{"id":509,"date":"2007-03-09T14:10:15","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T19:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=509"},"modified":"2007-03-09T15:57:21","modified_gmt":"2007-03-09T20:57:21","slug":"peezed-hits-a-half-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/03\/09\/peezed-hits-a-half-century\/","title":{"rendered":"PeeZed hits a half century!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PeeZed
\nIt’s definitely a sign of how strange and intertwined the world has become that I:<\/p>\n

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  1. Get an IM from a student (Brian Ohs) pointing me at an article on RichardDawkins.net<\/a> linking to a 2 hour talk by Ken Miller on what a dangerous crock ID is.<\/li>\n
  2. Decide while I’m there to check out the front page on Dawkins’ blog.<\/li>\n
  3. Whereupon I find a banner advertising PeeZed’s 50th birthday!<\/li>\n
  4. Which takes me to a post<\/a> complete with a honorary poem penned by Dawkins himself and an audio clip of well wishes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So I had to go through this bizarre round-a-bout collection of dominoes to discover that the guy down the hall just turned 50. Of course if I’d been keeping up with Paul’s blog, I’d have seen this post<\/a> where he announced as much, and even requested poems in his honor. Keeping up with the the craziness in the blogsphere is completely beyond me. Bad poetry, on the other hand, is right up my alley :-). To whit:<\/p>\n

    \nIn person he’s a nice, quiet guy.
    \nSome might even say shy.
    \nBut keyboard in hand
    \nhe’ll gladly take a stand.
    \nSo stand back and watch the fur fly!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    It might have been better if there’d been a celebratory celephapod, but there’s just not time for that now – I have a detailed outline from a senior seminar student (Brian, in fact) to go over.<\/p>\n

    Also, a big happy BD to Kristin Lamberty, who tomorrow turns something slightly more than half of PeeZed’s advanced age!<\/p>\n

    For both of them, a rousing chorus of “Happy Birthday” (as I learned it from WeatherGirl’s family):<\/p>\n

    \nHappy birthday to you!
    \nSquashed tomatoes and stew!
    \nBread and butter in the gutter!
    \nHappy birthday to you!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Yeah, it doesn’t make any sense to me either, but it’s a blast to sing :-).<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t

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