STILL 1 DAY OLDER THAN GEORGE WASHINGTON

I used to joke with my students that I was one day older than George Washington until I had to stop because they no longer knew when his birthday was because the nation stopped observing his actual birthday date when it brought in the "Presidents Day" on a Monday to allow everybody to have a 3-day weekend (and because as I got older, more and more of the students stopped getting the joke and started nodding their heads in agreement).

(People my age know that tomorrow is George Washington's birthday because we didn't have to go to school on Feb 22nd in honor of him. I could have a birthday party and not have to go to school the next day. We also know that Feb 12 is Abe Lincoln's birthday because there was no school that day either. I feel sorry for these poor confused children these days trying to figure out Abe's and George's birth dates when they have only 1 holiday, not on either of the true birthday dates.)

Here's my first Happy Birthday greeting (sent at 1:17 in the morning):

Hello cvanhorn,

We at MiceChat would like to wish you a happy birthday today!

(Son #2 is heavy into Disney stuff so I have to belong to read his threads. He is really funny.)

VALENTINE TULIPS 2008