Thank you!

I'm pretty much right there, too. The world (or at least the USA) is pretty much fucked beyond repair. I fear living has pretty much gotten to the point where the only prudent approach is to try to skatebelow

I get that. One of my hopes is that enough people choose to simply step outside the ostensible "matrix," rather than either fighting against it, or allowing themselves to be absorbed by it. Usually

Thank you! I guess that's what we do... redefine terms, as we go. I definitely don't feel "old," but I know that I'm aging because the recovery time after undertaking something strenuous is much

Thank you! And it did turn out to be a lovely day, precisely because not much of anything happened! But the food and drink was excellent!

Hah! Reminds me of when I left home and finally had he freedom to develop a voice and opinion of my own... and being served up with the "You used to be so NICE!" commentary. Right. Nice means

Thank you! As long as the body holds out, I plan to keep going!

Thanks! This birthday wasn't particularly significant to me; the only thing really associated with it is the hassle of getting Medicare. In a sense, 70 will be a bigger deal, in the sense that it's when

Thank you! Looking good, so far... thankfully, most people in my life know by now that I use birthdays and holidays as a way to "unplug" from the busy-ness of social life.

Thank you for the good wishes! I think my "take it easy" approach to birthdays is just an offshoot of how I view going on holiday: For me, the whole point of holidays is to get away from all

Thanks.

Thank you! For me, a quiet day without obligations is a gift, by itself!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Awesome sauce! That is so freakin' cool that you're getting support from Armin... and great track, too!

I like that! I'm right there with you, though. If I didn't have lists, I'd be off somewhere looking for my head!

Thanks! Yeah, it does take a steady hand... I'm pretty good with really small stuff, making miniatures and such. I've heard them called "seeing stones," as well. Cool that you guys get out there,

Thank you @snook! As you can probably tell, rocks are near and dear to my heart... we have a house full of them. Where we live now — in western Washington — it was close to the edge of the Cordilleran

Yay! Got a post done!

Thank you for your kind words!