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   Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 21:47:52 JST Warner Crocker

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   • David Todd McCarty

   @davidtoddmccarty If today is your birthday, I hope you have a good one. If not, have a good day as well, you youngster.

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     David Todd McCarty (davidtoddmccarty@me.dm)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 21:47:53 JST David Todd McCarty

     Every year, without fail, I am surprised by my own birthday. This is not a fishing exercise or a bit of mock humility. It’s almost pathological. I’m heading up the road to visit my 82-yo mother today to celebrate, but yesterday, I didn’t think about it once. This morning, I was alerted because I began getting social media notices. It’s like not even the date alerts me.

     I don’t think this is that unusual, but every goddamn year?

     Fifty-eight. Ugh.

     P.S. The snow is already gone.