December 12, 2005
Life begins at 40.
Posted by: Peter Cooper at December 12, 2005 8:23 PMThat's dark.
Posted by: Gary Potter at December 12, 2005 8:29 PMDied of alcohol poisoning combined with foot and mouth caught from un-natural practices with haggis.
Posted by: Barry Dorans at December 12, 2005 8:55 PMIt's just the bad weather.
Posted by: Roman at December 12, 2005 9:17 PMDamn, Hugh, don't scare a person like that! And, ah, Happy Birthday to you anyway, even if it is freaking you out!
Who will you be now that HM is dead?
Posted by: john t unger at December 12, 2005 10:05 PMtake comfort in the fact that our birthday is shared with both Frank Sinatra and the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Posted by: ginevra at December 12, 2005 10:25 PMhappy birthday, don't fear. the impending doom passes, i know, been there, done that, read the blog, got the bespoke limited edition t shirt....
...and then 50 looms on the horizon. oooh err...
Happy Birthday Hugh!!
Don't worry about 40.. it's not so bad.
No, really... not at all.
Posted by: david parmet at December 12, 2005 11:12 PMIf you are not busy being born, you are busy dying. Dylan
You seem to me too busy being born to fit into the alternative category.
Posted by: Michael Wagner at December 13, 2005 12:45 AMI just turned 20 a couple weeks ago. Didn't kill me. Things are actually pretty good!
And I got more than one bottle of single-malt as gifts. :)
Posted by: Jeff Z at December 13, 2005 2:42 AMGood lord, did I type 20? I meant 40.
I'm so glad I'm not 20 anymore. God, I was a fecking moron jerkoff when I was 20. And broke.
Posted by: Jeff Z at December 13, 2005 2:42 AMI'm looking forward to 40. Being a grumpy old man at 32 tends to get you nowt but funny looks and tuts of disapproval. Whereas it's pretty much de rigeur at 40...
Posted by: Darren at December 13, 2005 8:36 AMRIP? Did Scoble unsubscribe?
Posted by: Simon at December 13, 2005 8:52 AMIt's been nice meeting you on this side of "youngster world"..Happy Birthday Hugh! And see you on the other side in three years now?!...Please continue to tell me how it is on your side.
Posted by: Estelle at December 13, 2005 12:44 PM40? Hey - you told me it wasn't that bad...did the alcohol wear off and you suddenly realised you were a figment of your own imagination? Wait 'til you hit 5-0. That's bad, I know, been there and looking the worse for it!
Posted by: Dennis Howlett at December 13, 2005 12:53 PMActually, Dennis, my birthday was 2 months ago. This cartoon has nothing to do with that ;-)
Posted by: hugh macleod at December 13, 2005 1:34 PM"RIP? Did Scoble unsubscribe?"
Funny.
I hope it's a good reason for 'dying', not a bad one... You're living so far north that I'd not be surprised if the lack of light was getting to you... Roll on the Solstice...
Posted by: gia at December 13, 2005 4:08 PMI've been squinting at the cartoon on and off for hours now, I just can't see it. Which one is you?
Posted by: English Idiot at December 14, 2005 10:54 AMWell I'm buggered? Maybe the alcohol wore off me and I suddenly realised I'd been in alternative universe for at least 4 hours.
Posted by: Dennis Howlett at December 15, 2005 1:43 AM