A day long remembered

I would like to take some time off from my normal rantings and sarcasm to go to a somewhat more serious tone. (gasp!)

Today we celebrate the anniversary of the birth of my esteemed contributor. He turns 83 today, at least emotionally. Which would make him a couple years older than I.

Those of us fortunate enough to call him friend, or family member (or "daddy" to a certain psychotic orange tabby), are certainly glad that another birthday of his is upon us, since, at least for a time, it looked like he wouldn't have too many.

Although we live in separate cities, we hang out nearly every day, whether it is a simple chat on the phone, but more often than not it is when we are battling crime in Paragon City as part of Battle Plan (Though soon do-gooders will be crushed beneath our heels). We may not see each other in person each day, but I think that just having the friendship alone is enough. And while playing City of Heroes we may be separate heroes but we'll always be part of a team.

So I expect to see several, several more of these celebrations for him. And you can expect to see several, several more posts from him beginning with "I know you haven't heard from me in awhile.." (I've been dying to get that one out).

Happy birthday my friend. You look like a monkey and smell like one too.

(P.S. If the cake is good and you're not offended by the monkey remark save me some cake)