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I had my birthday dinner over the weekend at the House of Prime Rib with friends I love. My birthday isn't until the end of the month but we celebrated early because we're flying to Texas next weekend for a joint birthday celebration with Beast, whose birthday is on the 24th.

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Knowing that I hate seeing a large number of the same thing (like the wind farms you see when you drive eastward in California), two of the rascals I work with, Andrew and Armando (our Canadian intern), covered my cube with clear push pins. I admit I freaked out when I saw the display. My attempt to meditate back to a point of serenity failed, so I took the pins down without looking at them. They thought my reaction was hilarious, but I was less than amused, although I was amused by Armando's eagerness to pose for the camera.

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For Anuj's birthday, we started the day with a pancake breakfast which was unfortunately too large and ultimately kept him from participating in his own birthday lunch. We would have gone somewhere nicer instead of bringing pizza in, but some of the members of our group were participating in a foosball tournament in the next room.

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Richard in Santa Cruz:

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