Really, it's just the blink of an eye on a geological scale

Whoa, I asked for poems for my birthday, I got poems. That was quite a response, and it had me regretting the fact that I didn't demand money. I could have retired by now.

On top of that, GrrlScientist, Bora, and Archy are compiling lists of birthday greetings, so I can just pop over there and browse through everything you people have written. It brings a tear to the eye, it does, especially since this is a day demanding I do lots and lots of work and not leaving me much time for cruising through the web.

Next week, though, I'll return the favor: there's Lynn Margulis's blog tour on Monday, and since it's Spring break and I'll actually be able to relax with some free time, I've got a couple of science posts to scribble up — cool stuff with weird invertebrates.

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should read: "dissent" not decent... if had said "indecent" I suppose it would have been Freudian !!!

Happy Birthday! You're only three months older than my dad. You guys could have been classmates.

Keep up the good work, enjoy life, and here's to another fruitful fifty, Dr. Myers!

Happy Birthday.

Only fifty?

fusilier, who's been using AARP mailers as landfill for some time now.
James 2:24

Happy Birthday, PZ.

Happy birthday, PZ! You are now 5 squids worth of tentacles.

By TheBlackCat (not verified) on 09 Mar 2007 #permalink

Aha! We have a birthday in common. I past the half-century mark four years ago with no fanfare.

Happy Birthday!

Hah, you old fogey! *I* don't pass the Big Five-Oh for almost another three months!

Happy B'day ;-).

By Eamon Knight (not verified) on 09 Mar 2007 #permalink

Happy birthday! I raise 8 tentacles of beer in your honor!

I see that your Birthday message is prominently displayed on Richard Dawkins' site. Aren't you special!!

Hey, you deserve it. Hope you rock on for another 50.

Cheers. Best Wishes. Happy B-Day.

By Smart_Cookie (not verified) on 09 Mar 2007 #permalink

You're a single day older than Osama bin Laden. I don't know where I'm going with this, but there it is.

Niobe, have you ever looked at this site? They don't include Osama bin Laden for some reason though, kind of ironic for a site called "Dead or Alive" IMHO...

Happy Birthday, PZ. Since this isn't the poem thread, I'll use that as an excuse not to write one. But maybe you'd like to have some of this cake. I don't think Chuck would mind sharing.

By Theo Bromine (not verified) on 09 Mar 2007 #permalink

So back in August I discover that I share a birthday with your daughter. I don't find too many of those August 30th birthday people. And what do I find today when I pull up the ol' Pharyngula? You share a birthday with my wife. Strange universe, this, no?

More Birthday Greetings, PZed.

Could you please put a link to your The Proper Reverence Due to Those Who Have Gone Before posting in the Taste of Pharyngula sidebar? Everyone coming here should have a chance to read it. I am grateful to Mike, the Questionable Authority, for his link to it.

By JohnnieCanuck (not verified) on 09 Mar 2007 #permalink

Happy Birthday, PZ. Live long and prosper.

Isn't it striking to reflect on the subjectively perceived length of the second quarter century versus the first? Welcome to your sixth decade. I suspect you'll enjoy it.

And thank you for this blog and your insane rate of posting and the long overdue threads of needful and quite satisfyingly challenging comments that have been instigated.

By Crudely Wrott (not verified) on 09 Mar 2007 #permalink