Just returned from an excellent weekend away. The plan was to go down to Virginia Beach yesterday for a housewarming party for our daughter Robyn. Plus, we'd get to see younger daughter Rachael and granddaughter Lorelei. Good times.
What happened was that a conspiracy was afoot to throw me a surprise birthday party (I'm turning 50). I was completely unaware, for a couple of reasons. 1. My birthday isn't for better than a week, and 2. I really don't care about my birthdays.
So we get to Virginia Beach, and Liz and I left to do some shopping. When we got back to the house, I walked right past the balloons and banners and ribbons without even noticing. I'm a jerk like that.
But they brought me back out and hollered surprise and I was, really and truly, and then came the gift giving.
I got an Amazon Kindle, a leather case for it, and a heap o' gift card bucks to load that thing with reading material. Sweet!!!
For the birthday/housewarming dinner, we had steak and steamed shrimp, and it was good, and I felt loved. And stuffed.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
I Am A Fortunate Man
Posted by Ted at 3:34 PM
Labels: Clan Phipps, Coolness
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2 comments:
Ah, delightful. Happy Birthday.
Re Kindle:
There's an awful lot you can get for free. Start with this link http://www.amazon.com/The-Legend-of-Sleepy-Hollow/dp/B000JQUJHO/ and you can follow the "people who bought this also bought..." breadcrumb trail.
Also anything on Gutenberg, etc.
Most, if not all, kindle offerings (through the kindle itself) have a "preview" version that's a dozen or so pages. It might not be important for the content itself, but if there are multiple versions of something, pull a preview of each down. Formatting can be markedly different.
Happy early birthday, birthday sharer!! Only 8 more days until you turn 50! Woot!
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