Wish there was as much prosecutorial zeal and media attention placed on those much more serious "threats to democracy" that impacted the safety, livelihoods and well-being of ordinary citizens who didn't have bunkers to run to and "Capitol Police" to protect them.
Happy Birthday! You’ve got a few years on me, but when we were kids most 64 year olds did look and act elderly! I don’t know if it was just a mindset or if the health of body and minds has improved somehow.
Happy Birthday EZ! With respect to the disclosure of vaccination status, I think you and Amy may be talking past each other and the poll doesn't allow for that nuance. In general, I don't have a problem disclosing my status. I did it at the gym this morning and will have to do so again if I go out to eat tonight. Amy seems to concede that. And I believe it's a matter of courtesy to disclose for those you may be socializing with for any extended period. But if, for instance, I'm watching a rally where a speaker is revving up a crowd and a stranger turns to me and asks "You're not one of those sheeple who's gotten a vaccine, are you?" or "You're not one of those idiots who refuses to get vaccinated, are you?" I will probably politely decline to answer. And believe me, I've been asked similar questions in the past.
I get it when someone says their birthday was ruined by some bad event; in your case, MAGA, the 1/6/21 insurrection. In my case, it was the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on a January 28th. I was lucky (not just in that I'm still alive) in that I was doing stuff that day and just heard about it by accident in the early afternoon. Until then, it was a fairly good birthday. I hope I will be enabled to do what I went to college for, eventually, so that someday strangers will note my birthday. So far, I share it with people including Artur Rubinstein (long gone to us), Alan Alda (still with us, thankfully, and no stranger), and others, one of whom I'm really not happy about. Of course, name any day of the year when something really dreadful happened - and tens of millions of people's birthdays are "ruined" by it because of the commemorations of those events.
You can read one article per month, PER DEVICE, for free at Epsilon Theory. Well worth the trouble; not yet for me worth the VERY steep subscription price for a "pro" subscription. But Ben & Rusty are awesome when it comes to the meta-story.
Happy birthday! Sixty-four does seem a whole lot younger than it used to.
As someone with a 9-11 birthday, I feel your pain. But as one of my friends told me in 2002, it's nice to have something positive to associate with a terrible day. (That said, my brother-in-law calls me every 9-11 to wish me a happy National Day of Mourning.)
Happy Birthday Eric. Isn't it time for a new party to emerge? It appears that the Republicans only have Trump so those who are Trumpers have no other choice and pundits don't feel Biden is strong enough to win in next election. How about a ticket with a more left leaning Republican and a conservative Democrat?
Happy birthday. Re: informing people involved in the I95 situation: I understand how authorities could let people involved in some form of public transport disaster. How do you do that to people in their individual vehicles? I suppose you could put helicopters in the air with public speakers, but even then, with windows closed, I doubt everyone would hear. What are your ideas for accomplishing this informing of the people?
How did you manage to get a subscription rate of $12.87 for three months of the Tribune? I pay well over $100 for a shorter interval, and when I called to cancel the premium issues the operator told me the charge would remain the same but the interval would be stretched out an additional week.
<< The CDC adds that “these findings strengthen the justification for relying on a symptom-based rather than test-based strategy for ending isolation of most patients,” >>
In my family, we have a positive case with no symptoms, therefore total exposure of the rest of us to it, and negative tests with minor symptoms. Despite thorough immersion in all COVID coverage, we aren’t clear on who should do what.
I learned a long time ago that when you can’t figure out which alternative is clearly better, it doesn’t pay to keep trying to. I suspect a majority is soon going to decide that all the specific actions beyond getting vaccinated don’t matter.
Happy birthday. I feel your pain. On my 15th birthday, President Kennedy was assassinated. Not everybody thinks of that or even remembers that, but I do. Every November 22 brings sadness because of that, but it also brings joy because I’m happy to be alive and healthy.
Happy Birthday! Bummer that you feel your day is now tainted. I do not share your angst. The date will be a historical footnote after we have a normal 2024 election cycle. Also, when I was a kid, Dia de los Reyes was a big deal with cakes and gifts.
A very Happy 64th birthday to you sir. Keep on keeping on! Love what the PS newspaper is becoming. Best thing to come out of tribune going to shit was you doing this and Mary continuing to share things like her annual rhyming assessment on fb ❤️ Raise a glass to 64 being younger and hipper than your nine year old self imagined, but also fuller and wiser and happier than we ever hoped at 9🥂
I’m sympathetic to your 1/6 birthday scenario. My dad turned 21 on Pearl Harbor Day, and my brother turned 50 on September 11th.
Happy Birthday! I will toast to your good health and fortune on this date, now and going forward. I was looking for something positive about today. So Cheers to you! I was wondering when stores changed their policies about not accepting returns for sale items. My sister's b-day is in January and I recall being unable to find clothes that were returnable back when we were teens.
