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living_stradivarius
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karlhenning
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Wait another day. Have some sarsaparilla.
Karl Henning, PhD
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston, Massachusetts
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http://henningmusick.blogspot.com/
Published by Lux Nova Press
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Composer & Clarinetist
Boston, Massachusetts
http://members.tripod.com/~Karl_P_Henning/
http://henningmusick.blogspot.com/
Published by Lux Nova Press
http://www.luxnova.com/
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Brendan
Don't go large, but if you intend to celebrate I'd recommend getting a taste for good beer in moderation rather than hard liquor (do what I say, not what I did as a youth! 
). Mass produced beer is usually lousy - Australian, American or from wherever. Sam Adams rather than Bud, for instance (James Squire rather than VB here).
But being a spiritual person I tend to drink Triple Trappist ale from ancient Belgian monastaries (Tripel Karmelite being my pick), so I can donate to charity and do the Lord's work - getting pleasantly sozzled (not smashed) with a clear conscience can be quite delightful.
PS. If you are going for some bubbly, this is the only matter in which to be a complete and absolute pro-French bigot for life. Dom Perignon or Krug, if not settle for Moet or Pol or Piper rather than imitation Champagne.
). Mass produced beer is usually lousy - Australian, American or from wherever. Sam Adams rather than Bud, for instance (James Squire rather than VB here).But being a spiritual person I tend to drink Triple Trappist ale from ancient Belgian monastaries (Tripel Karmelite being my pick), so I can donate to charity and do the Lord's work - getting pleasantly sozzled (not smashed) with a clear conscience can be quite delightful.
PS. If you are going for some bubbly, this is the only matter in which to be a complete and absolute pro-French bigot for life. Dom Perignon or Krug, if not settle for Moet or Pol or Piper rather than imitation Champagne.
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jbuck919
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How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stol'n on his wing my one-and-twentieth year!
My hasting days fly on with full career,
But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th.
Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth
That I to manhood am arriv'd so near;
And inward ripeness doth much less appear,
That some more timely-happy spirits endu'th.
Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow,
It shall be still in strictest measure ev'n
To that same lot, however mean or high,
Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heav'n:
All is, if I have grace to use it so
As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.
Note: If you have just turned 21, then you have completed your one-and-twentieth year.
Oh, and by the way, Milton, with one slight apology.
Here's one I like even more, by a slightly better known poet:
O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy pow'r
Dost hold time's fickle glass, his sickle hour,
Who has by waning grown, and therein showest
Thy lover's withering, as thy sweet self growest.
If nature, sovereign mistress over wrack
As thou goest onward still will pluck thee back,
She keeps thee to this purpose: That her skill
May time disgrace and wretched minutes kill.
Yet fear her, o thou, minion of her leisure.
She may detain but not still keep her treasure.
Her audit, though delayed, must answered be,
And her quietus is to render thee.
Stol'n on his wing my one-and-twentieth year!
My hasting days fly on with full career,
But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th.
Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth
That I to manhood am arriv'd so near;
And inward ripeness doth much less appear,
That some more timely-happy spirits endu'th.
Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow,
It shall be still in strictest measure ev'n
To that same lot, however mean or high,
Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heav'n:
All is, if I have grace to use it so
As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.
Note: If you have just turned 21, then you have completed your one-and-twentieth year.
Oh, and by the way, Milton, with one slight apology.
Here's one I like even more, by a slightly better known poet:
O thou, my lovely boy, who in thy pow'r
Dost hold time's fickle glass, his sickle hour,
Who has by waning grown, and therein showest
Thy lover's withering, as thy sweet self growest.
If nature, sovereign mistress over wrack
As thou goest onward still will pluck thee back,
She keeps thee to this purpose: That her skill
May time disgrace and wretched minutes kill.
Yet fear her, o thou, minion of her leisure.
She may detain but not still keep her treasure.
Her audit, though delayed, must answered be,
And her quietus is to render thee.
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
-- Johann Sebastian Bach
A happy birthday to you! Do promise not to do like my younger son, well over six feet in height and 190 lbs. on the scale, who got himself in such a deplorable condition (floored on a soccer field), that I had to carry him to the car and, then, through the front door, all the way up to his bedroom 
It was one of the most trying moments of my life 
It was one of the most trying moments of my life In the eyes of those lovers of perfection, a work is never finished—a word that for them has no sense—but abandoned....(Paul Valéry)
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Brendan
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RebLem
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Happy birthday !
Since you live in California, you might want to try a good California brew, Anchor Steam Beer.
http://www.anchorbrewing.com/
Since you live in California, you might want to try a good California brew, Anchor Steam Beer.
http://www.anchorbrewing.com/
Don't drink and drive. You might spill it.--J. Eugene Baker, aka my late father
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"Racism is America's Original Sin."--Francis Cardinal George, former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago.
"We're not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term."--Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S. Carolina.
"Racism is America's Original Sin."--Francis Cardinal George, former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago.
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living_stradivarius
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jbuck919
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Are you sure? How did you answer the question about acquired characteristics being inherited?living_stradivarius wrote:Thank you everyone
Turns out I have a pretty good tolerance level for Russian sparkling wine... I had no problem taking my human biology exam the next morning
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
-- Johann Sebastian Bach
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