Murray Turns 56
Murray turned 56 today and celebrated with a carrot cake with not quite 56 carrots on it but almost. He received pretty functional presents such as new jeans, a fishing license, new Skip-Bo cards (the old ones are so used that they stick together, which makes it too easy to cheat.) One of his presents was a big surprise. I got him a subscription to the "The New Yorker" and the first issue arrived in the mail today. He was very surprised and pleased. We had quite a discussion earlier in the week about what he wanted for his birthday dinner since steak is out (he had an adventure getting his gout medicine from Medco this past two weeks, but that is another story.) He thought buffalo wings were a good idea but I thought that lacked imagination since that was what Emma requested for her birthday dinner just 4 weeks ago. Then there was a very Beatrice and Benedict conversation regarding tamales that went on for 3 days. Finally, I acquiesed and buffalo wings ended up being the dinner of choice. All in all it's been a pretty interesting birthday. I hope Murray had fun. (Oh, in case you are nervous about the size of the cake. Murray is sharing it with everyone he can think of. So the new jeans should still fit tomorrow.)
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