Wishing you a Very Happy Birthday, Virgil! Take care, Kizzo
Wishing you a Very Happy Birthday, Virgil! Take care, Kizzo
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
UNCLE VIRGIL!!!
You are by far a very important contribution to the forum and I hope you have the BEST OF BIRTHDAYS. Let's hear it for Virgil!
Tomorrow always holds the promise of something new and exciting. I am the Jetsons meet the Flintstones.
Happy Birthday!
I remember you were one of the first people I talked to on Lit-Net,
thanks!
Happy Birthday Virg.!!! Hope it's been a great day. For our favorite Lit. Net Italian American here's a cake depicting America's favorite pastime:
And a little limoncello to wash it down with:
"In rime sparse il suono/ di quei sospiri ond' io nudriva 'l core/ in sul mio primo giovenile errore"~ Francesco Petrarca
"Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can."~ Jane Austen
May you a enjoyable birthday and many more to come. Rich
Virgil, oh great, now this explains everything...lol happy birthday buddy...thank goodness Larry wasn't there for the party...what shenanigans would've ensued. Cheers, B
"I am glad to learn my friend that you had not yet submitted yourself to any of the mouldy laws of Literature."
-John Muir
"My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light"
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
he has been the one to remind me that poetry...is what you make of it.
He nursed me through life in it's sad parts with such gentle friendship.........
Virgil, you are so wonderful. and it's funny that such a someone who doesn't agree with my contrary views never made me feel dismissed, I suppose I can't shut up about you, but I just wanted you to know how much you are loved.
"Don't matter who they are, anybody sets foot in this house, they are company and don't let me catch you remarking on their ways like you were so high and mighty."
Happy Birthday, Uncle Virgil!
yep, these little cuties are wolf pups!
(sorry, the pic's kinda huge, I'll post it as a url)
http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/slid...ages/14766.jpg
NOW I SAY THIS WOULD BE ONE BIRTHDAY PARTY I WOULDN'T MISS!!! VIRGE!!! Happy Birthday, my brother....Wishing you a wild, happy, crazy, insane birthday, and Saturday, what a great day for it!!!!!! We defy time, O' to hell with time, you and the wife and that leprechaun friend of yours, go head into Manhattan NOW and tear the roof off the place. I'll be jumping from rooftop to rooftop shouting limricks to the moon toasting your birthday. And I'll sing this one, from the madman himself...my gift to Virgil, one I don't think he'd mind hearing broadcast from skyscrapers...
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"He was nauseous with regret when he saw her face again, and when, as of yore, he pleaded and begged at her knees for the joy of her being. She understood Neal; she stroked his hair; she knew he was mad."
---Jack Kerouac, On The Road: The Original Scroll
Through the darkness of future past
the magician longs to see
one chance out between two worlds
'Fire walk with me.'
Twin Peaks
Happy Birthday, Virgil! Hope you have a lovely day and year!
(And better start working on this list!)
10 things to do before you are 50:
1. Be Adventurous: Embark on a new experience. Travel to new destinations. Crandall detailed her recent trip to Africa as part of the magazine's "April Spirit of Adventure" issue. She climbed Kilimanjaro with her daughter and friend who turned 50 during the climb. Other suggestions: sign up for volunteer vacations or drive cross-country. You can volunteer to track wildlife, excavate the Anasazi ruins, or teach English abroad. Crandall says driving cross-country is an amazing way to see what America has to offer and learn about people in different areas.
For volunteer vacations, go to Earthwatch.org
2. Adopt Something: Adopt a baby, a pet, or enroll in "Save the Children" to sponsor a child in need. Crandall adopted a tree in a forest preserve near her house as a 20th anniversary gift to her husband.
To sponsor a child in need, go to SavetheChildren.org
To adopt a tree, go to Blackrockforest.org
3. Reconnect with a Friend: Google an old friend you have lost touch with. Crandall rediscovered her best friend from high school two years ago. Now, they do a 100-mile bike ride together every year.
4. Scare Yourself: Almost anything qualifies, but it doesn't mean you have to be a daredevil. Crandall says consider anything from public speaking to karaoke to open-mike night at a local comedy club. Additional suggestions include auditioning for a reality show, to moving cross-country by yourself, to launching a business to entering a modeling competition. In fact, More magazine hosts an annual 40+ model search.
To enter the magazine's model contest, go to More.com
5. Realize a Dream: It's never too late to realize a dream. Visit a place that's called to you -- perhaps Paris or Rome - or start a new career, whether it's opening a bakery or going back to school to become a doctor. Featured in April's More magazine are women realizing their life-long dreams, including Dawn Swanson, who went back to school to become a doctor.
6. Learn Something New: Consider learning a new language or taking cooking or art lessons. You may even want to combine any of these new experiences with a fantasy destination (as mentioned above). For instance, learn a language first-hand in a foreign country of your choice, take art lessons in Paris or a week-long cooking course in Tuscany.
7. Change your Hair: Whether it's a cut, color, or both, make a dramatic change. By this age, we have often established a default haircut: It looks good, but you've been wearing it for years. Try something new. It's a big change but a small risk, as hair always grows. If you are already dying your hair, consider letting it go gray.
8. Keep Your Medical Tests Current: Make sure your medical checkups and tests are up-to-date, including a mammogram exam. And by 50, all women should have a colonoscopy.
9. Discover Yourself: Get to know your family as people, not relatives, by writing a letter to your kids (or other family members) telling them the most important things you've learned. And then ask them to write one to you.
10. Do A Good Deed: Perform a random act of kindness. Treat someone anonymously. Sign up as an organ donor or give blood.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
~
Happy Birthday, Virgil!! Hope you have a lovely day
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain
Happy birthday Virgil, 46 is a good age
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Dear Uncle Virg,
I want to thank you dearly for everything. I will never forget your support during my most trying times. You are a great man. I will never forget you and I only wish you the best in your life. Enjoy your day!
Sincerely,
Toni
Dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions!
the whole boatload of sensitive!
— Allen Ginsberg, Howl II.
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