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THE BIRTHDAY THREAD!!

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  • jj5jj5 Medford Lakes, N.J. U.S.A. Veteran
    edited April 2009
    A very Happy Birthday to you Xrayman & to you Boo! I hope today is the best!
  • edited April 2009
    Happy Birthday to both of you!
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited April 2009
    Happy Birthday, Boo! (No, I'm not trying to scare you)

    Palzang
  • gracklegrackle Veteran
    edited April 2009
    Brigid,
    I am so pleased to be able to wish you "Happy Birthday"albeit somewhat late. I very much appreciate the depth of your sentiments. Though none know their destiny I hope you will be here many seasons yet to come.
    grackle
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited April 2009
    Thanks, guys!

    I appreciate it very much.

    Even though I don't believe in superstitions I think this year, my 42nd, is going to be a really good one, 42 being the answer to the big question and all. It was also my room number when I was in Wales which until now was the best year of my life.

    I also like to think that since numbers are scientific, maybe they do hold some significance. Then again, I'm the one assigning the significance here so...I guess this does fall under the heading of superstition.

    Ajahn Chah would be appalled.

    In any case, I'm going to willfully make this my best year yet by practicing on a much more regular basis (meditation I mean, I already do a lot of contemplation) and studying and moving more and getting this house in order to sell and all sorts of other good things. I'm psyched!

    Happy Birthday, brother Richard!!! May this be your best year yet and I'm sending wishes for peace and joy to you and your whole family.
  • edited April 2009
    A very Happy Belated Birthday Boo! Sorry I'm late..
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited May 2009
    Hi, Deb! Good to see you! Sending you all good things as always, dear friend.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited May 2009
    Happy Birthday Deb!!
    Have a super day! Hope the sun is shining where you are!

    :cheer: :cheer: :birthday: :birthday:
  • edited May 2009
    Thank you Fede :)
  • SimonthepilgrimSimonthepilgrim Veteran
    edited May 2009
    Many happy returns, Deb
    xxxx
  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    edited May 2009
    Happy Birthday, Deb!!!
  • BrianBrian Detroit, MI Moderator
    edited May 2009
    Happy Birthday :)
  • edited May 2009
    Thank you everyone! I've had a great day!
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited May 2009
    Oh, man! Am I ever late!
    So sorry, Deb!

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
  • edited May 2009
    Thank you Boo! Hope all is well with you!
  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    edited June 2009
    Happy Birthday Matt!!! If I were there I'd take you out for a really hoppy beer to celebrate.
  • comicallyinsanecomicallyinsane Veteran
    edited June 2009
    You can take me out on my birthday. It would have to involve beer and women.
  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran
    edited June 2009
    :cheer:
    Happy Birthday, Matt! And many, many more! May all your paths prosper and health always increase! (Hope somebody made you a cake.)

    A very very belated birthday to Deb, too, btw.:mad:
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    edited June 2009
    Did anyone say party or -- or cake !? Happy Birthday Matt and folks ! :D
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    edited June 2009
    :birthday: :rocker: :D
  • comicallyinsanecomicallyinsane Veteran
    edited June 2009
    I said BEER!!!
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    edited June 2009
    Happy Birthday, Lincoln !

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    Peace and joy :)

    Blessings.
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    edited June 2009
    And Happy Birthday Palzang :D
  • comicallyinsanecomicallyinsane Veteran
    edited June 2009
    Happy birthday PZ
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited June 2009
    Thank you. I hope you will join me in a day of mourning...

    Palzang
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited June 2009
    Happy birthday, Matt and Palzang!
  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    edited June 2009
    Happy Birthday Day Palzang!!!!
  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran
    edited June 2009
    Palzang wrote: »
    Thank you. I hope you will join me in a day of mourning...

    Palzang

    Yes, Palzang! It is a sad day for the people of Iran and, by extension, the world.

    Apparently nobody told those Muslim clerics it was your birthday.

    I'm gonna party anyhow.:birthday::birthday::birthday:
  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    edited June 2009
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN!!!
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited June 2009
    Oh my goodness! I have missed a shedload of birthdays!!

    Happy birthday - much belated - to Matt & Pally - and now of course, BRAINS!!

    happy Birthday, oh great one!!

    Hugs and much love to all!!
  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran
    edited June 2009
    Happy Birthday, Brian!

