He's 27 years young today - the coolest daddy-o of a velociraptor that I know.
Posted by: tizzie on July 11, 2003 08:00 AMHappy Birthday, buddy, If I could I'd buy ya some Irving Farm espresso and a new tattoo and then we'd drive by you-know-where screaming "Cows Suck Ass!"
But have a good one with aw and child psyche, my man, you deserve it.
Posted by: jonmc on July 11, 2003 08:34 AMThanky, thanky. No more tats for me, and I may be working late today as well, but I may partake of cake.
Posted by: adampsyche on July 11, 2003 09:25 AMThanky, thanky. No more tats for me, and I may be working late today as well, but I may partake of cake.
Posted by: adampsyche on July 11, 2003 09:26 AMHappy Birthday Adam! I hope you like the present I got you.
Posted by: cowboy_sally on July 11, 2003 09:43 AMaaaaaahhhhh!
Just an aside: My boss is a nice guy, a real square and just barely to the left of ann coultier, but when we were driving one day, he noticed a car and said, "oh, that's great! Two Arabic men driving a truck with tinted windows!"
He was making a phone call, so I didn't have a chance to respond, but that just might be a good thing, because if I had, I may be back selling computers again.
Posted by: adampsyche on July 11, 2003 09:59 AMIt's amazing what you can know about people through tinted windows these days! Your boss and John Edwards should make a plan for world domination. Boss can take care of this side of the veil, Johnny can take on the dead folk.
Posted by: witchstone on July 11, 2003 10:19 AMHey! A very happy birthday, Mr. Adam man. For want of an "a", you could be commander of the Galactica.
Posted by: kaf on July 11, 2003 11:17 AM
You'd love it for the scene where Starbuck gives Apollo "one to grow on."
Posted by: Cyrano on July 11, 2003 11:52 AMAnd, of course, Happy Birthday, Adam.
Kids these days with their birthdays and their baggy pants...
Posted by: Cyrano on July 11, 2003 11:54 AMNow I'm getting sad because I've remembered that I've misplaced my autographed Starbuck 8x10 glossy that my brother gave me for my 25th birthday.
*holding back the tears*
*and the years*
Posted by: witchstone on July 11, 2003 12:08 PMI just faxed a rental application for a great apartment in Queens. Please pray, chant and scarifice goats as necessary. Thanx.
Posted by: jonmc on July 11, 2003 12:14 PMHappy Birthday, adam. Tell jasper to do something crazy and memorable. And take pictures.
Posted by: ufez on July 11, 2003 12:27 PMHappy birthday, Adam!
*sacrifices goat*
Good luck, Jon!
*partakes of cake*
errr...reverse those, okay?
Posted by: Vidiot on July 11, 2003 12:52 PMWeeell, I had been saving this for a special occasion, but Adam's bithday certainly counts plus Witchy's anecdote made me sad so:
(Big, honkin' non-dialup version here.)
Posted by: Cyrano on July 11, 2003 01:09 PMHa!
That's great Cyrano! Too bad Starbuck didn't think to include a birthday greeting for Adam.
Posted by: kaf on July 11, 2003 01:11 PMAnd then a hero comes along
Gives you strength to carry on
And you cast your fears aside
And you know you can survive
So when you feel like hope is gone
Watch Galactica and be strong
Till you finally see the luck
That a hero lies in Starbuck
Happy birthday Adam!
You share birfdays with hip hop Lil's both Zane AND Kim.
Must feel pretty phenomenal.
Posted by: dong_resin on July 11, 2003 01:18 PMThe big two-seven, eh? I'll be that soon. Should we start being growed-ups yet?
Posted by: mikrophon on July 11, 2003 01:27 PMI have this song in my head because yesterday I was cleaning out drawers and I found: The Worst Paper Ever Written.
When I was a mere college lass (during my first senior year), I was living with this girl E. She was engaged to a boy named D. One day D left a paper for his English class sitting on our kitchen counter. The house was empty. I couldn't resist, and I read it. After reading it, I knew that the world had to read this paper, it was so bad. I could not have written a paper this bad, even if I had tried. So I slipped away to Kinko's, copied it, and replaced it on the counter.
I have laughed and cried and railed against the educational system while reading this paper to others over the years. One thing everyone can agree on: it is truly The Worse Paper Ever Written.
Some samples of his writing (it's a compare/contrast essay--he decided to do it on himself and his twin brother) follow. All of the spelling and grammatical errors are copied exactly as they appear in the paper.
