Big Al

I voted for #4, with #3 as a very close second.

Drat! I'm up in Dallas! Hey, if I think I can get down there in time, I'll be there. Otherwise, I'll have to hear about it from the Austinites!

Yeah, I hope you stick around, too! I always enjoy your posts!

Alriiiiiight!!!!! Congratulations old man!!!!

Could someone point me to the thread that details Johnny’s band’s gig in Austin in April?

Daaaaaaaaaaamn right, my brotha!!! I raise yet ANOTHER beer your way, and spin Blues for Lou in yer honor!

......I'd never do such a thing! Okay, enough padding. More cake for everyone!

Lest any of you think I'm handing out "thank-you's" as a way of padding my thread count and making my birthday thread longer than usu-AL.......

Takin' it eazy my greeeeazy bro!

Thanks! I appreciate that!

Probably a good thing, too: we were all warming our hands by the fire.... er, cake tonight!

In all seriousness, many thanks to everyone who posted here. I tell ya: this thread was a refuge for me today, because my day SUCKED (at work, that is), sorta like the picture that weizen snapped: Every now and then, I'd check this thread and sure enough, more good wishes from you all. And I wanted you all to know how much I appreciate it. So, I'm gonna have a girl..... I mean, a BEER for all of ya!

A doctor is in his office late one night, contemplating the deed he's done: he's had sex with one of his patients, and now he's starting to feel the moral tug of his Hippocratic Oath. On his shoulder appears a little devil who says, "Yeah buddy; that was great, wasn't it? And no one will ever know! It's just between you and the patient." On the other shoulder, a little angel who says, "Yeah, but you're a veterinarian...."

Oh...... there's a beer in that picture? (Ahhhhhh, some of my all-time favorite Jim R-isms there: avocorcovado, sambawich, copacabananananana...... I feel sorry for people who don't converse with this guy on a daily basis!)

Oh...... there's a beer in that picture?

What the....... you mean we're only a day apart??!? I know you can't stand me, and I don't care.... Happy Birthday to a fellow Pisces!

(okay, lemme try this in the right thread) Happy Birthday, JazzyPaul!!! When's the album coming out?!?!?

Happy Birthday, Paul! When's the album come out?!?!? EDIT: I'm leaving this as it is; I thought I was replying to the "Happy Birthday jazzypaul" thread. This'll teach me to have more than one window open at a time!

Yeah, I would if grey coulda waited a couple more hours to put all those J.O.S. TOCJs & JRVGs on the block! Ah well, always got the Holy Trinity o' Greeeeeaze to keep the party hearty!!!!

HUNH?!?!? I CAN'T HEAR!!! BEEN PLAYIN' WELCOME TO THE PARTY TOO DAMN LOUD, SONNY!!! AS IF SUCH A THING WERE POSSIBLE!!!!

My goodness, it's so BIG!!! And the glass ain't too shabby either! Thassit: time to raise a glass to my honor in my honor, hizzonner!!!

Pretty shellfish, saying happy birthday to yourself on Al's thread. No kidding!!! Unless he's on some crazy Super Hysterical International Time (S.H.I.T.)!!!

No kidding! It's still yesterday as I type this!

I love his Verve work, you can't go wrong there. But my all-time favorite is a Fantasy 2-fer called Los Ritmos Calientes. It's raw, but it's hot; plus it has "Mongorama" on it, which is reason enough to pick it up!

Don't feel bad, bro..... you're in plenty good company!