Saturday, October 23, 2021

Gabe's Birthday

 







Among the many holidays we celebrate here at this blog, which is called Life is a Fountain or Clerkmanifesto, depending on how everyone is feeling, is Grape's Birthday. Sometimes we celebrate Grape's Birthday by writing a moving essay about Grape (here: an example that could lead to more examples if you like), and sometimes, especially if we're not entirely sure where Grape is and if he's reading along, we just decorate the blog real pretty like, put out some cake, and tell Grape we love him.

This year we also sent Grape 57 postcards!

57!

You have a lot of questions?

Would you like a FAQ on Grape's 57 postcards?



Okay.



Grape's Birthday Postcards FAQ




Why did you choose 57 as a number of postcards?


No reason at all. It was an entirely random number for a person in his late fifties.




57 seems like a lot. Are you sure it wasn't more like twenty?


No.





What kinds of things did you say in your 20-57 Postcards?


Mostly "Happy Birthday". Other than that it was an awful lot like this FAQ when it came to the content.





What can I do to have my birthday celebrated here every year?


I don't know. Ask?




How can I wish Grape a happy birthday?


Just your asking will be taken as wishes.






And now lets sing together. Everybody choose your favorite tune (don't worry, I'll take care of the royalties on the copyrighted lyrics):



Happy Birthday to Grape,

On this day in October,

We're so happy you're older, 

And not dead. So...

Happy Birthday to Grape!






Decorative seasonal picture follows:














1 comment:

  1. Very nice. Your welcome to celebrate my birthday with a seasonal picture, but by the time it rolls around again, we'll both have forgotten I said that.

    If memory serves, your faithful readers will owe you a greeting very soon.

    ReplyDelete

If you were wondering, yes, you should comment. Not only does it remind me that I must write in intelligible English because someone is actually reading what I write, but it is also a pleasure for me since I am interested in anything you have to say.

I respond to pretty much every comment. It's like a free personalized blog post!

One last detail: If you are commenting on a post more than two weeks old I have to go in and approve it. It's sort of a spam protection device. Also, rarely, a comment will go to spam on its own. Give either of those a day or two and your comment will show up on the blog.