04/05/06 = 36

me

36 years old at some point this morning, not sure when. Still sick with a nasty flu.

When I was a kid, on my birthday I used to double my age and say, “when I’m x years old, I’m going to…” and make up some outlandish thing like visit Mongolia, tweak the nose of the Prime Minister, or shave my head like Mr. T.

Just as I took this photo I thought, “When I’m 72 I’ll going to… be 72.”

That gave me a moment’s pause. But only a moment - J’aime ma vie beaucoup.

Boy, there was a lot of interesting stuff that happened today, wasn’t there?

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1 | Jason Perkins said on April 5, 2006 7:50 AM

It's such a relief to me to find that you're four months older than me.

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2 | Paul B the old french guy said on April 5, 2006 12:20 PM

Your all a bunch of youg'uns. Bonne anniversaire
Neil!

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3 | WoodsmanJohn said on April 5, 2006 5:06 PM

Well friend, turned 48 sometime this morning and it didn't hurt anymore than turning 36. I also play a little doubling game, but calculate the year I'll be 2x and try to imagine what the world will be like. (Whether I'm there or not.) In some ways reality has been a little disapointing, no moon bases, no cure for cancer, no fusion or solar power plants. But in other ways life has been better than I could have thought possible. You won't know the end of the tale until you've written the whole story.

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4 | Greg said on April 5, 2006 8:04 PM

Happy Birthday Neil!!

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5 | Jeremy said on April 6, 2006 3:38 AM

Happy birthday Neil! =) I know we haven't spoke in a while, but congrats none the less. :)

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6 | Patrick Dinnen said on April 6, 2006 9:12 AM

Happy (if slightly belated) birthday Neil.

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7 | James said on April 6, 2006 11:33 AM

Happy birthday buddy! And get well soon so we can have lunch!

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8 | Pamela said on April 6, 2006 8:49 PM

Happy birthday Mr. Lee. Better late than never right?

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9 | Rik said on April 11, 2006 5:28 AM

Happy Birthday Neil! I turned 37 on March 20...still not dead.

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