Happy BIrthday to you, on your awful date. I taught 6th graders born on 9/11 and that sucked.
There was no "insurrection". Just stupid people rioting.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stop-calling-jan-6-an-insurrection-capitol-riot-civil-disorder-insurgency-protest-first-amendment-11641417543?mod=opinion_lead_pos6
If you want to see insurrection, look at the riots in Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, etc. where some of the perpetrators and the organizations they were affiliated with actually expressed goals of overthrowing the government. Where insurrectionists actually laid siege to and destroyed a federal courthouse. Wish there was as much prosecutorial zeal and media attention placed on those much more serious "threats to democracy" that impacted the safety, livelihoods and well-being of ordinary citizens who didn't have bunkers to run to and "Capitol Police" to protect them.
Happy Birthday! You’ve got a few years on me, but when we were kids most 64 year olds did look and act elderly! I don’t know if it was just a mindset or if the health of body and minds has improved somehow.
Happy Birthday EZ! With respect to the disclosure of vaccination status, I think you and Amy may be talking past each other and the poll doesn't allow for that nuance. In general, I don't have a problem disclosing my status. I did it at the gym this morning and will have to do so again if I go out to eat tonight. Amy seems to concede that. And I believe it's a matter of courtesy to disclose for those you may be socializing with for any extended period. But if, for instance, I'm watching a rally where a speaker is revving up a crowd and a stranger turns to me and asks "You're not one of those sheeple who's gotten a vaccine, are you?" or "You're not one of those idiots who refuses to get vaccinated, are you?" I will probably politely decline to answer. And believe me, I've been asked similar questions in the past.
I get it when someone says their birthday was ruined by some bad event; in your case, MAGA, the 1/6/21 insurrection. In my case, it was the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on a January 28th. I was lucky (not just in that I'm still alive) in that I was doing stuff that day and just heard about it by accident in the early afternoon. Until then, it was a fairly good birthday. I hope I will be enabled to do what I went to college for, eventually, so that someday strangers will note my birthday. So far, I share it with people including Artur Rubinstein (long gone to us), Alan Alda (still with us, thankfully, and no stranger), and others, one of whom I'm really not happy about. Of course, name any day of the year when something really dreadful happened - and tens of millions of people's birthdays are "ruined" by it because of the commemorations of those events.
On the subject of tribal divisions: This is the best thing I've read in a long time:
https://www.epsilontheory.com/an-inconvenient-truce/
You can read one article per month, PER DEVICE, for free at Epsilon Theory. Well worth the trouble; not yet for me worth the VERY steep subscription price for a "pro" subscription. But Ben & Rusty are awesome when it comes to the meta-story.
Happy birthday! Sixty-four does seem a whole lot younger than it used to.
As someone with a 9-11 birthday, I feel your pain. But as one of my friends told me in 2002, it's nice to have something positive to associate with a terrible day. (That said, my brother-in-law calls me every 9-11 to wish me a happy National Day of Mourning.)
Happy Birthday Eric. Isn't it time for a new party to emerge? It appears that the Republicans only have Trump so those who are Trumpers have no other choice and pundits don't feel Biden is strong enough to win in next election. How about a ticket with a more left leaning Republican and a conservative Democrat?
Happy birthday. Re: informing people involved in the I95 situation: I understand how authorities could let people involved in some form of public transport disaster. How do you do that to people in their individual vehicles? I suppose you could put helicopters in the air with public speakers, but even then, with windows closed, I doubt everyone would hear. What are your ideas for accomplishing this informing of the people?
How did you manage to get a subscription rate of $12.87 for three months of the Tribune? I pay well over $100 for a shorter interval, and when I called to cancel the premium issues the operator told me the charge would remain the same but the interval would be stretched out an additional week.
<< The CDC adds that “these findings strengthen the justification for relying on a symptom-based rather than test-based strategy for ending isolation of most patients,” >>
In my family, we have a positive case with no symptoms, therefore total exposure of the rest of us to it, and negative tests with minor symptoms. Despite thorough immersion in all COVID coverage, we aren’t clear on who should do what.
I learned a long time ago that when you can’t figure out which alternative is clearly better, it doesn’t pay to keep trying to. I suspect a majority is soon going to decide that all the specific actions beyond getting vaccinated don’t matter.
Happy birthday. I feel your pain. On my 15th birthday, President Kennedy was assassinated. Not everybody thinks of that or even remembers that, but I do. Every November 22 brings sadness because of that, but it also brings joy because I’m happy to be alive and healthy.
Happy Birthday! Bummer that you feel your day is now tainted. I do not share your angst. The date will be a historical footnote after we have a normal 2024 election cycle. Also, when I was a kid, Dia de los Reyes was a big deal with cakes and gifts.