    Gosh, you're so young!

    May the year ahead be your best one yet!
    Just stick to your program and it will!
    :cheer::cheer::birthday::birthday::cheer::cheer:
    :birthday::birthday::birthday::birthday::birthday::birthday::birthday:
  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran
    edited July 2009
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIMON, PILGRIM! :birthday:
    I rarely call you Simon, since I see you as that most exalted of all beings, a Pilgrim. Oh, to be a Pilgrim!

    I'm anticipating your July 4th birthday by a few hours. When the sun goes down in the Cotswolds in a few hours it will be your birthday.

    I've missed you tremendously on NB. I hope you're having a good rest.
    :cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer::cheer:
    Many, many more healthy and happy birthdays, you jolly dear fellow!

    Nirvy
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited July 2009
    Oh absolutely.
    I'm of a mind that all this 4th July business in the USA is just a front for celebrating your birthday really... come on USA, own up...It's all actually for SithePi, innit...??

    Hope you are well.
    We miss you like mad.
    let us know - hugs always!

    Fede XX
  • BrianBrian Detroit, MI Moderator
    edited July 2009
    Thanks guys!
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited July 2009
    Happy birthday, Simon and Brian!!!
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    edited July 2009
    Best wishes for a wonderful birthday, Brian and Simon. Many more. _/\_
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited July 2009
    Happy birthday Simon and Brian and all the rest. Like Nirvy, I really miss your wise and learned comments, Pilgrim! Hurry back!

    Palzang
  • SimonthepilgrimSimonthepilgrim Veteran
    edited July 2009
    Thank you all for your kind wishes. I had a quiet and pleasant birthday, visiting a lovely garden (Hidcote).

    I must also apologise for my long silence. For the past few months, my head has been full of cotton wool and all I could do was sit with it. It is not entirely unpleasant - a little worrying but there is always the Silence there, waiting for me. I hope that I shall be able to get back to reading and contributing to the discussions here: you are all still in my daily thoughts and prayers.
  • PalzangPalzang Veteran
    edited July 2009
    I'm very relieved to hear you're all right, Simon. I was beginning to wonder...

    Palzang
  • Floating_AbuFloating_Abu Veteran
    edited July 2009
    :)
  • edited July 2009
    Welcome back, Simon.
  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    edited July 2009
    Happy belated-Birthday Simon!!!
  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran
    edited July 2009
    Who would true valour see,
    Let him come hither;
    One here will constant be,
    Come wind, come weather
    There’s no discouragement
    Shall make him once relent
    His first avowed intent
    To be a pilgrim.

    Whoso beset him round
    With dismal stories
    Do but themselves confound;
    His strength the more is.
    No lion can him fright,
    He’ll with a giant fight,
    He will have a right
    To be a pilgrim.

    Hobgoblin nor foul fiend
    Can daunt his spirit,
    He knows he at the end
    Shall life inherit.
    Then fancies fly away,
    He’ll fear not what men say,
    He’ll labor night and day
    To be a pilgrim.

    --John Bunyan

    O, how I do love to hear Maddy Prior and the Village Band sing this!
    Is there anything in the world more noble than the true pilgrim?
  • SimonthepilgrimSimonthepilgrim Veteran
    edited July 2009
    Thank you, dear Nirvy:

    One of my favourite hymns from one of my favourite books.

    So. let me share one of the last poems translated by a dear and much-missed friend from college who died, all-too-soon, at the age of 53, a woman who brought joy and delight and whom I miss greatly:

    “O what will you do
    If the day draws to evening
    And night overtakes you
    Alone on the mountain?
    I fear not the night, for I carry the sun. . .”
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited July 2009
    Hi, Simon!

    So good to see you back!

    Lovely verse.

    Love,
    Boo
  • JasonJason God Emperor Arrakis Moderator
    edited September 2009
    Happy Birthday Jason!!!
  • comicallyinsanecomicallyinsane Veteran
    edited September 2009
    Thanks Jason. That means a lot.
  • NirvanaNirvana aka BUBBA   `     `   South Carolina, USA Veteran
    edited September 2009
    Happy belated Birthday, Co(s)mically Insane!
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited September 2009
    Happy Birthday, Comically!!
  • edited September 2009
    Hope you had a great birthday, comicallyinsane :)
    Today's my half birthday...6 more 'teenage' months. Ha.
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