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Gettin’ Old

I turn 28 today, which is dangerously close to 30.

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20 Responses to “Gettin’ Old”

  1. BD says:

    Thirty is when the fun really starts.

    I think. Happy Birthday, and welcome to 28.

  2. Quaker in a Basement says:

    Hooray for you, you puppy.

    Have all your favorite stuff today.

  3. Frank_D says:

    You mean you’re not even half as old as I am?

    No wonder you’re a left wing nut!

    Happy Birthday, Oliver!

  4. Dugger says:

    First comes forgetting where you parked your car. Then rampant, uncontrolled ear hair growth. Then you find yourself lingering in elevators to hear the ends of songs. Then one day, there’s a knock on the door and its ol’ ‘Grim’ come-a-callin.

    Dugger, 28: The end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?

  5. cypher says:

    Relax, you have two years on your life clock before you need to start running.

  6. begoniabuzzkill says:

    At least you will soon know: each morning when you wake up and something new hurts……….you are not dead!

    Love to you Oliver!
    Happy Birthday!

  7. MichaelFB says:

    Since the alternative to having birthdays is not being able to have them anymore, quit yer bitchin’, youngster.

    And Happy Birthday!

  8. JD says:

    Happy birthday. Since I am older than dirt, I feel comfortable referring to you as a youngster. Have a great one !

  9. …I’m 45, Oliver. You think you’re pissed now–just wait another 20 years! All the low-level toadies who’re assistants now will be making headlines then.

  10. TomY says:

    You share a birthday with Ira Gershwin, Stephen Wright, and Elian Gonzalez! Many happy returns!

  11. rhys says:

    zambo, I’m 36, more liberal now than I was 25 (I was libertarian then), and my brain works just fine. It is because my brain is working that I’m a liberal, not a conservative.

    I always interpreted that quote differently. To me, it’s real meaning is what is radical now will be normal later. So, what you have fought long and hard for in your youth, you should be conservative in preserving your older years, lest some extreme right-wing lunatic try to take it away from you.

    Example: liberals fought long and hard for a better deal for workers, anti-trust laws, medical care for all, pensions, anti-pollution laws, etc. Until recently, those issues were considered resolved and finished. The “conservative” thing to do is not to mess with a system that now works. But the lunatics keep trying to find ways to undo all the good that has been done. That makes them the radicals, not us liberals.

    Many happy returns Oliver. May you keep poking the lunatics in the eye with the truth for many more years.

  12. tony says:

    happy birthday you old timer

    it only gets better after the 3-0

    it’ll make you gain abotu 20 lbs though so watch out for that.

  13. Thanks all, though I was more conservative at 8 than I am now…

  14. Mouse says:

    The second thing that goes is the memory…I don’t remember what the first thing is.

    Happy Birthday Oliver…be happy.

  15. White Whale says:

    Frolisch Geburstag(Happy Birthday). Don’t beat yourself up about getting older. Just think of this as your mid-mid life crisis. YOu will think once I am thirty I am not young but not old. My father had his midlife crisis and told me that people in thier twenties really don’t know shit, and when I asked him why he surrendered that they just don’t know how shitty things are at 48. Live it up while you can, lord knows that I turn 25 this month and already feel you have to force the fun alittle. Jeez
    Happy Birthday Oliver

  16. Dkelsmith says:

    Happy Birthday, Oliver. I turned 34 on the 29th of November myself. I hope you have a Happy Birthday, and I wish you all the best in the upcoming year.

  17. nursepam says:

    Happy Birthday Baby! ;^) From my perspective you are terribly young. I find this heartening because you are so bright. I can totter safely off into my dotage knowing that people like you will continue to stir the pot and keep the faith.

  18. Zappa says:

    Happy Birthday -
    Hope it was grand; you are the junior of most that visit your blog – so please respect your elders.
    I have to go take my teeth out now – catch you later.

    Z

  19. trevorwells says:

    Happy Birthday Oliver !!!!! I just turned 34 last month so relax and enjoy what’s left of your twenties. Mine are gone forever and they were all wasted bro. God Bless.

  20. Elayne Riggs says:

    Wow, happy belated, Oliver! You share a birthday with lots of people I know and love, including my husband!