Sure hope you feel better soon, Dan~. The universe seems to punish you much more than you deserve. That's gotta be hard to handle at least sometimes. I sincerely hope the pain leaves you soon. Love you man!
A very Happy Birthday to Gizmo, plus many more good ones to come! It's a "cardinal" year but you're still young! Perhaps " " is the new "30?" Why not?
You know the whole "40 is the new 30" thing? That's a load of sh*t. That's just something people tell themselves so that they can ignore the reality that they are getting older. That being said, I really don't feel like I imagined 50 would feel when I was a 20-something. Sure, things don't work quite as well as they used to, and take a bit longer to heal than they used to, but basically I'm still able to do the things that I want to do, so.....meh.
Happiest of birthdays Chris I make every effort to check in here everyday, even when I'm not up to posting.` "This to shall pass.":O}