One last trip to the Birthday Well

It seems that I somehow forgot to post the Spidey birthday card that was given to me by my wife. With this posting, this should be the last of my Birthday riff. Here you can see both the front and the inside of the card I received.

I plan to return to, well, interesting stuff tomorrow.

Today I have to run out early this morning, and meet with a client, so I really have to make this short this morning. However, I did recently acquire a couple of comics produced from some of my friends (Fellow CAG buddies), that I want to talk about, which I will do next time (yes, we can talk about stuff other than Spider-Man).

Apparently, it is still my Birthday...

No, really, I’m still getting presents, and this most recent one arrived on Sunday afternoon, via my friend, and fellow CAGer Liz Ortiz. We were at a (very well-attended) CT meeting. She slipped me the gift just prior to the meeting proper, and, wow, what a cool gift. She gave me a set of four Spidey place mats (one of which was different that the other three, for some reason, but that just probably mad it the variant edition).

So they say it’s my Birthday

OK, so it was some time ago, (Tuesday), but still, the celebration goes on. Well, not really, but I did get access to some new pics from a different set of Spider-Man 3 birthday cake toppers, that I acquired from a different grocery store.







I think that’s it for Birthday cake toppers.

Spider-Pie! (yes, for my birthday)

So, my Birthday is continuing (sort of). I stopped by my parents this week, and discovered that she had baked me a birthday (apple) pie. When I brought it home, I decided that I deserved a “Spider-Pie”, so I went by my local supermarket and purchased a set of those Spider-Tchotchkes that go on top of your cake. As you all recall, I had a Spider-Cake on my 50th birthday, and since these figures are different from those (these figures are from Spider-Man 3).







Yeah, you’ll notice that I had already taken a slice of pie before I out the figures on top, but that’s the best part of being an adult, you can eat your cake (or in this case, pie), and have it too.

Day three of my Birthday

Hey, this is my Blog, so, yeah, I can celebrate my birthday all week if I want. Truth of the matter is — as you all know — I tend to get Spidey stuff on my birthday, and this time was no different. I received a bunch of cool Spidey stuff from my family, and I now have pictures! As you can see, the first item of the day is a deck of Spidey playing cards. I know that I have another (older) deck lying around somewhere (from 15 years or so back), but it is always cool getting new stuff like this. Unfortunately, it is a standard deck with generic images on the faces, rather than Spider-Man-specific. Still it is cool to have.

Next up is a Spidey pad (with a way-cool magnet on the back so I can hang it on the side of the fridge or something metalic).



As a writer, I’m going to need a journal, so now I have a Spidey-Journal




Well, with all these Spidery things to write on, I’m going to need Spider-Man pens:



...and what is a birthday without sweets?



All-in-all, loads of fun stuff, eh?

It is still my Birthday — Deal with it!

Yes, it is true that yesterday was my birthday, and several of you contacted me to wish me well (a couple of you posted — Thanks). Truth to tell, while I did spend some time yesterday doing stuff that I do enjoy (I saw two films back-to-back Lakeview Terrace & Righteous Kill) which I will review shortly on my Film column, Suspension of Belief which can be found over at (the new and improved) PopThought), much of my day (as well as the week prior) was, well, crap.

Hopefully that will change.

Still, the voice mail from my younger brother (where he said “I miss you the most, Scarecrow”) did brighten my day. Then, of course the cards from my children (where they both credit me as being a great dad because I had a great kid with them) were cute. Then, of course, there was this bit of silliness from Tommy:



Thanks to all!

It’s my birthday, I’ll Geek if I want to

Earlier this month, it was my older brother’s birthday. Today (September 23), it is mine.



In case you are wondering, yes this is me, but it from just over two decades ago.