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November is Starting to Look Up

This journal has turned six years old. Yes, now we are six. Huzzah! I'd like to give thanks to my blogmother M'ris, as well as the AMD Corporation, without whom I wouldn't have had anything to write about during those dark early days.

And I am turning thirty-three tomorrow. Thirty-three means you are seriously into your thirties. When you're thirty or thirty-one, you can still think of yourself as a late twenty-something. But thirty-three? You are pot-committed. There's just no going back.

In other news, one of the Lawyers, Guns, and Money guys is giving a lecture at the University of Alaska Southeast about how November really is the cruelest month:

The night will include an examination of the birth of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (Nov. 25, 1915); the mass murder/suicide in Jonestown (Nov. 18, 1978); and the bloody St. Brice's Day Massacre (Nov. 13, 1002).

"There's a lot about nuclear weapons and aerial warfare," Noon said. "There's also a number of things that have to do with the French Revolution...

Pretty grim stuff. But wait -- who's that cape-clad figure swooping in through the window -- !

That's right, it's Mighty Mur, serving up a heaping dish of truth, justice, and free podcasted superhero novel! Mur was kind enough to hand me a draft copy of Playing For Keeps a while back, and so I can assure you that this novel is, in fact, made of awesome and win. But check it out for yourself.

I'm feeling better about this month already.

Posted by Evan Goer on Nov. 02, 2007 at 8:37 AM | Comments (10)

Comments

  1. Isn't that how old Frodo was, when Bilbo was eleventy-one? Related: At least you're not turning eleventy-one.

    Posted by Auros on Nov. 02, 2007 at 10:32 AM

  2. Happy Birthday, goer.org!

    And tomorrow, Happy Birthday Evan! I'm glad you're just a little bit older than me. It gives me an excuse to think "well, at least I'm not..." ;)

    Posted by Chris Azure on Nov. 02, 2007 at 11:12 AM

  3. Happy Birthday!!

    May it be loads of awesome, and a good ride as well.

    I think I'm already feeling seriously into the 30's 7 months behind you.

    How's the story coming along?

    Posted by Dru on Nov. 02, 2007 at 12:25 PM

  4. Just as long as you don't get yourself crucified :)

    Happy birthday. I'm also glad you're older than me. Even though I thought you were a couple years younger back when I met you.

    Posted by Dave T. on Nov. 02, 2007 at 2:00 PM

  5. Auros -- I think you're right, Frodo was 33. Perhaps this is the year I should give up my normal haircut and go for the awesome Frodo-style Jew-fro...

    Dru -- It's behind schedule. :)

    Chris and Dave -- As an older person, I'm happy to provide this service to those of you who are slightly younger. Coincidentally, tonight I'm stopping by a birthday party for someone who's much older than me. So, good times all around!

    Posted by Evan on Nov. 02, 2007 at 4:00 PM

  6. Happy birthday Evan!

    And thanks for the linkage!

    Posted by Mur on Nov. 02, 2007 at 7:15 PM

  7. Happy Birthday, and enjoy your palindromic age!

    Thanks to our Congress, we now have another good thing in November: an extra hour of sleep this weekend.

    Posted by Dinesh on Nov. 02, 2007 at 7:16 PM

  8. happy birthday!!!

    Posted by kathy on Nov. 02, 2007 at 10:17 PM

  9. Thanks, guys. :)

    Posted by Evan on Nov. 02, 2007 at 11:17 PM

  10. To celebrate your birthday have you considered elective surgery? I just finished recovering from a syllabic augmentation procedure on my penourmis and I feel great!

    Posted by brad on Nov. 03, 2007 at 4:47 AM

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