"There are interesting parts in our body that have no real answers and the only conclusions that could be drawn from them are totally theoretical."
"The attractions in girls are striking."
"I consider the butt to be like kiwi and kiwi has a nickname that I have always liked, passion-fruit."
"Sports is an attraction conceived by the loins of our bodies and is a thought prevalent constantly to our minds."
"I like to go to the beach and show the women who a real man is with not only muscle but with a speedo-like swimsuit to show off the third leg."
"Dating is like looking into the seashore with millions and millions to chose from. But there is only one particle of sand in amidst of them all that is to be the chosen. Finding that tiny piece of sand is the biggest puzzle or maze you'll ever encounter. I want my piece of sand to stand by my side and give me support, to share the rest of my life, know my intimate details, and share my innermost thoughts."
"We love to be unique and original at the same time."
These, of course, cannot convey how many mixed metaphors and illogical statements he makes in the paper's entirety, but I thought I would share. At the end of the paper is written "Excellent!" with a check plus next to it.
Posted by: witchstone on July 11, 2003 01:33 PMAlso, he misquoted three songs (Cat's in the Cradle, Hero, Somebody) and didn't credit them. He couldn't even get the quote marks in right.
Posted by: witchstone on July 11, 2003 01:35 PMOne of these days I'm going to use the line, "honey, will you be my tiny piece of sand?"
Also, I was going through some boxes last week and came across my very first Dungeons & Dragons character from about 1983. On a now tissue-paper thin piece of notebook paper was my "nutral" gnome "Samori." It was like finding the Rosetta Stone of my geekiness.
Posted by: Cyrano on July 11, 2003 01:51 PMdarnit, witchy -- when I followed that Amazon link, it made it think I'm a right-winger.
Now I'm looking up other books, and it keeps recommending Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter to me. I think I'm gonna have to do searches for Barbara Ehrenreich, Ralph Nader, and Ted Rall just so Amazon won't think I'm a paleocon.
Posted by: Vidiot on July 11, 2003 02:07 PM9622.net: a real man is with not only muscle but with a speedo-like swimsuit to show off the third leg
Poignant.
Posted by: tizzie on July 11, 2003 02:09 PMMy link was to the delicious meat-product known as Spam. cowboy-sally's link was to Rush. Go chastise her!
Posted by: witchstone on July 11, 2003 02:11 PMOops, sorry Witchy. it's that damn neocon cowboy_sally that did it. Delicious luncheon meats did not taint my online commercial experience.
Posted by: Vidiot on July 11, 2003 02:20 PM9622.net: We love to be unique and original at the same time.
Posted by: jpoulos on July 11, 2003 02:28 PMI'm kind of partial to:
9622.net: Conceived by the loins of our bodies and is a thought prevalent constantly to our minds.
Posted by: Cyrano on July 11, 2003 02:55 PMI want my piece of sand... to share the rest of my life, know my intimate details, and share my innermost thoughts.
Isn't this Depeche Mode? Heh.
Posted by: aine42 on July 11, 2003 03:50 PMYes, except they weren't talking about a piece of sand.
Posted by: witchstone on July 11, 2003 03:57 PMHmph. Ann Coulter doesn't hang out at Tile Bar or El Sombrero.
And thank God for that.
Posted by: Vidiot on July 11, 2003 05:05 PMAh, but restaurants like The Hat are probably a dime a dozen in San Diego!
And maybe Ann C. needs mas frijoles! That's probably her problem.
Posted by: cowboy_sally on July 11, 2003 05:12 PM
Two things:
1) I now have the guitar riff from "Beat It" stuck in my head.
2) Batman trying to hook up with a new Boy Wonder is just disturbing.
Posted by: Cyrano on July 11, 2003 05:45 PMBig version here, if you want to investigate for yourself.
Posted by: Vidiot on July 11, 2003 08:36 PM
tj, I meant he was trying to replace Robin. "Geez, I take the Batphone off the hook and wash these tights and shave my legs and all you want to do is watch the monkeys fight? Screw you!"
Oh, and...Wonder Twin incest? My life's complete. I could die now.
Posted by: Cyrano on July 11, 2003 09:30 PM [Enters room with the remnants of a birthday celebration]
Hope you had a terrific day on your birthday, seeing all the superfriends posted in this thread, I'll take it that you did.
[/Liking the icing off the candles]
dude. i totally missed your birthday adam. happy birthday my man.
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