Today is 5thGenerationDemocrat's birthday!

[DemBones DemBones]

And it's also St. Francis Day (Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, original hippie peacenik and tree hugger and favorite saint of many Catholics and nonCatholics.)

John was pretty damn sly to be born on St. Francis Day, don't you think?


Happy birthday, dude! :yourock:

:party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast:

[DemBones DemBones]

1. Hello? Anybody out there like to sing "Happy Birthday"?

:7 :7 :7

[VelmaD]

2. Sure thing...I'll sing...

*clears throat*

*in best Marilyn Monroe voice* ;)
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday Mister 5thGenerationDemocrat!
Happy Birthday to you! :party:

[5thGenDemocrat]

8. You're so sweet

I've had a swell weekend and that's a nice finish to it.
John
Life is good at 48. Even (or especiallY) in Saginaw (still The Center of the Universe).

[DemBones DemBones]

3. Kick for the night shift.

:party: on

[JohnKleeb]

4. ahh a good guy gets a good b-day on a day of a good saint

I was born on St. Christina's birthday :D, whoever she was.

[5thGenDemocrat]

10. I have no idea who she was

Cool name, though.
John
I hope you guys have the good sense to call your newly-acquired baseball team the "Senators." A lot of us old Tiger fans remember Washington baseball fondly and are happy for you. Y'all should be in the American League, though.

[DemBones DemBones]

14. In July? St. Christina the Astonishing? Be nice and I'll tell you,

JohnKleeb! :evilgrin:

I was born on one of the two feasts of St. John the Baptist -- the only saint with two feasts!

I have done programs at church on saints so I know some good saint trivia.

[Johnny 99]

5. Happy birthday

The Lions still suck, though.

[5thGenDemocrat]

12. The Tigers improved by 29 games over 2003, though

And I suspect the Lions are going to surprise a couple teams before this season is over. They aren't good yet, exactly, but they're getting better.
John
I wish WR Charles "Crunchy" Rogers (from Saginaw) hadn't gotten dinged for the second straight year, though. He'll be a great receiver if he can ever just keep his clavicle intact, but he's gotten a total of five games plus one offensive series in two seasons.

[nini]

6. Happy Birthday 5thGen!!!

:party: :toast: :bounce:

[5thGenDemocrat]

7. Thank you, DemBones, thank you, nini

Of all the saints, St Francis of Assisi might be the coolest. Whatever your politics about the RCC, St Francis is rightly beloved by all Catholics everywhere.
The only downside to my birthday is that Gordon "Gordo" Cooper died today. "The Right Stuff" aficionados will recall that Gordo finally became "The Greatest Pilot Anyone Had Ever Seen." I still put "TRS" in the VCR once a year and marvel about how COOL the original astronauts really were.
I'll miss Gordo. But I still had a GREAT birthday weekend.
John
Two cases of 'Rolling Rock' into it since Friday.

[XanaDUer]

9. Happy birthday!

Eom.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. Yes I would have to say he was!

Happy Birthday, John :yourock:

[5thGenDemocrat]

13. Thank you

You're all invited to FUNDAY XI.
John
It is now 256 days, ten hours and 36 minutes to FUNDAY.

[DemBones DemBones]

15. Always planning ahead for FUNDAY, aren't you?

I think that's very cool. I would come crash it if I lived closer. ;-)

[5thGenDemocrat]

16. We get a couple of DUers each year

Longest distance travelled by a DUer, Davsand, 399 miles, 2002.
John
Maybe you could arrange a car pool. I'm buying the beer.

[VOX]

17. Happy Birthday, 5thGD!!!

Enjoy your special day! Hope it's a good one.

All best to you -- :toast: