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Murray Turns 56 Originally uploaded by Grandma Boren . 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 fo

Murray's Sweet Setup Originally uploaded by Grandma Boren . Murray recently traded in his old BYU computer set up for a new system. Levi picked the specs. Pretty sweet, huh? The reason his desk looks so clean is because he's not using it at the moment. Since he's on leave this semester all the creative clutter goes on at home.