Originally, my plans were to come over here and write something on Friday, December 21, 2012, but I just didn't get A Round TUIT.
One thing I can tell you is that we all seem to still be here on this third rock from the sun in spite of the fact that there was speculation that we might NOT be by now.
This day is actually the perfect day to be making my second entry in this blog, as it's also the 50th birthday of a friend who had believed since childhood that he would never make it to his 50th birthday (not due to any sort of end of the world predictions but, instead, due to a birth defect concerning his heart).
I talked to him this morning, and he told me that he and his family were on their way to a Christmas dinner at his mom's place where several of his siblings and other relatives would also be gathered.
"Of course, they'll probably be celebrating your 50th birthday as well..."
"Oh yeah," he growled, "they won't let me forget that, even though I quit having birthdays after I turned 29."
"Well, Happy 29th Birthday Again!" I shot back. "You have fun!"
