Happy Birthday to VIRGIL!!

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Wishing you a Very Happy Birthday, Virgil! Take care, Kizzo :)

UNCLE VIRGIL!!!

You are by far a very important contribution to the forum and I hope you have the BEST OF BIRTHDAYS. Let's hear it for Virgil! :banana:

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Happy Birthday!

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I remember you were one of the first people I talked to on Lit-Net,
thanks! :)

Happy Birthday Virg.!!! Hope it's been a great day. For our favorite Lit. Net Italian American here's a cake depicting America's favorite pastime:

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And a little limoncello to wash it down with:

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May you a enjoyable birthday and many more to come. Rich

Virgil, oh great, now this explains everything...lol happy birthday buddy...thank goodness Larry wasn't there for the party...what shenanigans would've ensued. Cheers, B

he has been the one to remind me that poetry...is what you make of it.

He nursed me through life in it's sad parts with such gentle friendship.........

Virgil, you are so wonderful. and it's funny that such a someone who doesn't agree with my contrary views never made me feel dismissed, I suppose I can't shut up about you, but I just wanted you to know how much you are loved. :)

Happy Birthday, Uncle Virgil!

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yep, these little cuties are wolf pups!
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NOW I SAY THIS WOULD BE ONE BIRTHDAY PARTY I WOULDN'T MISS!!! VIRGE!!! Happy Birthday, my brother....Wishing you a wild, happy, crazy, insane birthday, and Saturday, what a great day for it!!!!!! We defy time, O' to hell with time, you and the wife and that leprechaun friend of yours, go head into Manhattan NOW and tear the roof off the place. I'll be jumping from rooftop to rooftop shouting limricks to the moon toasting your birthday. And I'll sing this one, from the madman himself...my gift to Virgil, one I don't think he'd mind hearing broadcast from skyscrapers...

Quote:

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Originally Posted by quote

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by
madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at
dawn looking for an angry fix,
angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient
heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the
machinery of night,
who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high
sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of
cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities
contemplating jazz,
who bared their brains to Heaven under the El and
saw Mohammedan angels staggering on tene-
ment roofs illuminated,
who passed through universities with radiant cool
eyes hallucinating Arkansas and Blake-light tragedy
among the scholars of war,
who were expelled from the academies for crazy &
publishing obscene odes on the windows of the skull,
who cowered in unshaven rooms in underwear, burn-
ing their money in wastebaskets and listening
to the Terror through the wall, who got busted in their
pubic beards returning through
Laredo with a belt of marijuana for New York,
who ate fire in paint hotels or drank turpentine in
Paradise Alley, death, or purgatoried their torsos night after night...

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:bday_2: Happy birthday Virgil :bday_2:

Happy Birthday, Virgil! Hope you have a lovely day and year! :)

(And better start working on this list! ;))

10 things to do before you are 50:

1. Be Adventurous: Embark on a new experience. Travel to new destinations. Crandall detailed her recent trip to Africa as part of the magazine's "April Spirit of Adventure" issue. She climbed Kilimanjaro with her daughter and friend who turned 50 during the climb. Other suggestions: sign up for volunteer vacations or drive cross-country. You can volunteer to track wildlife, excavate the Anasazi ruins, or teach English abroad. Crandall says driving cross-country is an amazing way to see what America has to offer and learn about people in different areas.

For volunteer vacations, go to Earthwatch.org


2. Adopt Something: Adopt a baby, a pet, or enroll in "Save the Children" to sponsor a child in need. Crandall adopted a tree in a forest preserve near her house as a 20th anniversary gift to her husband.

To sponsor a child in need, go to SavetheChildren.org
To adopt a tree, go to Blackrockforest.org


3. Reconnect with a Friend: Google an old friend you have lost touch with. Crandall rediscovered her best friend from high school two years ago. Now, they do a 100-mile bike ride together every year.


4. Scare Yourself: Almost anything qualifies, but it doesn't mean you have to be a daredevil. Crandall says consider anything from public speaking to karaoke to open-mike night at a local comedy club. Additional suggestions include auditioning for a reality show, to moving cross-country by yourself, to launching a business to entering a modeling competition. In fact, More magazine hosts an annual 40+ model search.

To enter the magazine's model contest, go to More.com


5. Realize a Dream: It's never too late to realize a dream. Visit a place that's called to you -- perhaps Paris or Rome - or start a new career, whether it's opening a bakery or going back to school to become a doctor. Featured in April's More magazine are women realizing their life-long dreams, including Dawn Swanson, who went back to school to become a doctor.


6. Learn Something New: Consider learning a new language or taking cooking or art lessons. You may even want to combine any of these new experiences with a fantasy destination (as mentioned above). For instance, learn a language first-hand in a foreign country of your choice, take art lessons in Paris or a week-long cooking course in Tuscany.


7. Change your Hair: Whether it's a cut, color, or both, make a dramatic change. By this age, we have often established a default haircut: It looks good, but you've been wearing it for years. Try something new. It's a big change but a small risk, as hair always grows. If you are already dying your hair, consider letting it go gray.


8. Keep Your Medical Tests Current: Make sure your medical checkups and tests are up-to-date, including a mammogram exam. And by 50, all women should have a colonoscopy.


9. Discover Yourself: Get to know your family as people, not relatives, by writing a letter to your kids (or other family members) telling them the most important things you've learned. And then ask them to write one to you.


10. Do A Good Deed: Perform a random act of kindness. Treat someone anonymously. Sign up as an organ donor or give blood.

Happy Birthday, Virgil!! Hope you have a lovely day :)

Happy birthday Virgil, 46 is a good age :)

Virgil, Virgil, Virgil, 46 eh?? heh, happy birthday to LitNet's Resident Bad Boy :p

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Dear Uncle Virg,

I want to thank you dearly for everything. I will never forget your support during my most trying times. You are a great man. I will never forget you and I only wish you the best in your life. Enjoy your day!

Sincerely,
Toni