Yes, today is my birthday. In case I forgot for some reason my friends certainly would not have let me. For the past twenty four hours I have been receiving birthday wishes from literally around the the world.
And it feels great. If I haven’t thanked you before, I am thanking all of you again. Believe me, it makes my day.
I took some screenshots to show you all…
I don’t know if this makes me the luckiest guy in the world … but it sure is darn close. That and my kids woke me up this morning with a call to sing me happy birthday.
And this comes to the title of this post … I haven’t met in person half these folks. Does it matter? Are these well wishes any less heartfelt? I don’t think so. They make be feel great. Don’t know where I’m going to keep that b-day alpaca, but I do know that I could start a cottage biz knitting hats!
Regardless, a lot is often made of how "unreal" Internet friends are. Well, I would like to dispute that just by expanding the nature of a "friend". No, I can’t take most of these folks for a beer tonight (no one is in Victoria), but … next time we’re at a conference together I can.
Again, thank you all for the well wishes. Now, what should I do after my client meeting @ 7 PM?
Happy birthday! Buon compleanno