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Birthday

by John Cole|  June 22, 20045:57 am| 16 Comments

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It’s my birthday- so probably not much more blogging from me.

You might like to check out these lovely gift items.

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16Comments

  1. 1.

    Dean Esmay

    June 22, 2004 at 6:41 am

    Happy Birthday, Mr. Balloon Juice!

  2. 2.

    Devon Cole

    June 22, 2004 at 8:26 am

    Happy Birthday, Brother!
    Your card is going to be late as I was my usual punctual self in mailing it.

    Love you!
    Devon

    P.S. Head’s Up–Now Mom and Dad are probably going to think you have a gambling problem with all of the junk related to poker on your Birthday wish list…

  3. 3.

    Dodd

    June 22, 2004 at 9:40 am

    Happy Birthday, John!

  4. 4.

    Jon Henke

    June 22, 2004 at 9:40 am

    Happy Birthday, Cole. If you’re ever in Richmond, I’m buying dinner.

  5. 5.

    norbizness

    June 22, 2004 at 10:09 am

    You’re right, John, they are indeed lovely gifts.

    I can save you some time, though. FOLD! FOLD! CHECK-RAISE! ORDER ANOTHER ‘7 and 7’!

    Happy Birthday.

  6. 6.

    dg

    June 22, 2004 at 12:08 pm

    Happy Birthday!

  7. 7.

    Mason

    June 22, 2004 at 1:39 pm

    Happy Birthday!

  8. 8.

    JPS

    June 22, 2004 at 2:54 pm

    Happy Birthday, and thanks for this great site.

  9. 9.

    Bithead

    June 22, 2004 at 3:59 pm

    Happy BitDay!

  10. 10.

    Parkway Rest Stop - Jim

    June 22, 2004 at 8:55 pm

    Happy Birthday. Keep rockin’.

  11. 11.

    Blackjack

    June 22, 2004 at 9:41 pm

    Happy Birthday, John.

  12. 12.

    Jeff G

    June 23, 2004 at 1:17 am

    Happy Birthday, John. Please come to Denver with the snowfall.

    There you will find beer and chips.

  13. 13.

    Gary Farber

    June 25, 2004 at 9:39 pm

    Belated best wishes, by the way.

    Get used to my level of decrepitude, guy.

    As they say: heh.

  14. 14.

    John Cole

    June 26, 2004 at 2:17 pm

    It sucks, doesnt it, Gary?

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  1. krempasky.com says:
    June 22, 2004 at 6:31 am

    Random blatherings

    Who’s gone to WordPress? Just a few I’ve noticed.

    Vinny, with a new design.
    Tepper, with all the damn designs.

    Any others out there?

    Oh, and happy birthday to John at Balloon Juice.

    This is the funniest post I’ve read in a while. Me? I …

  2. Backcountry Conservative says:
    June 22, 2004 at 1:33 pm

    Happy Birthday

    Today is John Cole’s Birthday….

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